The No-Bid Contract That Is Turning Washington’s Reflecting Pool Blue

President Trump handpicked a firm he said had worked on his swimming pool to repair the iconic site near the Lincoln Memorial.

By David A. Fahrenthold and Luke Broadwater

US court delivers fresh blow to Trump's tariff strategy

The US Court of International Trade struck down the 10% import tax imposed on all countries on Thursday. This measure had replaced previous tariffs that the Supreme Court had ruled illegal.

Trump administration relaxing hunting restrictions in US parks and refuges

After January order from US department of the interior, managers across 55 sites have lifted prohibitions Donald Trump’s administration is quietly pushing national park, refuge and wilderness area managers to dramatically scale back hunting restrictions, raising questions about visitor safety and the impact on wildlife. Doug Burgum, the US Department of the Interior secretary, issued an order in January directing multiple agencies to remove what he termed “unnecessary regulatory or administra...

By Associated Press

Thanks to Trump, the gloves are off. There may be no new global order

The old order is dead. We just don’t know what will replace it. As Henry Kissinger reminded us in his 2014 book World Order, “no truly global order has ever existed”. After US President Donald Trump’s erratic actions, the gloves are off. American comedians and Iranian Lego cartoons tell us all we need to know about the demise of the old order. If the unipolar order is not viable, and America is abandoning the multilateral order and the rules of the game it created after World War II, what are...

By Andrew Sheng

Trump administration pushes to scale back on hunting restrictions in national parks

The order comes as hunting continues to decline in the face of increasing urbanization

By Todd Richmond

A pet food entrepreneur and a demand to ‘promote American values’: Trump’s cultural offensive hits the Venice Biennale

The US is being represented at the great art event by Alma Allen, a self-taught sculptor who was chosen after a late call reoriented towards MAGA ideology

By Álex Vicente

Inside a divided America amid raids and protests — why Walk The Line: ICE Nation is a must-see

As immigration crackdowns intensify, the series, Walk The Line: ICE Nation, tracks the Chinese families who risked it all to reach the US, while meeting unlikely migrant allies and young activists stepping into a national divide.

Trade court says Trump’s backup tariffs also illegal

The tariffs were implemented after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s initial taxes

By Peter Weber, The Week US