Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Jay Clayton Sacrificed — Trump Suspends His Intelligence Chief to Force a Vote
On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, as President Donald Trump attended the final day of the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, he triggered
EXPLAINER: Trump's Iran Deal — The Biggest Strategic Blunder in Decades
On June 15, 2026, from the Palace of Versailles, Donald Trump and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian co-signed a fourteen-point memorandum of understanding
ANALYSIS: Vance Blocked at Obbürgen — the Iran Deal That Wobbles Before Zurich
It was supposed to be a historic summit. Vice President JD Vance, flanked by special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, landed
OPINION: U.S. Customs — the Decree Turning Fraud Hunters Into a Fiscal War Machine
On June 3, 2026, Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14411 titled "Strengthening Customs Enforcement," and most mainstream media barely noticed. People were
COMMENTARY: Brazil at 25% — the Trade Offensive Targeting Lula and Defying the Hemisphere
On June 1, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) dropped a silent bomb into hemispheric relations: a proposal
INVESTIGATION: The Senate Votes for Housing — and Slips a CBDC Ban Into the Fine Print
On Monday, June 22, 2026, the U.S. Senate approved the final bipartisan, bicameral version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
FACT-CHECK: Tariffs Struck Down — $65 Billion in Refunds Still Owed to Importers
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential commercial rulings of the modern era. In
REPORT: Revised Section 232 — Steel, Copper, Aluminum, the Tariff Wall Gets Sharper
On June 1, 2026, the White House published a new presidential proclamation, officially titled "Further Adjusting the Tariff Regimes for Imports of
EXPLAINER: National Quantum Computer — The Pentagon's Cryptographic Weapon by 2028
On June 22, 2026, Donald Trump signed two executive orders that profoundly reformat the United States' technological strategy: Executive Order 14411, titled