Signed in 1977 to constrain presidential power, IEEPA has been invoked 77 times to freeze assets, impose sanctions, and — until the Supreme Court said no — levy tariffs. Here is how the most powerful economic weapon in the president's arsenal actually works.
The Trump administration is not corrupting the press. It is replacing it. And the media criticism frameworks built over three decades cannot describe what comes next.
The tin in your phone's solder, the tantalum in its capacitors, the tungsten in its vibration motor, the gold on its connectors — all four can be traced to conflict zones where armed groups profit from extraction. Here is what conflict minerals are and why they matter.
Congress never authorized the Iran war. Trump cited Article II. The War Powers Resolution failed three times. Here is what the law says, what the president claims, and why it matters.
Twenty percent of the world's oil passes through a gap narrower than the English Channel. Iran has blocked it. The U.S. just declared a naval blockade. Here is everything you need to understand about the most important waterway on Earth.