Trump’s Iran operation was brilliantly orchestrated, but impressive airpower and missile strikes are no promise of strategic victory — @maxboot.bsky.social
for @cfr.org www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

Read @shannonkoneil.bsky.social and Julia Huesa on Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs to understand the potential economic ripple effects.
www.cfr.org/article/trum...

Want to know how Ukraine’s drone attack inside Russia worked and could affect the future of warfare? Read our senior fellow @mchorowitz.bsky.social’s analysis @cfr.org. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

Recalling this piece I wrote four years ago — the scene the morning after the Capitol riot. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...

Just caught a TV ad encouraging voters to call their senators in support of Pete Hegseth. It's paid for by Building America's Future, Elon Musk's PAC.

A day after the Mets announced that they had signed Juan Soto to a record-breaking $765m contract, the team says it is selling its two most iconic minor league teams — the Syracuse Mets and the Brooklyn Cyclones. www.milb.com/brooklyn/new...

I’ve been thinking a lot about this piece from a decade ago. It’s written by an early Amazon investor and warns that US income inequality could lead to violence, an uprising or a police state www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Interesting post by Trump after meeting Macron and Zelensky in Paris

I reported on some aspects of this back in 2018. To add to the deja vu, it also briefly touches on Trump tariff plans www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Written on the shell casings were the words "deny," "defend" and "depose," according to ABC’s sources.
abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-...

South Korean President Yoon could face impeachment after his martial law gambit.
If so, he would join a long list of ROK presidents since 1948 who've had a difficult time - to put it lightly - during or after their presidencies. By my count, nine others were impeached, overthrown, jailed or killed.

Want to learn more about President Yoon's decision to declare martial law in South Korea?
Read more here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lee Jae-myung was a candidate in the 2022 presidential election. He lost by less than 1 point to President Yoon, whose approval rating slid to ~25% in recent weeks and late-night declaration of martial law surprised the world.
Follow BBC's live coverage here: www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

Several former FBI and DOJ officials told me that they believe Trump's nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, is unqualified for the role – and many fear he could decimate agency morale by refashioning the FBI into a weapon used for partisan retribution. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from both of the nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.