SCOTUS Preserved Abortion by Mail. Opponents Already Know Their Next Moves.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency order restoring mail‑order access to mifepristone after the 5th Circuit temporarily blocked it, keeping telehealth abortions available while litigation continues. Providers like Dr. Angel Foster quickly adapted, using higher doses of misoprostol alone during the brief shutdown. Anti‑abortion advocates are now pressing the Justice Department to revive the 19th‑century Comstock Act to ban all abortion‑related mail. Meanwhile, groups such as Aid Access have already shipped pills to more than 200,000 patients and are preparing overseas supply chains as a fallback.
I Helped Craft the 25th Amendment. It Was Never Meant to Oust a President.
A former congressional aide who helped draft the 25th Amendment clarifies that the amendment was never intended as a tool to oust a president. Adopted in 1967 after Kennedy’s assassination, it solely addresses presidential inability and vice‑presidential vacancies. The author...
Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Here’s Why.
The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services department issued new Title X guidance that pivots federal family‑planning funds toward childbirth and natural family‑planning methods, effectively sidelining hormonal contraception. The policy also threatens to cut funding for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide...
So You Want to Negotiate with Iran ...
President Donald Trump has publicly claimed he faces no pressure and unlimited time to deal with Iran, even as his administration scrambles to define a coherent negotiation strategy. Analysts warn that the U.S. must decide whether a deal that leaves...
Tinker Tailor Campaigner Spy
The piece traces the evolution of foreign election interference from covert Cold‑War CIA operations—such as the 1958 secret funding of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party—to the overt, public endorsements by former President Donald Trump in recent contests across Japan, Hungary and...
Trump and the Myth of American Oil Independence
President Trump announced the United States will wind down its war on Iran, asserting that America no longer depends on oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz because it is now the world’s top producer. While imports from the Gulf...
Opinion | Why Europe Is Wrong to Think Iran Is ‘Not Our War’
The opinion piece argues that the conflict with Iran is unequivocally Europe’s war, not merely America’s, citing the deep penetration of Iranian‑backed Islamist networks across European societies. It warns that European leaders who distance themselves from U.S. and Israeli actions...
Carney's Grand Ambition On Trade Does Not Include Trump
Former NATO secretary‑general Anders Fogh Rasmussen is championing a new “D7” trade coalition of affluent democracies to lessen reliance on U.S. trade policy. The idea, echoed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, draws on the CPTPP and the European Union...