Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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What Trump's Crypto Fortune Reveals About His Conflicts of Interest
Every year, American law requires the president of the United States to file a public financial disclosure, a transparency exercise meant to
The Supreme Court Permanently Shuts the Door on Trump in the Carroll Case
On June 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal filed by Donald Trump against the verdict that found
Epstein Files, the Justice Department Digs In on Its Redactions
On July 2, 2026, just hours before a deadline set by a federal judge expired, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a
EU Toughens Its Tone on China as Deindustrialization Fears Grow
It took years of diplomatic patience and cautious statements before the European Union finally decided to say out loud what its industrialists
Moldova Shuts Down a Russian Cultural Center Suspected of Interference
July 4, 2026 will remain a date with double symbolism. While the United States celebrated its independence, Moldova permanently closed the doors
Egypt Stuns the World With Its First-Ever Round-of-16 Breakthrough
Some football nights sum up decades of waiting in a single evening. The night of July 3, 2026 at Dallas Stadium in
Ex-Olympian Charged With Damaging Lincoln Memorial's Renovated Pool
A federal grand jury in Washington indicted David Hearn, 67, a three-time American Olympian in canoeing, on July 2, 2026, for destruction
Zelensky demands NATO speed up Patriots before Ankara
Some numbers should be enough, on their own, to silence diplomatic hesitation. At least 27 dead and more than 100 wounded: that
250 pardons for 250 years, Trump's failed stunt
According to The Atlantic, the White House had considered a spectacularannouncement of two hundred fifty presidential pardons as the centerpiece of the