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Trump Bombs the Leak Machine

This has put much of the media on the back foot, engaged in a lot of throat-clearing about the “fog” of intelligence and the precise definition of “obliteration.” CNN, hilariously, continues to refuse to take the loss, and instead ran a piece suggesting the administration’s “hyperemotional” response to “honest questioning” only makes it “look defensive.” Sure.

Trump Wins the Battle of NATO

America has long asked its European allies to spend more on their own self-defense. So the astonishing news out of this week’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit is the near unanimity: NATO allies have agreed to devote 5% of their economies to military spending, up from the current 2% floor.

Democrats Are Stuck in the Soup

By Karl Rove: Why don’t Democrats try to understand why Trump is popular? When combined with young and working-class voters, the growing number of Hispanics in the U.S. was supposed to guarantee Democratic dominance for decades. Instead, these three groups played a big role in handing the White House to Republicans last year.