The Price of Proximity to Trump
Washington has its own rules, although, like most rules involving power, nobody bothers to write them down. One of them is this: a foreign country can spend years being almost completely invisible in Washington until, suddenly, someone discovers it can be useful in a political fight at home. And just like that, everybody becomes an expert. Enter Chris LaCivita,…
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What Power Looks Like When Nobody Is Watching
Politics is complicated. Covering an American president even more so. What I know and what I do not know is sometimes simply a matter…
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British counterterrorism police arrested a 27-year-old dual U.K.-Iranian national in London on Thursday on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts in connection with the incident…
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday that Britain has “strong indications” Iran played a part in the incident near RAF Fairford that led to…
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Jeffries Says Trump White House Press Ban Could Reach Supreme Court
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries told The Pavlovic Today on Wednesday that the legal fight over White House press-access restrictions could reach the Supreme Court, as litigation over…
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Trump May Meet Dennis Rodman, Won’t Say If Kim Is Topic
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has been told he is meeting former NBA star Dennis Rodman, but declined to say whether…
Trump Says AI ‘Not a Hoax,’ Bets on Industry Self-Policing
After a private White House lunch Tuesday with some of America’s most powerful technology executives, President Donald Trump laid out the rough shape…
Trump Launches America.gov as Part of AI Push
President Donald Trump launched America.gov on Tuesday. He called the AI-powered website “just a preview of what is possible with super intelligence” and…
EXIM’s Jovanovic on America’s Economic Security
President Donald Trump on Monday announced a $15 billion investment by Mesabi Metallics to build a major steel plant in Iowa, putting domestic…
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Chronicles on Freedom: My Life in Voluntary Exile
“It is we who changed. Everything else remained the same,” the Croatian waiter at Monte’s Trattoria in New York City told…
George Logothetis: Humanity Cannot Survive as a Collection of Avatars on a Screen
There is no shortage of power in New York this week. Black SUVs sweep through Midtown with…
Trump Sets Midterm Message: ‘We’re Running Against Communists, Lunatics, Socialists’
“We’re running against communists, lunatics, socialists.” That was President Donald Trump’s pitch to voters Monday, delivered in the Oval Office when he was asked what his message would be heading into the November midterms. Trump cast the approaching elections as a choice between his administration’s record on jobs, security and manufacturing and a Democratic Party…
Andy Burnham Pledges Universal National Care Service at Labour Conference
Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Sunday to create a universal national care service free at the point of use, putting an overhaul of Britain’s social care system at the center of his first Labour Party conference as party leader and prime minister. Burnham said the social care system must be addressed to prevent it from…
Trump Reacts To UK Arrests Near RAF Fairford
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States had been working with Britain in connection with the arrest of several men near RAF Fairford, a British military air base used by the U.S. Air Force. “Working with Britain, it was an amazing job. We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big…
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Exclusive: State Department Plans Major U.S. Push at Expo 2027 Belgrade
The State Department is preparing a major American push at Serbia’s Expo 2027 in Belgrade, The Pavlovic Today can reveal. The plans, confirmed by a State Department official, show that Washington intends to use the first Expo to be held in the Balkans not only as a cultural showcase, but as a platform for deeper American economic…
‘President Trump — Serbia Welcomes You!’ Huge UFC Banner Unleashes Massive Show of Support for Donald Trump
Serbia’s love for Donald Trump erupted at the UFC’s historic Belgrade debut on Saturday evening as a huge “PRESIDENT TRUMP — SERBIA WELCOMES YOU” banner was held up inside the arena. Trump ally Richard Grenell was spotted chatting ringside with Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali as they joined a host of high-profile guests, including UFC…