Trump has offered multiple explanations for the Iran strikes. Freedom for the Iranian people. A deal in two or three days. A war lasting four or five weeks. “It’s wartime jazz,” says WSJ reporter Alexander Ward. “He shoots first…and figures out the political objectives as he watches things unfold.”

China buys 80% of Iran’s oil. So as the Strait of Hormuz crisis escalates, Trump may need Chinese President Xi Jinping more than he wants to admit. Here’s how China became one of Iran’s most important allies, why the US wants China’s help now, and what Xi Jinping could demand in return.

In the history section on ICE’s website, one line reads: “Despite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's relatively young age, its functional history predates the modern birth of the agency by more than 200 years.” We know that ICE was created in 2003. So what exactly do they mean by that?

Imagine a Democratic presidential win in 2028. While Democrats would be thrilled, they’d pretty quickly face a tough question: how do you undo years of institutional change without weakening democratic norms in the process?

President Donald Trump promised voters in 2024 that his policies would be America First. But he went back on that promise with multiple foreign interventions, including the war in Iran. So why does polling of MAGA voters show overwhelming support for this conflict?

China is quietly redefining its relationship with Taiwan as the US is embroiled in global conflicts. First: a historic meeting with Taiwan’s opposition leader, Cheng Li-wun, ahead of May’s planned meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

The US has launched a war on Iran. But why? The short answer is nobody really knows. Vox’s @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social explains why the incoherence at the heart of Trump’s latest, biggest war is particularly scary. You can read more coverage here: www.vox.com/politics/481...

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett lost the Texas primaries Tuesday night to state Rep. James Talarico — and Vox’s Astead Herndon thinks he knows why. He looks back at a conversation he had with Crockett last month to examine why her campaign didn’t make it across the finish line.

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Jack Smith had enough evidence to convict Trump of selling and mismanaging US most important secretes at Ma-ra-lago. Now we are seeing that trump handed those secretes to Putin who is using it to help Iran kill Americans. US blood is on the hands of the 5 corrupt SCOTUS who gave him immunity.

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