Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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Paris Reopens the Brunel Case, the Epstein Associate Who Died in Custody
The Paris prosecutor's office has announced a full reassessment of the judicial investigation opened in 2019 and closed in 2023 into Jean-Luc
Normandy, Brittany and the Loire Region Are Winning Over Vacationers
Every year, the same mental map takes hold of the French when booking summer vacation: the South, the Mediterranean, the promise of
A Campaign Disables Microsoft Defender Before Dropping Ransomware
The claim has been circulating since July 2, 2026: attackers are allegedly disabling Microsoft Defender, the log-monitoring tool Sysmon, and web application
To NATO's Allies, Before Ankara Becomes a Missed Rendezvous
Dear leaders of the Atlantic Alliance, I am writing this open letter just days ahead of the NATO summit set to take
DOJ Refuses to Hand Over More Epstein Files Despite Judge's Order
On July 2, 2026, just hours before a deadline set by a federal judge, the U.S. Department of Justice formally refused to
Rare Earths, the Chinese Lever Beijing Pulls While Taiwan Rehearses War
On July 2, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War published its weekly China-Taiwan Update, a document that, beneath its technical
At Mount Rushmore, Trump Trades National Unity for a Partisan Attack
On July 3, 2026, the eve of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Donald Trump chose Mount Rushmore, in South Dakota, to
The Supreme Court Reins In Trump on Mail-In Voting
On June 29, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that halts one of Donald Trump's most persistent obsessions: his
Bondi Pins the Blame on Blanche for the Epstein Files Failures
On May 29, 2026, Pam Bondi made her first public appearance since announcing her thyroid cancer diagnosis, a bandage still visible on