
A bad deal
Brussels’ capitulation to Donald Trump’s tariff imposition demonstrates the European Union’s geopolitical weakness

Brussels’ capitulation to Donald Trump’s tariff imposition demonstrates the European Union’s geopolitical weakness

Brussels has not only accepted a 15% tariff, but also pledged to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy products from Washington and increase its investments in the US

The economic effects are undermining executive confidence and potential job growth in both countries. Long-term planning has become nearly impossible, according to business leaders and experts

Faced with an explosion of new cases and a much more aggressive administration, the fewer than 20,000 specialized lawyers in the US are on the verge of collapse, but they continue working to defend their clients

The criminal group targeted farms and transport companies, intercepted packages, and imposed quotas under a regime of terror

Gazan authorities say 10 more people have died of starvation in the past 24 hours as White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff travels to Rome to reinvigorate truce talks

The weariness of European capitals with Washington’s posturing is strengthening Brussels’ search for answers during the final stages of negotiations

With its newspaper at the center of the ‘Epstein case’ storm, the company’s response has been to proclaim its ample trust in the ‘rigor and accuracy’ of its journalists

Dahud Hanid Ortiz landed Friday in Texas from Caracas, where he was sentenced to 30 years for a crime committed in the Spanish capital in 2016

The Republican president’s fixation on getting rid of Jerome Powell early and drastically lowering interest rates is putting the US economy at risk

Foreign Service employees are receiving the same salary as in 1998, getting by on subsidies, and coping with grueling workdays to deal with the surge in requests for help stemming from Trump’s deportation drive

A snapshot of the state of the defense sector in Europe, the United States, China, and Russia amid a sharp increase in global military spending
A network of consulting firms, security companies, contractors, and businessmen from the United States and Israel designed both the controversial aid distribution model and the plans for the reconstruction of the Strip last year

House of Representatives approves Trump’s cuts to foreign aid and media

Miguel Díaz-Canel’s administration has once again imprisoned opposition figures released after negotiations with Pope Francis

China and India would be the hardest hit if the US were to impose sanctions on Russia’s main trading partners

Seventy-four percent of illegal weapons enter through the northern border. Mexican authorities are mapping the main routes while Washington is downsizing the ATF

The Department of Commerce asserts that Mexican exporters engage in unfair trade practices that have affected US farmers

Judge Joseph Laplante admits a class-action lawsuit, allowing him to issue a temporary nationwide stay

The US has slapped the country with a 50% levy — more than any other nation — as the Republican president calls the former leader’s trial a ‘witch hunt’

Although starting a new political alternative in the United States is not easy, the businessman has the capital to achieve it

The Israeli prime minister visited the US president for the second time in less than 24 hours. Washington sees the signing of a truce as feasible by ‘the end of this week’

The Republican administration is moving forward with its nationalist agenda by prohibiting Chinese investors from purchasing farmland in the United States

On his third visit to the White House this year, the Israeli prime minister shows openness to the ceasefire in Gaza proposed by the US president

The US president has racked up a series of victories in Congress, the courts and on the international stage, but these could be tested by the effects of his trade tariffs and controversial tax reforms
Uncertainty and a rush to negotiate are defining the end of the 90-day pause, which expires Wednesday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says countries that fail to reach an agreement by August 1 will ‘boomerang’ back to ‘Liberation Day’ rates

The president launches a nationalist and ‘patriotic’ program at a rally in Iowa, ahead of the 2026 celebrations, with an approach that worries historians