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CHRONICLE: Trump Paralyzes the Senate GOP, Despite a Promised 5-Week Recess

CHRONICLE: On July 29, Kash Patel defies the Senate despite a purge launched in minutes

CHRONICLE: On August 1, Washington raises its tone despite flights already cancelled

CHRONICLE: Trump gathers his cabinet at Camp David in the shadow of the Iran war and the midterms

COLUMN: Trump Pulls Out a 2028 Cap, and the Joke Still Says Something

On July 24, 2026, at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, held at the Waldorf Astoria after being rescheduled, Donald Trump said: "I'm pleased…

CHRONICLE: A Coffin and a Law: Lindsey Graham's Funeral as a Political Weapon

A coffin draped in the American flag entered Washington National Cathedral on a Tuesday. Inside it, a 71-year-old man his allies described as the…

CHRONICLE: Ávila's Spanish Record, When a State of Emergency Becomes Seasonal Weather

On July 24, 2026, the Spanish government declared a national state of emergency following a series of wildfires near Madrid and in the neighboring…

CHRONICLE: In Detroit, Trump Sells the Tariff as Shop-Floor Patriotism

On July 27, 2026 , Donald Trump visits Michigan and speaks to workers at a General Motors plant in Milford, according to AP News.…

COLUMN: America Puts a Price on the Sky With Golden Dome

Sixty years after the phrase "Star Wars" first entered the American defense lexicon as a punchline as much as a plan, the country is…