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U.S. President Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped ?to ?34%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2026
Few in U.S. say Iran war was worth it, poll finds
Only 23% of Americans think the U.S. is now in a stronger position with Iran compared with its position before the war, the poll found.
New Americans stand for the national anthem at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library in Manhattan in July 2018.?
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2026
The U.S. ¡®assimilate or go home¡¯ crowd could use a history lesson
Recent immigrants also match or outperform earlier generations in noneconomic integration metrics.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2026
Trump¡¯s Iran deal sparks anger among Republican hawks
The terms of the deal have alarmed some of the same Republicans who spent years denouncing former President Barack Obama¡¯s 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran as dangerously weak.
The greatest threat to the American republic is not any particular conspiracy but a paranoid political mindset that increasingly views opponents as agents of vast and sinister plots.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2026
U.S. politics is reaching peak paranoia
The paranoid style begins with a simple proposition: The world is divided between good and evil.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2026
Trump faces new Republican resistance in Congress as midterm pressures build
Multiple Republican factions have stepped forward to rebuke his war against Iran, his White House ballroom ?and his $1.8 billion ¡°anti-weaponization¡± fund.
U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting with his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD
May 30, 2026
U.S. judge freezes Trump ¡®slush fund¡¯ for allies
The decision is another setback for one of President Donald Trump¡¯s most politically explosive second-term initiatives.
Partisan gerrymandering, now supercharged by technology and protected by court decisions, has escalated into a major democratic problem that is hard to reverse under current political incentives.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2026
Redistricting is making a mockery of American democracy
This history demonstrates something profound about the nature of democracy: The design of an electoral system makes a huge difference in the results it delivers.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 22, 2026
How Trump¡¯s revenge tour against Republicans could cost the party in November
U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s success in purging the Republican Party of dissenters might also hurt its chances of retaining control of Congress in November¡¯s midterm elections.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune talks with reporters after leaving the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 28.
WORLD
May 22, 2026
Republican revolt over ¡®weaponization¡¯ fund stalls ICE funding vote
The Senate walked ?away from a planned vote on a $72 billion bill funding Trump¡¯s massive migrant deportation program.
Amy Van Duyn at the liquor store where she works in Wiggins, Colorado, on May 11
WORLD / Politics
May 17, 2026
Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree.
In two dozen recent interviews along Colorado¡¯s Highway 52, Trump voters echoed the president¡¯s logic.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, the day justices released a ruling in Louisiana vs. Callais. The Supreme Court¡¯s ruling on the Voting Rights Act in the middle of primary season could create a potentially chaotic scramble among states that may consider drawing new maps.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court guts key provision of Voting Rights Act
With November congressional elections looming, the decision could prompt Republican-led states to seek to redraw electoral maps in order to gain an advantage.
Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu¡¯s alignment with U.S. President Donald Trump, political polarization, rising antisemitism and the partisan shift in U.S.-Israel relations have left American Jews increasingly vulnerable and exposed to backlash.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2026
Netanyahu¡¯s Trump alignment leaves American Jewish community at risk
Political polarization, the collapse of institutional gatekeepers and social media¡¯s amplification of fringe voices were always going to put pressure on American Jews.
Demonstrators protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's military action in Iran, outside the White House in Washington on April 7.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2026
Republicans retool midterm strategy: Trump¡¯s policies, but less Trump
The party¡¯s new strategy is to tap Trump¡¯s turnout power without making the midterms a referendum on an increasingly unpopular president.
A student (left) prepares to shoot as Clara Elliott (center) instructs proper technique during an introductory firearms class at a backyard shooting range in Midlothian, Virginia
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 18, 2026
In Trump era, fearful left-leaning Americans turn to guns
The trend upends conventional wisdom about who owns firearms in the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a roundtable focused on tax cuts in Las Vegas on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2026
Trump tries economic reset as Republicans fret over high gas prices
Spiking prices nationwide have shaken the U.S. economy, and ?with it, U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s clout to drive support to fellow conservatives in November¡¯s midterm elections.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s most recent budget request called for $1.5 trillion in base funding for the Pentagon, but some Republican's were skeptical.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2026
Trump¡¯s $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget raises some Republican eyebrows
The administration¡¯s ask is ¡°a heavy lift,¡± one Republican who attended a briefing said.
California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell speaks during the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco in February.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2026
Swalwell suspends campaign for California governor amid sexual assault allegations
The San Francisco Chronicle and CNN reported that a woman who previously worked in Eric Swalwell¡¯s district office accused him of two nonconsensual sexual encounters.
The rise of personality-driven leadership in business and politics, exemplified by Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, is undermining organizational stability and increasing systemic risk.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2026
America¡¯s big personalities are shrinking its greatness
A new generation wearied of managerialism, partly because memories of the bad old days faded and partly because managerialism, like all regimes, became self-indulgent.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a prime-time address to the nation at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 4, 2026
White House seeks $1.5 trillion defense budget as Iran war drives costs
The proposal would lift Pentagon spending by more than 40% in a single year ¡ª the sharpest increase since World War II.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters while Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio look on, as they attend a meeting with oil industry executives at the White House in Washington in January.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 30, 2026
JD or Marco? Iran war raises 2028 stakes as Trump weighs Vance vs. Rubio.
Vice President JD Vance has taken a cautious approach, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio has aligned himself closely with the president¡¯s hawkish stance.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India¡¯s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi¡¯s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family¡¯s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan¡¯s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troubl¨¦, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu¡¯s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival
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