Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal.
In his first extensive interview since his defeat by a challenger backed by President Trump, John Cornyn said the Senate was in for a “bumpy ride.”
U.S. Plan Is Said to Significantly Reduce Air Support for NATO in Europe
The plan, outlined in a written document, provides rare clarity about the extent to which the Trump administration intends to reduce its commitment to NATO.
Some young millennial and Gen Z politicians have centered their campaigns this year on housing costs, and the divide is more generational than partisan.
Mexico and Canada have faced significant recent tension in their relations with the United States. But in their historic World Cup bid, the three countries promoted teamwork.
It’s long been a golden rule of sport that football World Cups get bigger and badder every four years. The latest edition of the tournament, however, may put that universal law to the test after a six-week journey through Trump’s America, which is expected to generate $80bn of global economic output through its full timeline.
As the world’s biggest sporting event meets the world’s biggest market, it’s hard to see how even the World Cup can get much more bloated than this. But if anyone can make it happen it’s Gianni Infantino, the opportunist Fifa overlord who has schmoozed with the planet’s most divisive leaders to extract maximum gains from his travelling global roadshow. As Barney Ronay says in his tournament scenesetter for our cover story this week, welcome to the heart of darkness.
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Opinion | Trump’s failure to maintain ceasefires is part of the new world disorder The US president brags about ending wars but look at Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Lebanon to see what his casual disregard for diplomacy and obsession with instant results have achieved, argues Simon Tisdall
Culture | The ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert Everett The 67-year-old actor lied to his partners, disrespected his audiences and betrayed his friends. But has this indiscreet, unreliable heartbreaker finally grown up and settled down? Simon Hattenstone went to find out
Our magazine has refused to accept what contributor Gore Vidal once described as the “cozy unremitting war” that puts this country in a state of conflict, year after year. Katrina vanden Heuvel for The Nation
As the Iran war drags on, Oman — a U.S. ally and mediator with Iran — has found itself at odds with the Trump administration and some of its own neighbors.
Graham Platner’s primary victory in Maine sets up a high-stakes contest between a progressive with political baggage and a battle-tested Republican senator.
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