Presidents’ Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets have sights set on much larger prize

Dylan DeMelo wants to bring Canadian hockey fans more than a Presidents’ Trophy. The Winnipeg Jets clinched the franchise’s first Presidents’ Trophy Sunday for most points in the NHL regular season even though they lost 4-1 to the Edmonton Oilers. The achievement gives the Jets home-ice advantage throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs. The last Canadian … Read more

Even Donald Trump’s Historical Role Model Had Second Thoughts About Tariffs

The other morning, as Donald Trump was writing on social media that the “Entire World is RIPPING US OFF!!!” and threatening to impose tariffs of two hundred per cent on wine and champagne from the European Union, and as investors were fretting about the possibility of his actions plunging the economy into a recession, I … Read more

What does Maga mean for Hollywood’s fictional presidents?

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How Donald Trump Is Transforming Executive Power

Throughout his first two weeks in office, Donald Trump has been firing officials across the federal government, including inspectors general at Cabinet agencies and prosecutors at the Department of Justice. In the former case, Trump was required by law to inform Congress in advance, and to provide a “substantive rationale.” (He did not.) The latter … Read more