Assessing Trump’s Diplomatic Juggling Act. Plus, How Anti-Semites Hijacked a Top Scholarly Journal.

The art of the deal: Most presidents, the Hudson Institute’s Mike Watson writes, “implement only a handful of initiatives at a time that usually only become public knowledge once they have matured.” Not Trump. “I never get too attached to one deal or one approach,” he wrote in Art of the Deal. “I keep a

A Top Architectural Journal Planned To Center Its Latest Issue on Israeli ‘Settler-Colonial Apartheid and Genocide.’ When Its Publisher Said No, the Whole Board Resigned.

The Journal of Architectural Education (JAE), the field’s premier scholarly journal, has dedicated past issues to topics like the “various nuances through which water and design mix” and the “relationship between stories and architecture.” Last year, the journal landed on a different topic for its fall 2025 issue: The “ongoing Israeli genocidal campaign against Palestinians

Vance Meets With Italy’s Meloni in Trip to Rome, Vatican

The practicing Catholic also participated in a Good Friday service at St. Peter’s Basilica. Vice President JD Vance continued bilateral discussions with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on April 18 in Rome, kicking off a diplomatic trip to both Italy and Vatican City that will run through Easter Sunday. “We have a couple of important

Trump Moves Forward With Plan to Make It Easier to Fire Some Federal Workers

An estimated 50,000 career government employees would be reclassified as ‘at-will’ employees held to new civil service regulations. President Donald Trump announced on April 18 that he plans to implement a day-one executive order aimed at increasing accountability among the nation’s federal workforce. Trump said on Truth Social that, according to his order, the Office of

Trump Floats Revoking Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status—What Is It?

Harvard University and the Trump administration are in an escalating standoff after the institution declined to comply with a list of conditions for addressing campus anti-Semitism and ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The administration’s initial letter warned that $9 billion in grants and contracts would be reviewed. After some back-and-forth between the two

RFK assassination files released by Trump admin. Here’s what they say.

Washington — The Trump administration on Friday started releasing the first tranche of records on Democratic Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination, with roughly 10,000 pages of previously classified records. The disclosure — ordered by President Trump within days of taking office and backed by the senator’s son, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.