Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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OPINION: When Washington Sabotages Its Own Spies to Hand an Amateur the Keys to Intelligence
On June 12, 2026, at precisely midnight, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — the most powerful electronic surveillance tool in the…
PROFILE: Secure America Act — $70 Billion for the Agency That Killed Two American Citizens
On June 10, 2026, Donald Trump signed the Secure America Act, a budget reconciliation law that allocates $70 billion to immigration enforcement and border…
INVESTIGATION: G7 Évian — Trump Erases Ukraine While Europe Recalculates Its Survival
The G7 summit at Évian-les-Bains, France, was supposed to be the moment to redouble international pressure on Russia to end the war against Ukraine.…
COMMENTARY: The Russian Exemption Expired — Trump Tightens the Tap After Leaving It Wide Open
On June 17, 2026, the United States let the third and final sanctions exemption on Russian oil expire without renewal. This ends a cycle…
REPORT: RFK Jr. Blocked $600 Million in Vaccines — 600,000 Children Will Die
He did not go to the camps. He did not look the children in the eyes. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., American Secretary of Health…
DECODING: Trump's Pro-Ukraine Pivot at the G7 — Why Moscow Is Really Worried
At the G7 summit held in France in June 2026, the American tone on the war in Ukraine surprised — and not in the…
ANALYSIS: The $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund — When Trump May Have Defrauded a Federal Court
On the evening of Friday, May 30, 2026, federal judge Kathleen M. Williams of the U.S. District Court opened an explosive inquiry: she wanted…
FACT-CHECK: SCOTUS Transgender Athletes — What the Court Is Really Saying on Rights and Facts
On January 13, 2026, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two consolidated cases on transgender athletes: Little v. Hecox (Idaho) and…
OPEN LETTER: Mr. Miller, Your Habeas Corpus Memo Is Proof of an Authoritarian Temptation
On April 29, 2026, White House personnel secretary Will Scharf drafted an internal memo addressed to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. This document, obtained…