Voters sour on Trump, threatening GOP hold of Congress, and even seats in redder, midwest farm states.

Monday was another one of those days when individual events may not seem particularly unusual, but putting several things together paints a much more concerning picture.

Whatever the outcome of the vote on November 3rd, Donald Trump has made it clear he expects to carry on doing what he loves best: making money, behaving like a gangster and ignoring Congress

Johann Wadephul, the German foreign minister, cuts through the illusion that Russia’s advocates and the chorus calling for "peace" keep selling Ukraine: that once Russians occupy a territory, ordinary...

The US Pulls Back Its Bombers: More Winning, Obviously; Hegseth’s Frightening Speech

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers

Potentially undermining sanctions, over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking ...

Pressure Eases.

Another week begins with another warning from Europe about Russia…

Repost from Malign Influence Operations

October 5, 2026: Chancellor Went to Kyiv. Now He Must Explain the Jobs.

Definitely not Americans

Three years after October 7, a hijacked plane nearly became a weapon over Israel. The passengers were heroes. Their courage should not obscure the government failures

Let Russia disintegrate into dozens of independent states. Demilitarize and denuclearize. Pay reparations. Atone for your history. And you will be alive. And safe. We will stop there. Otherwise things...

Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo

In this week’s update, Operation Vivaldi, Ukraine’s new ballistic missile, Russia’s winter bombing campaign, security updates from the Pacific, as well as my Big Five recommended reads.

Time for a quick lesson in Russian and in lying in Russian, courtesy of one of Putin’s role models, Hitler’s propaganda minister Goebbels. It turns out that Putin really likes his Goebbels.

Europe strongly condemns it, but doesn’t do much else

How did Trump fumble so badly?

Today, for a change, I am not writing about explosions, arson attacks, drone incursions, information operations, or critical infrastructure going up in flames somewhere in Europe.

Can we scrape it through?

My wide-ranging interview with Der Spiegel

Behind the Pro-Russian Billboard Campaign in Italy

How Mark Carney’s bid for economic and strategic resilience is playing out.

USS Theodore Roosevelt departed

I will not stop and I will not hide, even if I thought it was possible to do so. I believe that the best defense is a good offense. My family and I will not truly be safe as long as Putin is in power ...

And Why It Could Work

With a terrorist hijacking averted, what now awaits Israel and the region?

Several countries, including the UK, France and the Baltic countries did not receive an invite to a planned meeting in Poland that will focus on NATO’s future Trump and his cronies are doing everythi...

Trump Is Losing Voters. His Pentagon Is Alienating Allies.