Donald Trump

A ceasefire in Gaza remains tied to unresolved recovery efforts, a federal shooting in Minneapolis has escalated into a national political confrontation, and the war in Ukraine is settling into a long-term condition rather than a decisive phase. None of the three shows signs of rapid resolution. Together, they reflect a security environment defined less by escalation than by endurance, with governments managing pressure rather than bringing conflicts to clean conclusions.

For two decades, the war in Afghanistan was fought as a coalition effort. NATO allies deployed to combat zones, took casualties, and shared the risks of a war that ultimately ended in failure.

America’s widening inequality and pay-to-play politics have left millions feeling trapped in a grinding rat race, and in that anger they handed power to a leader they suspected was corrupt, with consequences that will reward the New Nobility while everyone else gets squeezed.

America is not collapsing from outside pressure but hollowing itself out from within, trading shared civic responsibility for grievance, celebrity worship, and the comforting lies of a cult that mistakes cruelty for strength and ignorance for conviction.

Mr. Trump has treated his solemn oath as a disposable campaign slogan, shredding constitutional norms and moral standards while his enablers in Congress cower in silence before his vengeful whims.

Community over crackdown: New Mexico’s Guard model shows crime can drop without sacrificing trust, rights, or local control.

When a president demands loyalty to himself rather than to the Constitution, he breaks the pact that underpins American civil-military relations—and leaves the military with an impossible choice.

Trump’s ultimatum to Iran: negotiate in 2 months—or face the unthinkable. Could the first US nuclear strike since WWII be looming?

By federalizing the California National Guard and defying the governor, President Trump is doing more than responding to a crisis—he’s staging a demonstration of force to prove he still holds the biggest stick in the room.

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