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Has Trump lost his appetite for war?

In today’s issue: ▪ U.S., Iran exchange strikes ▪ Court strikes down Trump tariffs ▪ Hantavirus concerns ▪ Clarence Thomas’s milestone President Trump's latest push for a relatively narrow peace deal with Iran has both supporters and critics asking if he’s really prepared to

Meloni meets Rubio as Iran war strains Italy-US ties

By Crispian Balmer ROME, May 8 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday at a moment of unusual strain between her government and President Donald Trump's administration, driven largely by the war with Iran. Rubio is in

Gulf clash threatens hopes for quick US-Iran deal

A new clash between US and Iranian forces in the Gulf dented optimism for a negotiated peace Friday, despite President Donald Trump insisting a shaky truce was still holding while the sides inch towards a deal. US Central Command said Iranian forces had launched missiles,

Rupiah rout stoking fears of a 1997 repeat in Indonesia

TOKYO – Indonesian officials are working overtime to dismiss any suggestion that Jakarta is catching a whiff of 1997 in the air. But the force of their interventions to steady the rupiah tells a very different story. Bank Indonesia is hemorrhaging currency reserves to put a

Asia

Alma Allen Flops in Venice

Plus, a peek into the Biennale's main exhibition, a poetic procession for Koyo Kouoh, a film about a painter and an art forger, and more.

T​he Trans Idahoans Fighting an Extreme Bathroom Ban

On July 1, perhaps the most punitive bathroom ban in the country is set to go into effect in Idaho. The ban threatens people with criminal penalties for being in a public restroom that does not match what the law refers to as their “biological sex” (a term it does not define).

The eye in your pocket

Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move - by Carissa Véliz Read on Aeon

John Roberts Is Trying to Defend the Indefensible

Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues have a problem on their hands. Americans have an increasingly low opinion of the Supreme Court. Thanks to its aggressive and corrosive rulings, a growing number of voters and elected officials favor structural reforms to rein in the

How Is Tucker Carlson More Antiwar Than Leading Democrats?

In an interview with The New York Times last week, Tucker Carlson, once a Trump stalwart, called President Trump’s war with Iran “the single most foolish thing any American president has ever done.” The conservative podcaster no doubt was being intentionally hyperbolic, as his