Writing for The New Yorker, Jacob Weisberg argues that Bush's enduring refusal to directly condemn Donald Trump isn't principled post-presidential restraint, but a politically convenient silence that comes out of fear, family loyalty and a fixation on repairing his own legacy. Weisberg describes Bush as someone whose public values stand in stark contrast to those of Trump's, with his support for immigration, free trade, diplomacy, civic decency and global health. Yet, Bush has consistently avoided naming or even challenging the president, even after he issued startling cuts to Bush's long-running program to help reduce HIV/AIDS in Africa. Weisberg can't understand why, as the only living former Republican president, Bush is refusing to allow the GOP to be remade in Trump's image. read more
The Trump administration's decision to bring Russia back into the fold at a gathering of the world's leading economic officials is stirring fresh tensions with European allies who want to continue isolating Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was in the room Monday for the first day of the U.S.-hosted G20 talks. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also held a one-on-one meeting with Siluanov on the sidelines of the summit.
Asked by reporters Monday about Russia's inclusion in the gathering, Trump defended the decision. "We like getting along with everybody," he told reporters. "One of the reasons that I'm so successful " that I get along with everybody."
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is resigning, the White House confirmed Monday, after months of friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A source familiar with the matter told CBS News that Driscoll had brought up to the Trump administration his concerns surrounding the Army's transformation efforts and the fact that Hegseth has pushed out some of the generals who were responsible for the transformation. Driscoll is the latest high-level military official to exit. Navy Secretary John Phelan left his role earlier this year, with Mr. Trump saying Phelan "had some conflicts with some other people."
Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian woman and members of an NBC News team reporting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday. read more
America's grocery squeeze has thus far been most painfully felt in a few expensive categories, like beef, coffee and chocolate. Now, the forces pushing up food prices are starting to pile up: expensive grain, soaring fertilizer and fuel, plus unpredictable weather and raging wars. read more
The noxious orange chomo proves once again that he's Putin's bitch.