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Becky Pepper-Jackson Loses, and a Constitutional Category Hardens
By upholding West Virginia and Idaho, the Court did more than settle two lawsuits. It reconstituted biological sex as a permissible line in American sports law.
Tariffs Rewire the Price Machine, and the Fed Loses Its Escape Hatch
Fresh research attributes almost all of the excess in core-goods inflation to tariffs, arriving as the labor market softens and forcing the Federal Reserve into a corner it cannot easily leave.
Trump Lets USMCA Drift Into a Decade of Doubt
Washington let the July 1 review deadline pass without renewing the USMCA, converting one of the last fixed points in North American commerce into a standing question reopened every year.
Beijing Turns Its Dual-Use Chokehold Into a Weapon Against Tokyo
By blacklisting Japan's premier defense research institutes, Beijing has converted its grip on dual-use supply chains into an instrument of coercion against a treaty ally of Washington.
The Supreme Court Did Not Save the Fed's Independence. It Handed the White House a Manual for Dismantling It
The decision that let Lisa Cook keep her seat was widely read as a defense of the Federal Reserve. Read closely, it is something more troubling: a roadmap for removing governors the president dislikes.
The AI Trade Has Started Financing Itself, and That Is the Warning Investors Should Not Ignore
A market that funds its own buyers has stopped testing demand and begun manufacturing it. The circular financing beneath the AI rally is not a technical footnote; it is the argument for skepticism.