Rubin: Why the US ambassador to Ukraine quit, and why Trump’s latest phone call with Putin bombed
Trudy Rubin In his third phone call with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump once again bowed to the Russian leader over ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The... Read more.
Venable: A convict’s take on due process
Rashon Venable On April 14, 2025, President Donald Trump hosted Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, at the White House. During the meeting, members of the... Read more.
Leubsdorf: Trump’s top-down national security
Carl P. Leubsdorf Top administration officials are taking steps that will enhance President Donald Trump’s control of national security policy and minimize the... Read more.
Tuhus-Dubrow: The tension between overestimating risks and ignoring them
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow Not long ago, I met a woman from Belarus. She told me about the terrible aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident in April 1986. As a child,... Read more.
Crisp: The $400 million airplane is only part of the problem
John M. Crisp An anecdote: At some point in the early 1980s, I was talking with a friend about the shah of Iran, that is, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who ruled Iran from... Read more.
Chemerinsky: How much power to stop the president should federal judges have?
Erwin Chemerinsky At a time when President Donald Trump is claiming unprecedented executive powers, the Supreme Court may be poised to eliminate a significant check... Read more.
Jarvis: FDA appointee is a drug critic with a lot to prove
Lisa Jarvis The controversial appointment of oncologist Vinay Prasad — an outspoken critic of the pharmaceutical industry and U.S. health agencies — to a key... Read more.
Mills: What Pope Leo thinks about politics
David Mills “He is anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis,” influencer and Trump advisor Laura Loomer declared (howled,... Read more.
Knighten: Let’s learn from ‘The Last of Us.’ We’re not ready for the next outbreak.
Justin Ángel Knighten If you watch HBO’s “The Last of Us,” you see how a pandemic didn’t destroy the world — failure to communicate did. Trust collapsed.... Read more.
Leubsdorf: Trump’s debasement of the Justice Department
Carl P. Leubsdorf One of President Donald Trump’s most egregious acts has been his debasement of the Justice Department, transforming an agency designed to protect... Read more.