As peace remains elusive in Ukraine, it’s worth reflecting on a time when the region was similarly witness to carnage—but with the Russians fighting the British, French, Turks, and… Sardinians? Gary Saul Morson returns to the Weekend Beacon with a review of Gregory Carleton’s Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the Birth of Modern Warfare. “In
Musk is traveling to the battleground state ahead of the April 1 election, which pits Republican-backed Brad Schimel against Democrat-backed Susan Crawford. EAU CLAIRE, Wis.—On the streets of a politically contested territory, one of America’s most politically contested figures has come to dominate the story of the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Local activists who
‘I don’t fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts,’ Trump said. President Donald Trump said on March 29 that he had no intention to fire anyone in his Cabinet after a journalist was accidentally added to a Signal group chat discussing his administration’s plans for an airstrike against the Houthis in
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States in response to a letter President Trump sent earlier this month over the country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. It was Tehran’s first official response to Mr. Trump’s letter. “Although the possibility of direct negotiations between the two sides
‘If you make your car in the United States, you’re going to make a lot of money,’ he said. President Donald Trump said on March 29 that he did not ask automotive CEOs to avoid raising prices in response to sweeping tariffs and that he “couldn’t care less” if they do so on foreign-made cars.
U.S. special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, Adam Boehler, negotiated Faye Hall’s release with the help of Qatari officials. An American citizen detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan last month said on March 29 that she has been released. Faye Hall thanked President Donald Trump for securing her release in a video message posted to
‘We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100 percent,’ Trump said. President Donald Trump said on March 29 that he has “absolutely” had real discussions about annexing the semiautonomous Danish territory of Greenland. “We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100 percent,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview on Saturday, adding that there’s a “good possibility that we could