Israel-Lebanon ceasefire announced: What to know about the conflict
After six weeks of fighting, Israel and Lebanon appear to be on the verge of a ceasefire. President…
Iran war: Why Trump’s defense secretary keeps talking about “lethality”
Even before the Trump administration went to war with Iran, it was talking differently about its approach to…
Iran war: Could the conflict be turning into Trump’s Iraq?
How closely does President Donald Trump’s war in Iran compare with America’s last conflict in the Middle East?…
The larger stakes of Trump’s redesign of Washington, DC
While President Donald Trump has been flexing America’s might overseas, he’s also working to impose his will on…
Iran war: John Bolton on why even he’s against Trump’s campaign.
For the past 20 years, there’s basically been one guy in Republican politics who was known as the…
Trump and Cuba: What you need to know, explained in five questions
We’re not even three months in 2026, already it’s shaping up to be President Donald Trump’s year of…
US-Israel war in Iran: Who’s leading the country?
Iran has already announced new interim leadership to replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed this weekend, along…
What happens next with Trump’s tariffs?
President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs last year had been supposed to change everything — as companies retaliated…
Supreme Court strikes down tariffs: Meet the toymaker who sued Trump
Late last week, the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed under the federal International Emergency…
2026 midterms: Trump’s threat to “take over” elections, explained
President Donald Trump seemingly cannot let the 2020 election go. Despite winning convincingly in 2024, including, for the…
Trump polls: MAGA Republicans on ICE, the Epstein files, the economy.
Today, Explained will now be publishing video episodes every Saturday in audio and video, featuring compelling interviews with…
Greenland: Did Trump surrender to Denmark and Europe? Is it over?
And just like, the Greenland crisis seems to have been defused. It was a crisis of President Donald…