Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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TESTIMONY: China secretly trained Russian soldiers in biological warfare — generals implicated
On July 1, 2026, the Reuters news agency published an exclusive that fundamentally changes what the world thought it knew about Sino-Russian
NARRATIVE: Housing bill arrives at Trump's desk — after weeks of congressional standoff
On June 29, 2026, House Speaker Mike Johnson officially transmitted to Donald Trump for signature a bipartisan affordable housing bill, described by
ESSAY: Trump and Ukraine — how pressure on Moscow switched sides
In November 2024, Russian nationalists celebrated Donald Trump's election as a strategic victory. They believed that Moscow would crush a Ukraine deprived
COLUMN: Trump threatens Europe with a 100% tariff — the digital war that has been brewing for years
On June 26, 2026, Donald Trump launched a trade threat of a brutality rarely seen in peacetime: 100% customs duties on all
OPINION: Judge Talwani blocks Trump on mail-in voting — democracy holds the line
On June 25, 2026, in a Boston federal courthouse, Judge Indira Talwani struck down the core provisions of Trump's presidential decree aimed
PROFILE: 350,000 Haitians and Syrians facing deportation — Trump armed by the Supreme Court
On June 25, 2026, the United States Supreme Court delivered a devastating ruling for 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians living legally in
INVESTIGATION: Moroccan fertilizer, the Iran war and inflation — why Trump had to bend on his own tariffs
On June 29, 2026, Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation declaring an economic state of emergency to temporarily suspend — for 8
COMMENTARY: CUSMA in limbo — Trump leaves North America's greatest trade deal in a void
On July 1, 2026, the CUSMA — the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, known as USMCA on the American side and T-MEC in Mexico
EDITORIAL: The Court gives and takes away — Trump's ambivalent scorecard on June 29
The 29th of June 2026 will remain in American political history as one of the most paradoxical days of the Trump presidency.