During a January 2026 interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump was asked whether anything could limit his ability to use the vast military and economic power of the United States as he saw fit. His answer was breathtakingly candid. Trump replied, “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.” He added that he doesn’t “need international law” and claimed that he isn’t “looking to hurt people.” These comments came amid reports of U.S. military raids in Venezuela and open discussions in the White House about “a range of options”...

On January 3, 2026, the world watched in shock as American bombers, warships, and helicopters executed a lightning strike on Caracas, disabled Venezuelan air defenses, and whisked President Nicolás Maduro and his wife away to the United States. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney said Maduro would face a four‑count indictment, including a narco‑terrorism conspiracy and gun crimes under Title 18; President Donald Trump boasted at a press conference that U.S. troops would “run” Venezuela until a friendly government could be installed and that American oil companies would “fix” the country with profits...

In the closing days of 2025, the White House turned an opioid crisis into a national security drama. Standing in the Oval Office during a Mexican Border Defense Medal ceremony on December 15, President Donald Trump declared that he would sign an executive order to classify fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction,” calling the announcement “historic.” Treating a synthetic painkiller like a nuclear bomb says more about Washington’s mindset than about the drug. Though drug overdose deaths declined in 2024, 80,391 people still died and 54,743 of those deaths were from opioids. Those numbers...