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Trump’s Military Draft Order and AI Jesus Image Stoke Controversy as Iran Diplomacy Tests White House

Anthony SinclairApril 20, 2026April 19, 202605 mins

The Trump administration finds itself managing multiple domestic controversies simultaneously with the Iran war diplomacy, after an executive order on automatic selective service registration for American men attracted significant national attention and the president posted an AI-generated image likening himself to Jesus Christ, drawing criticism from conservative religious commentators as well as his political opponents….

Democrats Question Trump’s Fitness for Office as Iran Rhetoric Reaches New Extreme

Thomas ShelterApril 12, 2026April 12, 202604 mins

Congressional Democrats spent the past week navigating an Iran crisis that has produced some of the most extreme presidential rhetoric in recent American political history, with several lawmakers openly questioning whether Trump is fit to continue in office and calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment. The flashpoint came on Easter Sunday when Trump…

Trump Administration Faces Mounting Pressure as Midterm Horizon Sharpens

Thomas ShelterApril 12, 2026April 12, 202603 mins

The political calculations surrounding the Trump administration are shifting noticeably as the 2026 midterm elections move from a distant abstraction into a concrete near-term reality, with Democrats increasingly energised by economic data that challenges the White House’s claims of a golden-age economy and Republicans in competitive districts navigating the difficult arithmetic of defending an incumbent…

US Stocks Close Out Best Week Since November as Iran Ceasefire Lifts Market Sentiment

Anthony SinclairApril 11, 2026April 11, 202604 mins

Wall Street ended the week on a cautiously optimistic note on Friday, with the S&P 500 edging up 0.2% and the Nasdaq adding 0.4%, as investors balanced the relief of a fragile US-Iran ceasefire against lingering uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz and a consumer sentiment reading that landed at a historic low. The broader…

Goldman Sachs Earnings Enter a Market That Has Changed Its Mind About Everything

Anthony SinclairApril 10, 2026April 10, 202604 mins

Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report first-quarter 2026 earnings on April 13, the first major bank to report and therefore the first institution-level data point that will tell investors how Wall Street itself navigated one of the most volatile quarters in years. Goldman is expected to deliver on multiple fronts: trading revenues typically benefit from…

Democrats Move on War Powers Resolution as Ceasefire Leaves Impeachment Push Without Momentum

Thomas ShelterApril 9, 2026April 9, 202606 mins

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Wednesday that Senate Democrats will force a vote on an Iran war powers resolution when Congress returns from spring recess next week, describing the two-week ceasefire as “not a strategy, not a diplomatic solution, not a plan.” The move reflects a Democratic caucus that has concluded the ceasefire…

US Equities Gain Cautiously as Trump’s Tuesday Iran Deadline Rattles Futures Into the Night

Thomas ShelterApril 6, 2026April 7, 202606 mins

US stocks managed a slim fourth consecutive day of gains on Monday, with the S&P 500 rising 0.44% to close at 6,611.83, the Dow adding 165.21 points to settle at 46,669.88 and the Nasdaq Composite gaining 0.54% to 21,996.34 — but futures reversed course after the close as Trump held a White House press conference…

Wall Street Reopens Monday With Iran Deadline Front and Centre for Investors

Thomas ShelterApril 5, 2026April 5, 202606 mins

Markets return to full trading on Monday for the first time since Thursday after observing the Good Friday holiday, with investors stepping back into a financial landscape shaped almost entirely by the ongoing US-Iran war and the diplomatic signals that have flickered into view over the past week. The S&P 500 enters Monday near the…

Democrats Plan a New War Powers Vote After Closing the Gaps in Their Internal Coalition

Thomas ShelterApril 5, 2026April 4, 202604 mins

House Democrats are preparing to force a second War Powers Resolution vote when the chamber returns from recess on April 14, having spent the intervening weeks repairing the fractures that caused the first attempt to fail on a 212-219 vote in early March. The effort to rein in President Trump’s authority to continue military operations…

Trump’s Iran Address Offered Familiar Claims and Little New Strategic Direction

Thomas ShelterApril 2, 2026April 2, 202606 mins

President Trump delivered his first prime-time address to the nation on the Iran war on Wednesday night, speaking for less than 20 minutes from the White House in a speech the administration billed as containing “an important update.” What followed was largely a recitation of positions and claims the president has made repeatedly over the…