Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks helped sell U.S. intervention. Then Trump cut them out.

Foreign Policy

The Exiles Who Sold Trump’s Wars

by María Isabel Puerta Riera and Kourosh Ziabari June 17, 2026June 16, 2026

Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks made the case for U.S. intervention. Then the president cut them loose.

Claude v. Compliance: A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from blacklisting the AI firm Anthropic following a dispute over its refusal to allow its technology to be used for surveillance and autonomous weapons.

Law and Justice

The Pentagon’s “Orwellian” Case Against Anthropic

by Matt Watkins April 2, 2026April 1, 2026

A federal judge sided with the artificial intelligence company’s argument that the government violated its right to free speech, but the dispute is far from over.

Regime Reckoning: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is betting the Cuban regime is finally ready to break. Here, Rubio attends a lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida.

Foreign Policy

Cuba Libre: Rubio’s Big Bet on Regime Change in Havana

by Markos Kounalakis March 16, 2026March 18, 2026

Without charismatic Castro and Russian/Venezuelan support, and with sky-high oil prices, the communist regime is brittle. But as the secretary of state discovers in Iran, breaking things is the easy part.

Magazine

The Ephemeral Presidency

by Bill Scher January 19, 2026February 3, 2026

Except for the damage, nothing Trump is doing will last.

Politics

Is Donald Trump Blowing It with Venezuelan American Voters?

by María Isabel Puerta Riera September 27, 2024September 26, 2024

In 2020, we saw the arrival of the pro-Trump, anti-socialist “MAGAzuelan” voting bloc. But this year, Trump has been disparaging Venezuelans who came to America to flee socialism.