Saturday, May 30, 2026

James Weston

Europe Gets a Written Trump Trade Deal, With a Caveat for Automakers

The United States and the European Union on Thursday published much-anticipated details of the trade agreement they struck verbally last month, which will see...

3 Lessons From International Protests Amid the L.A. Unrest

Images from Los Angeles this week of demonstrators throwing rocks and police officers spraying tear gas mirror scenes of other recent confrontations between protesters...

Monday Briefing: Tensions Flare in Los Angeles

Trump sent the National Guard to Los AngelesFollowing clashes over immigration raids, President Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to be deployed...

Russia Pummels Kharkiv With Drones and Bombs, Ukraine Says

Russia pummeled Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, overnight on Saturday, using a swarm of drones, bombs and missiles that killed at least three people, according...

How an Iconic Blouse Became the Center of a Political Tussle in Romania

The painter Henri Matisse and the designer Yves Saint-Laurent both took inspiration from it. The British singer Adele wore it for a Vogue fashion...

In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution

Since 2022, residents of St. James Parish, along the heavily industrialized banks of the Mississippi River known as “Cancer Alley,” have used low-cost monitors...

As Trump Demands More Military Spending, NATO Allies Reconsider What Counts

When President Trump demanded months ago that NATO allies spend 5 percent of their national income on defense, leaders across Europe said it couldn’t...

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