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President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, South Korea, 29 October 2025. Photo: The White House (Flickr 54890669668), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Photo With Putin and Xi Is Not Arms Control

NASA computer server farm technicians at work, photo by NASA via Wikimedia Commons (public domain), edited for Washington Eye full-bleed cover

After the Data-Centre Revolt: What a Democratic Congress Can Actually Pass on AI

U.S. Department of Justice building with road, photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons (public domain), edited for Washington Eye cover

The Grand Conspiracy Runs Aground: A DOJ Exodus After the Midterms

New York Stock Exchange, Broad Street facade (photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons), edited for Washington Eye cover

Wall Street Cheers Gridlock. Main Street Is Still Waiting

A pile of "I Voted" stickers (photo: Funknendai, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons), edited for Washington Eye cover

The Young Men Came Back: What the 2026 Youth Swing Does and Doesn't Tell Us

Frances Perkins Building, headquarters of the US Department of Labor, Washington, DC (photo: US Department of Labor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons), edited for Washington Eye cover

A Blowout Jobs Report, Three Days Too Late: What October's Numbers Do and Don't Prove

President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 15 August 2025 (DoD photo by Benjamin D. Applebaum, public domain), edited for Washington Eye cover

A Deal for 'All of Europe'? What Trump Is Promising Before the Abu Dhabi Talks

Stephen Miller speaks at ICE Headquarters in Washington, D.C., 20 May 2025, DHS public-domain photo by Tia Dufour, edited for Washington Eye cover

Miller at the Gate: Trump's Chief of Staff Bet After the Midterms

North Portico of the White House in snow, 7 January 2020, official White House public-domain photo by Tia Dufour, edited for Washington Eye cover

Washington After the Midterms: Power Without a Blank Cheque

U.S. Supreme Court Building, Washington, CC0 photo by Claire Anderson, edited for Washington Eye cover

The Senate, the Court and the Myth of an Automatic Reset

F/A-18F Super Hornet lands on USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, 30 January 2026, U.S. Navy public-domain photo by Seaman Hannah Tross, edited for Washington Eye cover

Conservative Restraint After Iran: The Cost of a War Without an Endpoint

Aerial view of Arlington Memorial Bridge and Memorial Circle looking toward the Lincoln Memorial, Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) public-domain photo by Jack E. Boucher, edited for Washington Eye cover

An Arch in a Hurry: Why Memorial Circle Should Wait for Congress

USS Bataan (LHD 5) transits the Strait of Hormuz at sunset, 29 October 2011, U.S. Navy public-domain photo, edited for Washington Eye cover

A Good Deal, Not a Perfect One: Why Qatar’s Mediation Between Washington and Tehran Stalled

Immigration Politics

Trump and Republicans Blame Immigrants for France’s Riots Without Supporting Evidence

Children Immigration

Stephen Miller’s Child Deportation Push Tests the Boundaries of Immigration Policy

China Featured

President Xi Jinping Visits White House

Media Policy

Trump Moves to Bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico From the White House

Politics U.S.

Trump’s $5,000 Promise Raises Questions About Power, Cost, and Midterm Politics

International Relations Policy

Washington Signals a Historic Visa Revocation Drive

Defence Defense

Trump’s North Korea Opening Tests Confidence in U.S. Security Commitments Across Asia

Politics U.S.

Most Americans Say Trump Has Improperly Profited Since Returning to Office, Reuters Poll Finds 

Diplomacy Economy

Trump Pauses 50% Canada Tariffs as Negotiations Enter a Critical Phase

Digital Media

When a Post Becomes a Premium Product: Trump Media Sells Faster Access to Trump’s Truth Social Posts

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