Outside the Beltway

Maybe talks, but maybe not?

Iran will soon have a new Supreme Leader. For now.

Breaking news. Big if true.

“Major combat operations” are underway.

On his birthday, no less.

The long-awaited document is less disruptive than it appears on the surface.

The economy sparked this particular uprising.

Ukraine’s president is trying to negotiate a deal that Russia will surely reject.

(While murdering people without due process because of [checks notes] drugs.)

Trump’s ongoing revelation of his character.

He becomes the first French ex-head of state to be jailed since Marshal Pétain.

Brought to you by the “America First” crowd.

Netanyahu will take it.

A massive memorial service showed two divergent paths forward.

People are weird.

The Shadow Docket strikes again.

Since I was thinking about 2016

Allegations that DOGE put Social Security info on an unsecured server.

This week, series one of the British cult classic, Blake’s 7!

“Influencer” Benny Johnson wants to bulldoze certain neighborhoods in DC.

Trump likes to use force.

The heavy metal legend has passed at 76.

An unusual diplomatic approach.

An attack on the First Amendment in plain sight.

Team Trump and the DIA assessment of the Iran bombings.

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

The information bubble is real.

The curious case of the finger tattoos.

Maybe they weren’t serious about fiscal discipline after all?

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

Five years after their divorce, the UK and EU are rebuilding ties.

Scary news for the former President.

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

Habemus habeas corpus?

Spoiler: it is about the abuse of presidential power.

So little art; not really any deal.

The relationship appears to be an inverse one.

A great actor is gone at 65.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

But a centrist grand coalition will likely govern.

Unfortunately it is a destructive one.

This would include US citizens.

Way to go, pro-business party!