11 charts for understanding the escalating global arms race
A snapshot of the state of the defense sector in Europe, the United States, China, and Russia amid a sharp increase in global military spending
Gaza Inc.: The secret history of plans for the private management of Palestinian horror
A network of consulting firms, security companies, contractors, and businessmen from the United States and Israel designed both the controversial aid distribution model and the plans for the reconstruction of the Strip last year
US Congress slashes all funding of public television and ‘Sesame Street’ as part of $9 billion in budget cuts
House of Representatives approves Trump’s cuts to foreign aid and media
Why does Donald Trump want to erase 1970s LGBTQ+ activist Harvey Milk?
The Republican administration has removed the name of the iconic politician from a US Navy ship
Francesca Albanese, UN rapporteur: ‘The United States’ intimidation techniques are mafia-style’
The Italian lawyer, who is being targeted with sanctions by the Trump administration over her support for the Palestinian people, rules out resignation and proposes the total end of relations with Israel’s ‘apartheid regime’
Claudia Sheinbaum accelerates Mexico’s economic growth plan amid US tariff tensions
The six-year strategy to attract investment is moving forward with agreements with business leaders, incentives for farmers, ranchers, and investors, and improved financing options
The Trump-Epstein files controversy, explained
Conservative media and MAGA accounts expressed disappointment after the administration denied the existence of a ‘client list’
Pressuring landlords to hand over tenant records: Trump’s new strategy to track migrants
US immigration authorities have begun demanding data through subpoenas that are not signed by any judge, presumably to locate undocumented individuals
Meghan O’Gieblyn, essayist: ‘I don’t think Trump really believes in God’
After abandoning her faith and turning to technology in search of existential answers, the American writer believes that ‘the solution to human nature is a spiritual one’
Azmi Bishara, former Palestinian member of the Israeli Parliament: ‘Starting a genocide in Gaza was a political decision’
The intellectual, exiled since 2007, believes that the Palestinians would forgive what has happened ‘if there were a just peace’
China’s ‘ideological czar’ who predicted America’s division in the Trump era
Wang Huning, the fourth-ranking member of the Communist Party, traveled to the United States in 1988 and compiled his reflections in a prophetic book titled ‘America Against America’
Lula accuses Trump of blackmailing Brazil over Bolsonaro trial
In a public letter, the US president urges the South American country to ‘immediately’ stop the legal proceedings against the former far-right president and keeps up his threat of tariffs
Trump asks his attorney general to release small part of Epstein court documents to ease MAGA backlash
The US president has threatened to sue ‘The Wall Street Journal’ for publishing a congratulatory letter from the Republican to the millionaire pedophile, which he claims is fake
The Trump administration will hand over the personal data of 79 million Medicaid recipients to ICE
Immigration agents will use information from the public health insurance program to locate and deport undocumented immigrants, according to AP
How the Cuban government violated Vatican agreement on political prisoners
Miguel Díaz-Canel’s administration has once again imprisoned opposition figures released after negotiations with Pope Francis
US supports Argentina in lawsuit against the nationalization of YPF
The Department of Justice will file a brief with the Court of Appeals against the order to transfer 51% of the oil company’s shares to an investment fund
Federal supremacy in immigration, a double-edged sword for Trump
Seven states have passed or are attempting to pass their own immigration laws. All have been blocked, suspended, or are pending litigation for unconstitutionally legislating within an exclusive jurisdiction of the federal administration
A new day of protests against Trump is expected to fill US streets on Thursday under the slogan ‘Good Trouble Lives On’
Hundreds of demonstrations have been called across the states in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis, a leader of the civil rights movement who always advocated causing ‘good trouble’
How much a US tourist visa costs (and the price increase for 2026)
A new fee will increase the price of the application process for non-immigrants by $250
Trump’s plan to dismantle FEMA hits stumbling block after Texas floods
The Trump administration has shifted from criticizing the federal emergency management agency to proposing its overhaul, while others argue that previous budget cuts contributed to the tragedy
Understanding secondary tariffs: Why few expect Trump to make good on his threat to Putin
China and India would be the hardest hit if the US were to impose sanctions on Russia’s main trading partners
Trump’s attempt to quell the Epstein list rebellion further ignites the MAGA movement
House Speaker Mike Johnson joins conservative voices demanding the government share all information about the millionaire pedophile
Colin Allred, Senate contender from Texas: ‘Workers were promised that the focus would be on lowering their costs. We’ve seen just the opposite’
The Democratic politician speaks with EL PAÍS about his strategy to change the course of the state, combat a political system he considers corrupt, and defend the working class
US court gives Argentina three more days to surrender its YPF shares
The country has until Thursday to transfer its 51% stake in the oil company that was nationalized in 2012, or else to reach a deal with the ‘vulture funds’ that sued it
Trump’s tariffs are starting to hit consumers’ wallets: Inflation climbs to 2.7% in June
Economists viewed this data as the first clear sign that Washington’s trade war is starting to affect consumer prices
The Tomato War: Trump breaks an old treaty to hit Mexico with more tariffs
The economy secretary accuses the United States of having rejected proposals for agreements for ‘political reasons’
Mexico’s futile fight against arms trafficking: ‘Trump is reducing the ability to stop illicit weapons reaching the cartels’
Seventy-four percent of illegal weapons enter through the northern border. Mexican authorities are mapping the main routes while Washington is downsizing the ATF