Latest articles by Rafi Schwartz, The Week US
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Trump and Brazil have a plenipotentiary problem bigger than a single diplomatIN THE SPOTLIGHT The president’s push for statesmanship supremacy has put Brasilia and Washington on a public collision course
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Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt to step downSpeed Read Leavitt returned to the job last month from maternity leave
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Doug Burgum’s Interior Department is slowly coming apartIN THE SPOTLIGHT Calls for help are coming from inside the department as external pressures and internal friction come to a head
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Syria sentences Assad to death in absentiaSpeed Read The former Syrian dictator was found guilty of murder, torture and crimes against humanity
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Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccinationsSpeed Read The White House proposed a drop in vaccinations from 17 to 11
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Are the allegations against Rep. Max Miller a catch-22 for majority-focused Republicans?TODAY’S BIG QUESTION Claims of domestic violence have some in the GOP worried about a ‘Platner on steroids’ scenario
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GOP Senate panel votes to refer Fauci for contemptSpeed Read GOP lawmakers had “openly acknowledged” they wanted Fauci to perjure himself
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Iraq airstrikes expand Saudi Arabia’s wartime footprint in a volatile regionIN THE SPOTLIGHT Could the kingdom’s attack on Iran-linked fighters be a sign of conflicts to come?
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Refunds for Trump’s 2025 tariffs hit $100BSpeed Read This leaves just $66 billion left of the total tariff money that has not been refunded
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DC Guard deployment to cost estimated $1.4B extraSpeed Read The deployment was projected to run at least through the end of Trump’s term
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First 2 deaths reported in cyclosporiasis outbreakSpeed Read These are the first known deaths related to the disease in the U.S.
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The TACO moments that define Trump’s second term so farIn depth ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ has become a common refrain whenever the president backs off from one of his characteristically bombastic threats or promises
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Fed holds interest rates as inflation tensions mountSpeed Read But the bank also said rates could increase in the near future if inflation does not go down
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Did Trump just wreck international academia in the US?TODAY'S BIG QUESTION New administration rules for foreign students have education experts worried about the future of American academic leadership
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Musk’s x.AI sues Minnesota over ‘nudification’ banSpeed Read Those in violation could be subject to fines of “$500,000 for each unlawful access, download or use”
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Democrats start to panic and plan for MAGA midterm interferenceIN THE SPOTLIGHT With congressional control on the line, Chuck Schumer and company are starting to take Donald Trump’s threats to the electoral process seriously
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McConnell not ‘medically cleared’ to resume workSpeed Read The senator was hospitalized six weeks ago following a fall at his home
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Minnesota man gets two life terms for political killingsSpeed Read Vance Boelter assassinated former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband
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Epstein model scout found dead in ParisSpeed Read Daniel Siad’s name appeared over 2,000 times in the Epstein files
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Zelenskyy fires top general after mass protestsSpeed Read The general had “come to represent the darkest, most punishing realities” of war
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Court pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. mergerSpeed Read Paramount is attempting to acquire Warner Bros. for $111 billion
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Democrats rush to replace Platner in frantic primary pushIN THE SPOTLIGHT A truncated primary race has pushed Pine Tree State candidates into a sprint, even as some national Democrats stay conspicuously away
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Wildfire smoke blankets Midwest, parts of NortheastSpeed Read Over 120 million people were at risk of dangerous air quality
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Pentagon announces testosterone screeningsSpeed Read New soldiers must “have the right testosterone levels to operate at” their “absolute best,” Hegseth said
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