Don’t Trust the Trumpsplainers
Their efforts to sell some MAGA “grand strategy” dull the pain but dim the brain.
Global
Winners of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition
A collection of some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition
My Hometown Became a Different Country
Not by choice, but by force.
The Tragic Success of Global Putinism
How the West underestimated an ideology’s animating force
Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns
‘Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose, because he will not defend you.’
Trump Is Offering Putin Another Munich
Hitler didn’t want a peace deal, and neither does Putin.
Russia Is Losing the War of Attrition
Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse. That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic.
Photos of the Week: Regimental Goat, Reindeer Run, Orange Battle
A caretaking humanoid robot in Japan, prayers for Pope Francis in Brazil, a skijoring competition in Colorado, and much more
‘What the Hell Is Happening to Your Country?’
American allies don’t trust Trump with the intelligence they share.
The Rise of the Brutal American
This is how the bad guys act.