THE NEW YORK TIMES: In the desultory final days of his administration, Joe Biden finds himself repudiated, even by some Democrats, as the president who refused to step aside and who pardoned his son.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Difficult as it was to achieve, the ceasefire in Lebanon was the easy part. The obstacles to peace beyond it, are formidable, and any regional realignment is likely to fall to Donald Trump.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Syrian rebels reached the major city of Aleppo, according to the fighters, raising fears that the nation’s long-running civil war is reigniting with an intensity not seen in years.
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Donald Trump left the White House nearly four years ago. Given his self-confidence, I suspect he is now thinking: ‘What could be so different? I’ve got this’.
Donald Trump's campaign has repeatedly heralded his ‘landslide’ win. But by traditional numeric measures, Trump prevailed with one of the smallest margins of victory in the popular vote since the 19th century.
Markets abhor uncertainty. That bit of Wall Street wisdom helps explain their ebb and flow since Donald Trump’s victory on Election Day, and even earlier.
Donald Trump’s second presidential transition is moving quickly, in part because of the leadership of a veteran operative who until earlier this year represented interests of the sort he once pledged to curb.
It has been nearly a month since Israel sent more than 100 jets and drones to strike Iranian military bases, and the world is still waiting to see how Iran will respond.
The Justice Department has asked a Federal court to force Google to sell Chrome, its popular web browser, a move that could fundamentally alter the $2 trillion company’s business and reshapethe internet.
DAVID FRENCH: If Trump’s Cabinet picks help him usher in the chaos that is the water in which he swims, then the question won’t be whether voters rebuke MAGA, but how much damage it does before it fails again.
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: A Trump administration could cause a new and very different set of red lines to be crossed if it pulls back from NATO or expresses any diminished willingness to protect longtime allies.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Despite a charged history, many former officials, pundits and newspaper editorials in Iran have openly called for the government to engage with Donald Trump in the week since his reelection.