Critical minerals have become a through line in Trump’s chaotic foreign-policy agenda. FP subscribers can download a collection of vital essays on the geopolitics behind these powerful resources here: foreignpolicy.com/projects/criti…

SCOOP: Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of Republicans in a text chain the MLK Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a text chat I saw. politico.com/news/2025/10/2…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sign a landmark critical minerals deal to counter China’s near monopoly on rare earth supply chains. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/20/tru…

Serbian-Canadian man detained in Poland for alleged war crimes in 1991 theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

A Louboutin, no less!

Someone is interfering with aviation in the Baltic Sea region, jamming and manipulating the GPS signals. Every country should be concerned, columnist Elisabeth Braw writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/27/air…

Republicans leading the Senate and House Armed Services Committees criticized the move, calling it “directly at odds with the President’s strategy.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/29/us-…

Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret Story by Anna Kaminski Kansas Reflector || bsky @kansasreflector.com kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/mar…

Kazakhstan's parliament on Wednesday passed a bill to ban the promotion of what it calls "non-traditional sexual orientation" in public spaces and the media, a copycat of Russia's anti-LGBTQ laws. cbsn.ws/4oL3UvR

The president of the United States sitting next to MBS, a man whom the CIA determined ordered the killing of a journalist, and scolding an American reporter for asking MBS an "insubordinate" question is quite a stark moment in the history of press freedom.

Kudos Mary Bruce

The First Amendment: Letting journalists embarrass guests since 1791 🇺🇸

“The White House decision to turn to Driscoll and senior military officers is driven in part by the belief that Moscow might be more open to military-brokered negotiations and by frustration that multiple previous attempts have yielded little” wsj.com/world/europe/t…

Fascinating and timely new profile of Kirill Dmitriev Kirill Dmitriev from Foreign Policy's samskove and John Haltiwanger. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/19/kir…

NEW: Here’s what just happened when Zelensky met Driscoll on Trump’s peace plan, with amazing details from Barak Ravid and Colin Demarest axios.com/2025/11/20/tru…

I spoke with Charlotte Slente, the head of Danish Refugee Council, about her recent visit to eastern Chad to meet with Sudanese refugees. The situation is "horrifying," she said, while urging the international community to do more to help end the civil war in Sudan. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/20/sud…

"It also claims that with international conflicts and a tight budget, sending troops, doctors and vehicles to a 10-day youth event would harm national security by diverting resources from border operations and protecting U.S. territory." Come on.

The day after the Sept. 2 strike, Hegseth said he’d watched the operation live; yesterday, he said he’d only watched the first strike live before going to other meetings. The day of the strike, Rubio said drugs on board the boat “were probably headed to Trinidad.” The next day,

Questions over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s culpability in the double strike have been at the center of bipartisan scrutiny even as the White House has defended his actions, reports FP’s Rachel Oswald. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/02/rep…

Defense Department Inspector General releases Signalgate report dodig.mil/reports.html/A…