Western Promises

In Rupert Brooke’s best-known poem, a soldier says that if he dies, there will be “some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England.” As I discovered nearly 30 years ago, such corners, dating from 1918 and 1919, can be found in a cemetery in Archangel (Archangelsk) in Russia’s far north. In her latest

Do the Math

Mathematicians can have a childlike sense of wonder. They chart the optimal color of bananas to ripen on schedule, rather than just purchasing the best-looking ones. Where most people see a mess to clean up, they see the partial differential equations written in the red of splattered ketchup. They set up statistical models to predict

Trump holds first rally with running mate JD Vance

Former President Donald Trump is holding his first campaign rally since he survived an attempted assassination, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his new running mate. “It was exactly one week ago, even to the hour, even to the minute,” Trump said before the crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reflecting on the July

Trump, Vance hold first joint campaign rally

Trump, Vance hold first joint campaign rally – CBS News Watch CBS News President Donald Trump and his new running mate, Sen. JD Vance, were holding a campaign rally in the battleground state of Michigan Saturday. With Saturday’s event, the Trump campaign is signaling their path to victory runs through the Midwest. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

DHS Officials Defend Women in Law Enforcement After Trump Assassination Attempt

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, alongside other senior officials and agency leaders, have issued a joint statement firmly defending female Secret Service agents during the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “In the days following the attempted assassination of former President Trump, some people have made public statements questioning the presence