Maxime Marquette
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COMMENTARY: Trump frets over the yen, and behind the yen sit $1,104 billion in Treasuries
Satsuki Katayama refused to say one thing. On September 25, 2026, at her regular press conference, Japan’s finance minister makes a disclosure. At the…
QUICK TAKE: The FAA cleared a flame on Trump’s arch, not snipers or drones
From the top of the Lincoln Memorial steps, we look toward Virginia. We see the bridge. We see the water of the Potomac. At…
OPINION: The author of Section 301 says Trump misuses it, and the buyer keeps the receipt
Two things are true at once. A tax can be ruled illegal, then refunded. And the person who paid part of it at the…
PROFILE: Ketanji Brown Jackson calls out the fast pass, then makes Washington wait
Monday, 4 p.m. That is the time written into the docket of the Supreme Court of the United States, case 26A406.
ANALYSIS: Democrats lead by nine points, but ten redrawn maps already weigh on the House
A poll this morning delivered a scoreline. On September 25, 2026, at 6 a.m., NBC News published its polling averages. For control of Congress,…
COMMENTARY: Around Cuba, Washington sounds out military police, not strike units
A combat sustainment support battalion. An engineer battalion. An expeditionary sustainment command. A medical brigade. A forward resuscitative surgical team.
NARRATIVE: Seoul knew Zelensky would mention the two prisoners, just not in which words
It isn’t a betrayal. It isn’t a leak either. Zelensky spoke from the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly, on Wednesday, September 23,…
ANALYSIS: Trump reportedly told Xi “unacceptable”; Beijing omits Iran and keeps Mahan Air flying
Iran. The word isn’t there. On September 25 at 7:50 a.m. Beijing time, China’s Foreign Ministry published its readout. The previous day’s talks between…
EXPLAINER: Beijing stops the Ayungin resupply 60 miles out and talks only of loudspeakers
In Beijing’s statement, there is no warship. There is a Philippine ship, sent to resupply an “illegally grounded” vessel. There is the China Coast…