Transcript: Ambassador Oksana Markarova on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” May 4, 2025

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Illegal Immigrant Who Gave Birth in US Avoids Rapid Deportation

‘Custody has since been transferred to ICE, and she now awaits a court date,’ Homeland Security said. A Guatemalan illegal immigrant who crossed the U.S. border while eight months pregnant and gave birth in Arizona has bypassed fast-track deportation after the state’s governor intervened, her lawyer and a federal official said on May 3. The

Transcript: H.R. McMaster on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” May 4, 2025

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Trump Downplays Recession Concerns as a ‘Transition Period’ for US

‘I think we’re going to have the greatest economy in the history of our country,’ the president said in a new interview. President Donald Trump said he believes a recession is unlikely and downplayed concerns about the impact tariffs may have on the U.S. economy. “Look, yeah, it’s—everything’s OK. What we are—I said, this is

Putting Self-Reflection on Paws

In Jostein Gaarder’s Sophie’s World, 14-year-old Sophie Amundsen begins receiving mysterious letters from a philosopher, encouraging her to consider deep questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. One day, she is tasked with considering the differences between humans and animals, and reflects on the differences between her cat and herself.

The Pessimist’s Guide to Global Affairs

There was once a time in the 1990s when Robert Kaplan was rightly regarded as a prophet. “Disease, overpopulation, unprovoked crime, scarcity of resources, refugee migrations, the increasing erosion of nation-states and international borders, and the empowerment of private armies, security firms, and international drug cartels”—this was the parade of horribles Kaplan bracingly foretold in