Day: June 23, 2026

The symbolic power of a stagnant pond beneath Lincoln’s statue has proven irresistible for the president’s critics Narcissus was cursed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Donald Trump is finding that his effort to overhaul the Lincoln ⁠Memorial reflecting pool in Washington has ...

Iran will “administer” the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran’s chief negotiator said, in what would be a major diplomatic victory. Iran’s wins seem to be stacking up: It plans to make vessels traversing the waterway buy insurance, Lloyd’s List reported, something the outlet said amounted to a de facto toll. The ...

Andy’s view It can be easy to forget that, until recently, modern China had precious little technology of its own. Living in Beijing in the early 1990s, excited crowds would gather around my made-in-Taiwan mountain bike, gasping at the apparently fancy features unavailable on Chinese-built Flying Pigeons (like, for example, ...

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., subpoenaed Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday afternoon to appear before his committee, telling Semafor in an interview that he reached his breaking point after Fauci agreed to appear before the panel this month and then backed out. Paul subsequently subpoenaed Fauci — Paul’s ...

The News A conservative challenger to a member of House Republican leadership is homing in on a massive data center in their home state, and their battle could be a proving ground for right-wing skepticism of AI growth. Utah Rep. Blake Moore is heavily favored in Tuesday’s primary over state ...

The Scoop Despite its efforts to the contrary, the Trump administration is overseeing “a golden age of solar,” according to Tim Pawlenty, the Republican former governor of Minnesota and presidential primary contender who is now the top US solar industry lobbyist. In his first interview since taking over as president ...

US president says Tehran has committed to ‘nuclear honesty’, while Iran’s foreign ministry says there are no plans for IAEA to inspect sites bombed by US and Israel last year Oman and Iran said in a statement that the two countries will ⁠form ⁠a ​team to reach an ⁠agreement on ...

What the US president succeeded in obliterating was any rationale he offered for going to war Before Donald Trump finally surrendered in his Iran war, he declared victory several dozen times, including on day eight– “We’ve already won!” – day 10 – “The war is very complete”– day 12, proclaiming ...

When André Robinson Jr was shot and killed in Oakland in 2020, his family was upended – how do siblings navigate the fallout from violent loss? The Robinson family once looked forward to Sundays. It was the day they would gather with dozens of their closest relatives and friends to ...

Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths in France since last Thursday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says. ...