Author name: Minnie Hanson

The joint statement issued on May 12 — announcing a provisional halt to the spiraling tariff war between Washington and Beijing — did more than mark a pause in hostilities. It quietly affirmed a deeper, more uncomfortable truth for Washington: Beijing, measured and unyielding, has once again managed to outmaneuver a Trump administration boxed in by its own belligerence. Far […]

According to Jewish folklore, in the late 16th-century the Czech city of Prague was threatened with antisemitic attacks. In response, Chief Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel created an early Jewish superhero in the attic of what has become known as the Old-New Synagogue. The story goes that the rabbi received a divine order in a

“Saturday Night Live” spoofed President Trump’s recent Middle East trip with a cold open dedicated to his burgeoning bromance with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and controversy over the $400 million luxury jet that the Qatari government gifted the U.S. to replace Air Force One while Trump is in office. “I didn’t make this

Democratic strategist James Carville took aim at Pete Buttigieg over comments the former transportation secretary made casting doubt on whether former President Biden should have run for reelection. When asked by reporters earlier this week if the Democratic party would be in a better position if Biden hadn’t run for a second term, Buttigieg responded,

A large Mexican Navy vessel slammed the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night while sailing through the East River, injuring 19 people, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.  Adams said during a Saturday night press conference that 19 individuals were injured, including four who were “seriously” injured. They were moved to Bellevue

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian called for nuclear program negotiations between Tehran and Washington to continue and said that President Trump is sending “contradictory” messages.  “No one but Trump himself believes his words against the Iranian nation; on the one hand, he speaks of peace and stability, and on the other hand, he threatens with the

Comedian Bill Maher slammed President Trump for accepting a luxury Boeing jet from the Qatari royal family and characterized the president’s foreign trip to the Middle East, with stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, as “bromance diplomacy.”  “He was in the Middle East this week. A lot of stuff happened. He’s

House Republicans will reconvene on Sunday evening to find a path to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after encountering a hurdle during a key vote on Friday. Five fiscal hawks, arguing that the legislation insufficiently addressed work requirements for Medicaid and the federal deficit, blocked the measure from making it out of the House