Last yeear, Trump said, "Sometimes revenge can be justified." Back in the White House, he is now punishing his critics and adversaries. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Clear and Present Danger" - but instead of covert CIA operations, they just come right out and say what they're going to do.

The president asks, and he shall receive... www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Your heroes will be ..." <spins wheel> "... John Bolton, James Comey and the Man Show guy."

If there is a sense that no one is safe – that public life itself has become a blood sport – it will have its own corrosive effect on American politics. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The birthday note Trump purportedly wrote to Epstein is a fragment of a larger mosaic of Epstein’s life - a story of sex, crime and proximity to power. And that’s why it is not the “dead issue” that Trump wishes it to be. www.bbc.com/news/article...

What Epstein records have not been made public?

The press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday put Epstein's victims front and centre - with an added promise that they would not be silenced. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Some thoughts on China. My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-m...

If only he has asked her that before Trump nominated her in March or the Senate confirmed her in July, huh?

Did the shirts sell? www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Chinese had a big parade - and Donald Trump was watching. This new world order is one that he is helping to make.

“Ai powered smart cities.” Lol. Are they payments made in crypto blockchain?

Trump plan to redevelop Gaza into a series of luxury resorts is slated to contain up to six “AI powered smart cities”, according to the “prospectus” reviewed by the Post. The plan assumes the “voluntary” departure of all now living in Gaza. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I feel really good about the fact that our nation's continued economic growth hinges on pouring huge sums into AI. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Might as well ask for a new Supreme Court, too, since none of those laws would hold up with the current one.

From Trump's "Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again" order... I'd love to bring back more Art Deco buildings, but I don't think it could be considered "classical" by any definition...

Congrats, America, you’re now in the semiconductor manufacturing business. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump says ending the war in Ukraine could be his ticket to heaven. But, as the saying goes, the road to heaven is narrow. www.bbc.com/news/article...

At the White House today, Donald Trump said that in the six wars he helped end this year, none involved ceasefires before a final settlement. That's not exactly accurate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

Rest in power, General Zod.

A long way to come for nothing? I have another talk with BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg from the scene fo the "press conference that wasn't" www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Trump styles himself a dealmaker and a peacemaker. He left Alaska's summit with Vladimir Putin yesterday without either. www.bbc.com/news/article...

As we wait for the planned joint press conference here in Alaska, BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg and I discuss what to make of the tarmac greeting and the start of the Trump-Putin summit. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

So one of the last voices in Trump’s ear as he heads to Alaska will be the president of Belarus, a close Putin ally.

The Alaska summit allows a rare in-person meeting between BBC correspondents from Washington and Moscow. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

I team up with BBC Moscow correspondent Steven Rosenberg to break down what Putin and Trump want from tomorrow’s Alaska summit. www.bbc.com/news/article...

With a Trump-Putin summit a week away and reports that the US will ask Ukraine to cede the entirety of Donbas to secure peace, it's a good time to review a map of the current battle lines in the war. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Trump administration is responding to the prospect of a massive new Israeli incursion into Gaza with studied indifference. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I ask Trump why India is the only country that is currently getting hit with sanctions for buying Russian oil.

The White House Rose Garden’s transformation into the pool deck at Mar-a-Lago is nearly complete.

BBC NEWS is proposing a panel on how journalists for foreign news organizations cover American politics at next year's SXSW in Austin. Vote for it here if you want to make it happen: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

What's going on in Texas? I unpack the deja vu in my home state. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A president on the roof, a most unlikely sight It might not mean a thing, but then again it might.

I don’t pay attention to marketing campaigns for clothing companies, but I do know that Donald Trump has a history of publicly commenting on people’s good and bad genes.

Trump is accusing the BLS of overestimating monthly job figures last year to help Biden and of overestimating monthly job figures this year to hurt him.

So now Trump has his tariffs, reshaping the global economy. But the consequences of his actions - the benefits but also the potential damage to American interests - will be felt in months and years, not days and weeks. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Having the Major League Baseball trade deadline today and the Trump trade-deal deadline tomorrow is making for a very strange mashup in my Bluesky feed.

The US trade deal with South Korea includes the creation of a $350bn investment fund that will be controlled by Donald Trump.

For Trump, golf is a passion. For those who want something from the president, it’s a way to curry favor - and, if they’re lucky, get access far out of the public eye. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Having Todd Blanche, who landed his job at Justice because he was Trump’s defense attorney, interview someone who could, theoretically, implicate the president in sex crimes seems a bit sketchy.

Hulk Hogan and the art of the heel (turn). www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...

From me: Stephen Colbert's firing reveals a weak studio conglomerate that wants to get its merger passed, no doubt. It also reveals that broadcast and cable television are an endangered species, and we have not prepared ourselves for what that means in the future. prospect.org/culture/2025...

Telling supporters he thinks some of them are stupid is a bold strategy. We'll see if it works out for Trump. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Imagine what this news cycle would be like if the AG that the MAGA base is accusing of insufficiently investigating a pedophilia ring were Trump’s first choice for the job, Matt Gaetz.

John Kerry, former US secretary of state under Obama and the Democratic Party's 2004 presidential nominee, thinks immigration policy cost his party dearly in recent years. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A lot of focus on Rollins talking about Medicaid recipients working in the fields, but putting "automation" first gives away the plot.

Wonder if this is what Congress had in mind when it passed International Emergency Economic Powers Act in 1977.

Congrats to the new CEO of X, MechaHitler.

Back in 2010, sweeteners added to win Senate Democratic votes for Obamacare had catchy names, like the "Cornhusker Kickback" and the "Louisiana Purchase." Is there nothing clever to say about Alaska?