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Asia
Asian allies fear being dumped by Trump
America’s friends in the Indo-Pacific live in dread of being abandoned like Ukraine
Asia
Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID will hurt Asia, too
Even less aid-dependent countries, such as India, will be affected
Leaders
Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America
The president and reality are drifting apart
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Donald Trump’s Washington reaches a new partisan peak
His address to Congress showed that Republicans will follow their leader anywhere, and that Democrats don’t have one
Leaders
The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze
And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky
Finance & economics
Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever
America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China
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Andrew Cuomo plots a comeback in New York City
The disgraced former governor announces a run for mayor of the Big Apple
Europe
As Trump suspends military aid, what are the chokeholds on Ukraine?
The war-torn country can substitute some—but nothing like all—of the kit it gets from America
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Trump’s armed forces won’t look like Biden’s
America is set to spend more—and differently
Finance & economics
America is at risk of a Trumpian economic slowdown
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth
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Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s savvy dealmaker
The novice diplomat embodies the president’s transactional worldview