Obama’s Phoned Rudd First

The slim chance that a female athlete will be disadvantaged by a transgender person over the course of her athletic career is out of proportion to the intensity of the debate.

U.S. interests themselves may not have changed; what has changed is more likely the way those interests are expressed.

The fierce debate within the party over pro-Israel and anti-Israel positions, sparked by Mamdani, is likely to continue disrupting U.S. politics for the foreseeable future.

The natural disaster that struck Venezuela marks the collapse of Chavismo, even in the eyes of those who defended it until the very end.

Each side contradicts the other’s announcement of any progress.