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the trillion dollar question
Can Trump’s Infrastructure Projects Get Past the Administrative State?

A massive infrastructure package is high on the administration’s list of priorities, but actually bringing this idea to fruition will be harder than it looks.

France 2017
Fillon Says He’s in It to Win It

France’s embattled conservative presidential contender, Francois Fillon, says that he will be staying in the race till the bitter end.

Asia's Game of Thrones
China and Japan Up the Ante in Maritime Disputes

Things are heating up in both of China’s maritime disputes.

Why We Can't Have Nice Things
New York’s Port Authority Cuts a New Check

Money without reform is a bad idea.

Trump's Cabinet
Scott Pruitt Is the 14th Administrator of the EPA

The new EPA head made his career railing against the agency he will now lead.

The Greek Tragedy
Another European Greece Failure

Nothing demonstrates the dead end into which the European Union has so tragically worked itself better than the policy paralysis that has crippled its response to the Greek calamity.

Gridlock
Germany’s Energy Mistakes Are Hurting Its Neighbors Too

Poland and the Czech Republic are collateral damage in Germany’s energiewende.

China Trade Fight
China Cheats on Steel Cuts, Says Greenpeace

Here is a story to make Donald Trump’s blood boil: not only has China been dumping its excess steel in world markets, it has apparently been cooking the books while it pledges to make cuts.

the 45th president
Making Sense of Trump’s Bull Market

In the case of a slowdown, the floor could fall out from under Trump more quickly than he or his boosters expect.

No Puppet
Team Trump Talks Tough on Russia

Despite frenzied speculation about Trump’s Russia ties, his team’s early diplomacy hardly suggests an Administration in thrall to the Kremlin.

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