Analysis
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ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court Validates Metering — Asylum at the Border Under Severe Constraint
On June 25, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision by 6 votes to 3 overturning a lower court judgment that had…
FACT-CHECK: Europe Wants Its Own "Section 301" Against China — What Is True, What Is Pending
At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains in June 2026, French President Emmanuel Macron launched a proposal that captured the attention of chancelleries and economists…
DECODING: Trump "Furious at Everyone" — June 11, 2026 and the Collapse of the Legislative Dream
On June 11, 2026, the Trump administration absorbed a series of legislative setbacks that triggered what sources close to the White House describe as…
ANALYSIS: A Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Immigration Blocks — and Protects 39 Countries
On June 5, 2026, Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. of the federal district court in Providence, Rhode Island, issued a ruling that landed like…
DECODING: Trump holds housing bill hostage to force passage of the electoral SAVE Act
On June 24, 2026, Donald Trump cancelled the signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing affordability bill — a piece of legislation that had taken…
ANALYSIS: Trump at 30% approval — autopsy of a historic disillusionment
On June 23, 2026, an ARG poll (conducted June 16–20, n=1,100) delivered the single most damaging number of Donald Trump's political career: 30% approval,…
FACT-CHECK: The Supreme Court clears the way for expulsion of 350,000 Haitians and Syrians — true or true?
On June 25, 2026, the United States Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 ruling upholding the Trump administration's power to revoke Temporary Protected Status…
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…