The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?

The U.S. has committed war crimes in its history, but they’ve never been part of stated peacetime policy—until this week.

Elon Musk’s efforts to slash the U.S. government could be a huge boon to China—a country to which Musk has significant financial ties.

Experts warn that Trump’s recent foreign policy decisions could signal to allies that the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner.

Trump, Musk, and their billionaire and theocratic allies are following the example of tyrants everywhere. But it’s worth remembering they haven’t all succeeded.

The world’s richest man and its most powerful one have killed the one government agency that does the most to support the world’s most vulnerable people. There will be consequences.

It is unclear whether Trump’s statement is the incubation of a plan or a slip of the tongue reflecting chatter he was privy to at Mar-a-Lago. But does it matter?

As diplomatic conflict and trade-war talk ramps up, the continent’s often fractious leaders could end up sharing an antagonist in common.

I haven’t criticized former clients, but watching my old friend debase himself before a manifestly unqualified Pentagon nominee forces my hand.

The ceasefire was urgently needed and wildly overdue. But as long as Israel clings to land that is not its own and covets more, it’s not the end of the fighting.

Trump’s one-time aide-de-camp and bagman for corrupt foreign regimes is returning to his old stomping grounds, rolling back precious progress against a world of kleptocrats.

Political leaders across the Great White North have tried to put on a brave face in response to the president-elect’s annexation threats, but they aren’t convincing anyone.

What the Danes get right, they get very right. Meanwhile, Trumpism isn’t working at all.

It’s a much sweeter deal. More social mobility, more representative government, plus everybody gets health care.

Biden and Congress squandered a chance to end the legal underpinnings of the forever war. The president-elect will once again reap the powers afforded to him.

Artificial intelligence is coming to warfare. Can it learn ethics?

Emmanuel Carrère chronicled the trial of the perpetrators of the November 2015 attacks on Paris. It makes a sharp contrast with the United States’ efforts at Guantanamo.

Yes, there was a political backlash to leaders around the world in 2024. But this has been true in the U.S. for many election cycles—and may last for many more.

What was in early 2024 still a fantasy for the messianist movement is today on the verge of being realized.

Don’t worry, the president-elect’s plans to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal aren’t serious. But they sure are weird.