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- Justice Barrett's powerful opinion for a 6-3 majority reins in willful judges who try to dictate national policy. - The Editorial Board
- Walter Russell Mead says Trump's instincts are to avoid war, but he's no isolationist. He struck back hard at a real threat. - Tunku Varadarajan
- The Iran strikes leave the president bolder than ever. Meanwhile, can New York survive a socialist mayor? - Peggy Noonan
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The President's Defense Budget Misses the Mark | | |
By Seth G. Jones, president of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies | |
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| The Trump Administration is touting what it calls the first trillion-dollar defense budget. But in today's spotlight, Seth G. Jones says that this figure includes a one-time boost from the reconciliation package, and the White House's $893 billion proposed military budget for fiscal 2026 is actually a cut in real terms. In a world that's growing increasingly dangerous, Mr. Jones says, Washington owes it to Americans and NATO allies to commit serious money. | |
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The Supreme Court Kills 'Universal' Injunctions | | |
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| When the President abuses his executive power, the answer isn't for federal judges to abuse theirs. That was the message Friday from the Supreme Court, in a landmark 6-3 opinion ending routine "universal injunctions." | |
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The Strike on Iran Was 'Jacksonian' | | |
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| Donald Trump's instincts are to avoid war, but he's no isolationist. He struck back hard at a real threat. So where does Mr. Trump fit into the American foreign policy tradition? Walter Russell Mead is better placed to answer that question than most. | |
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Trump Seeks Greatness as Mamdani Rises | | |
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| Zohran Mamdani has a Trumpian feel for politics. He doesn't have a 10-point plan to improve public transportation, he has a vow: Buses will be free. That is his "Drill, baby, drill." He has a natural and intuitive sense of media as fine as Trump's but cleverer, funnier, more modern. | |
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