Followed the rules. Filed an asylum application on time. Got work authorization, a Social Security card and a driver’s license. Attended immigration court hearings and check-ins. No criminal record. Arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement anyway.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “America, regardless of what so-called international institutions say, is unleashing the most lethal and precise air power campaign in history. No stupid rules of engagement. No politically correct wars. We fight to win, and we don’t waste time or lives.”
In a polarized time, some online critics suggested without evidence that it wasn’t an error — that the network was trying to make Trump look better by not showing him wearing a baseball cap during what is considered one of the most solemn duties of a commander in chief.
While the targets that were struck are not oil production facilities, U.S. officials are concerned the footage of burning depots will spook oil markets and push energy prices even higher. Trump is worried the images will draw unwanted attention to spiking U.S. fuel prices.
Roughly 300 billionaires and their family members donated more than $3 billion — 19 percent of all contributions — in federal elections in 2024. Before the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling that lifted many campaign finance restrictions, the share of billionaire spending was almost zero — 0.3 percent.
Chaos. Trump has no plan to repay tariffs. Shipping companies plan to provide details on how to get a refund once they have legal clarity. Shoppers who paid higher prices because firms included tariffs in the cost of goods are out of luck because they did not pay the customs duties themselves.
Regime change? Replace an 86-year-old Shia hardline supreme leader with his son, a 56-year-old Shia hardline supreme leader.
When democracy dies. Mihály Biró’s 1925 salute to International Women’s Day and other depictions of strong women ran afoul of Hitler’s regime. The Jewish artist fled Germany as the Nazis gained power, surviving the war as a prisoner in the Rothschild Hospital in Paris.
Feeling trapped? Valeria Duca’s “Painted into a Corner.”
Stay abreast of the news with photojournalist Ida Wyman’s “Newsboy” (St. Louis) (1948).
Belgian editorial cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker weighs in on surging oil prices, which are taking a sharp toll on world trade and giving a massive financial boost to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war effort.
Editorial cartoonist Dennis Goris believes that after watching Trump attend the transfer of returning remains of U.S. soldiers killed in military action against Iran, white USA baseball caps will soon be available for sale in the grifter in chief’s campaign store.
Dutch editorial cartoonist Jean Gouders calls attention to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent use of religious justification for the war on Iran.
Any operation to seize the material would require troops on Iranian soil, navigating heavily fortified underground facilities. At a congressional briefing, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked whether Iran's enriched uranium would be secured. "People are going to have to go and get it," he said.
Many of America's strongest European allies are shouldering the economic burden as the Trump administration shifts its goals almost hourly in the Iran war. Meanwhile, spiking oil prices give a badly needed financial boost for Russian President Vladimir Putin to carry out his war in Ukraine.
(Free access) “Regime change by jazz improvisation.” An accurate description of the Trump administration’s strategy in the war it has initiated with Iran — a scattered, shifting and uncertain approach that emanates from the White House.
When democracy dies. On International Women's Day, a 1927 image titled the “Neue Frau" (New Woman) of the Weimar Republic. When the Nazis took power, Hitler’s regime declared art depicting assertive or strong women “degenerate” because it ran counter to the Nazis’ belief women must be submissive.
An advance look at the cover for next week’s issue: “War-a-Lago,” by cartoonist Barry Blitt.
Trouble brewing in Michael Fratrich’s “Stormlight" (2021).
On International Women’s Day, Turkish editorial cartoonist Oguz Gurel focuses on the multiple allegations of Trump molesting young teens that are scattered through the Epstein files.
Editorial cartoonist Daniel Boris presents “The Peace President Strikes Again.”
Sahar Ajami, an Oslo based Iranian editorial cartoonist, addresses inequality on International Women’s Day.
Wise choice? A former MMA fighter and plumber lacking in security experience, Rep. Markwayne Mullin has seen his fortune grow during his time in office. In 2022, Mullin reported assets of between about $32 million and $76 million.
Tough sell? Republican lawmakers are told to convince local residents they should celebrate, not protest, having their neighborhood chosen in the $38 billion plan to transform industrial warehouses in towns and cities across the nation into migrant detention centers.
Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love.” On the first day of his second term, he granted clemency to nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the attack, effectively wiping away a years-long effort by federal investigations to seek accountability.
Coalition of the unwilling? Trump spent the past year dismissing Europeans as pathetic. Now, as he wages war, he demands European support. Meanwhile, Iran issued a dire warning that any European Union member that aids the effort against Iran would become a "legitimate target” for retaliation.
Victims are not faceless. Five-year-old Willem Philip van Naarden was arrested in March 1944 in Amsterdam and deported to Auschwitz, where he was gassed after arrival selection.
Enjoy Taos artist Ed Sandoval’s “Village Pony.”
Editorial cartoonist Angelo Lopez fears for the Iranian people, who are stuck between a murderous theocratic Iranian regime and a Trump administration with imperialistic ambitions. Neither has the Iranian people's best interests at heart.
