WashingtonWill it even matter if Donald Trump is impeached?Scott Gilmore: The odds of impeachment have gone up considerably. But we forget impeachment does not remove a president from office.
PoliticsCan Trump shut out Canada and cut a trade deal with just Mexico?Chrystia Freeland insists Canada has to sign, and a top trade lawyer says the White House lacks the authority—but Trump is blustering ahead
WashingtonTrump says markets will crash if he’s impeached. Don’t count on it.Neither history nor recent market reactions fully support the president’s claims
WashingtonCohen pleads guilty; Manafort convicted. And Trump goes on.Scott Gilmore: Either of these events would have destroyed a presidency. But when it comes to America’s president, there is no tipping point.
WashingtonDonald Trump’s target for the midterms: legal immigrationTeam Trump has pivoted to an attack on ’birthright citizenship’ ahead of the midterm election—will his fearful base follow?
EnvironmentEverything Donald Trump got wrong linking California wildfires to Canadian lumber importsActually, it is a ’global warming thing.’ And that’s just for starters.
WashingtonUnhinged Donald Trump no longer shocks, which is shockingAnne Kingston: Omarosa’s book represents a tipping point—the apparent normalization of the incivility ushered in by the Trump presidency
PoliticsWhat Donald Trump and Gwyneth Paltrow have in commonAnne Kingston: Donald Trump is the obvious fearmeister, but fewer enterprises exploit fear more stealthily than the positive-vibe ’wellness industry’
WorldAs Kandahar finds peace, Canada finds its own kind of vindicationAdnan R. Khan returns to Afghanistan’s formerly fraught southern region, where lessons from Canada’s failed mission more than a decade ago are inspiring America’s next steps
PoliticsThe rise of the radical left in America’s Democratic PartyAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez has put a brash, fresh face on unapologetic socialism in the United States. Can Americans—or even Democrats—get behind her?