Close advisers to Trump fear the result of the China summit is that Chinese President Xi Jinping will invade Taiwan, choking off the chips used to power AI to U.S. companies. Trump loved the pageantry that Xi shrewdly rolled out. But Xi's message was clear: We're your equal. And Taiwan is mine.

(Free access) A highly informative report on how a city gets itself into financial armageddon by promising more than it can provide, without anyone — residents included — willing to foot the bill.

(Free access) Trump has directed the Department of Justice to “maximally pursue denaturalization proceedings.”He said he would “denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility” and people who are “non-compatible with Western Civilization,” in addition to those who commit actual crimes.

“It brings home the fact Ukraine has the capacity to strike at very significant scale at or around the Russian capital,” taking the war home to Russians in a way “most unwelcome” to the Kremlin, said Nigel Gould Davies, senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

On Jan. 22, 2026, the United States officially withdrew from the global health group. “This is one of the most penny-wise and billion-dollar-foolish moves,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

Enjoy the serenity of Monica Morrill’s “Marine Sunrise" (2021).

When democracy dies. Jeanne Mammen’s “Goldfish Catching” (1925). Highly popular during the Weimar Republic, Mammen was declared a degenerate artist and her work banned when Hitler took power. Her depiction of strong independent women ran counter to the Nazi ideal of female subservience.

Who holds all the cards? Editorial cartoonist Nancy Ohanian cites some of the fundamental differences separating Trump from Chinese President Xi Jinping.

British editorial cartoonist Mark Winter raises a red flag after climate scientists and meterologists warned that a potentially “globally catastrophic” El Nino weather event could strike the planet later this year.

China on the rise, U.S. in decline. Ukrainian editorial cartoonist Serhiy Kolyada believes Chinese President Xi Jinping’s timely reference to the Thucydides Trap was lost on Trump, who is not known for possessing intellectual curiosity.

Straitjacket. Conservative editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez weighs in on Trump serving up Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping in a bid to win Beijing’s help in getting him out of his Iran quagmire.

Editorial cartoonist Bill Bramhall expects Americans will continue to feel the sharp economic pain of Trump’s Iran war this summer.

How Chinese media depicted the Beijing summit: “No rush, things will take care of themselves.”

Was this Trump's "fantastic deal" sealed in Beijing? With farmers already contending with weak commodity prices, high fertilizer costs, trade instability, and uncertainty surrounding agricultural exports to China, Trump advocates and defends Chinese purchases of U.S. farmland.

Troubling? After receiving a long tutorial by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said, “I think I know more about Taiwan right now than I know about almost any country.”

When democracy dies. Lesser Ury’s “Lady in a Café, Berlin” (1919). Popular during the Weimar Republic, the Jewish artist’s work was declared degenerate, un-German and banned from display when the Nazis took power.

Feel the freedom in Torsten Wolber’s “Girl on Swing” (2025).

Mexican editorial cartoonist Antonio Rodriguez wonders if Trump understood the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s reference to the Thucydides Trap, a theory describing what happens when a rapidly rising power threatens to displace an established, ruling power.

Editorial cartoonist Daniel Boris has fun with Trump taking financial advantage of the gullible.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Vasco Gargalo fears Trump will surrender U.S. support for Taiwan in exchange for Chinese President Xi Jinping helping him out of his Iran quagmire.

Editorial cartoonist Dennis Goris weighs in on Trump’s plan to settle his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for creating a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded bailout that would financially assist the Jan. 6 rioters.

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich believes he has found the one threat that might actually resonate with Iran’s theocratic regime.

The influencers promote Tom Steyer’s self-proclaimed metamorphosis from hedge fund titan to scourge of big corporations. What they don't promote, however, is that some of them were paid $10,000 for their testimonials.

The move, which would have U.S. taxpayers compensating Trump supporters who ransacked the Capitol, represents the culmination of Trump’s comprehensive effort to rewrite history.

Is it beginning to look like 2015, when Iran agreed to reduce its enriched uranium stockpile by 98%, dismantle two-thirds of its centrifuges, and cease enrichment at the deep-underground Fordo facility?

One individual trumpeted "fantastic trade deals" — and it wasn't Chinese President Xi Jinping, who lectured Trump on rising and declining world powers, and apparently won concessions on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

Reassuring? Brian Christine has little public health experience and a history of far-right commentary, 2020 election denial and promoting conspiracy theories. He’s said the Covid pandemic led to a wider government plot to control people, comparing the Biden administration to Nazi Germany.

“This is what happens when you take the lead in the polls and you’re ahead of everyone else. They all come at you,” Xavier Becerra said. “I get it. So they have to try to beat you down. This is a great Trump tactic that’s used. I didn’t expect it to come from fellow Democrats."

A 22-foot, gold-plated bogeyman?

Spoken code words cleared the way for drugs and weapons to pass through security checkpoints unimpeded; names of rivals were given to police officers who detained and delivered them to their enemies; and at times, cartel gunmen joined in on police raids.

Enjoy the Chrysler Building. The Art Deco classic was completed on May 27, 1930.

Victims are not faceless. Emilie Lowositzová was deported on Oct. 23, 1944, from the Theresienstadt Ghetto to Auschwitz, where she was murdered.

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No deal. Turkish editorial cartoonist Lutfu Cakin believes Chinese President Xi Jinping got what he wanted from Trump, who is mired in the Iran war and facing growing unrest from Americans suffering from his economic policies.

Yemeni editorial cartoonist Kamal Sharaf weighs in on Chinese President Xi Jinping gaining a stunning concession on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and lecturing Trump that America is a declining world power.

German editorial cartoonist Markus Grolik weighs in on Chinese President Xi Jinping gaining a concession on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and lecturing Trump that America is a declining world power.

Editorial cartoonist Dennis Goris reflects on the grifter-in-chief’s stunning admission that he doesn’t care about Americans suffering because of his policies.

Editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson takes a dim view of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act.

Who has the stronger hand? Iran has apparently seized one ship, sunk another and announced it is allowing Chinese vessels to transverse the Strait of Hormuz — all while Trump is in Beijing trying to persuade Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help him reopen the strait.

Does this mean Canada and Greenland can breathe easier?

Trump’s stance runs counter to many other countries that are embracing using wind turbines at sea to help meet a growing demand for electricity cleanly. China, where Trump is attending a summit, is the global leader in offshore wind.

Recusal is a word that comes with treacherous consequences in the Trump era. Todd Blanche’s choice is either to oversee investigations Trump cares deeply about but risk damaging their viability in court or to recuse himself and risk incurring Trump’s wrath.

After blistering Republican Rep. Mike Lawler with antisemitic tropes and expressing his hatred of Jews and gays, William Paul apologized for mistaking the Catholic New York lawmaker for a Jew.

Trump's remark this week that "I don't think about Americans' financial situation" as he weighs his next moves in Iran may have inadvertently captured the fundamental bind he's in: how to pressure Iran without spooking markets and sending oil prices soaring.

The devastating U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is exploiting the war in Iran to maximize its advantage over the United States across military, economic, diplomatic and other fields.

When democracy dies. Eduard Bäumer’s “Stream in the Mountains” (1938). After the Nazis came to power, Bäumer’s art was vilified, and he moved with his family to Salzburg. In 1938, after Hitler’s annexation of Austria, Bäumer was forbidden from painting and sent to a labor camp.

Enjoy Carl Larsson’s “Girl with Ice Skates” (1917).

Editorial cartoonist Benjamin Slyngstad weighs in on one of Trump’s more unfortunate but highly revealing utterances.

Sign of the times by New Yorker cartoonist David Sipress.

With Trump stuck in Iran and Americans being hammered by the war and his economic policies, editorial cartoonist John Deering expects an empowered Chinese President Xi Jinping will eat Trump’s lunch at the Beijing summit.