World & Nation
Mexico’s president pokes fun at Trump’s suggestion to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Opinion
Mere weeks into Donald Trump’s comeback presidency, many of his moves are making Americans less secure at home and abroad.
Relations will be strained until European leaders recognize that foreign policy realism places the pursuit of the American national interest above everything else.
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event over the news agency’s style on the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump dubbed the ‘Gulf of America.’
California
“This is America dropping its pants and showing its empire tattoos,” San Diego State professor William Nericcio tells Gustavo Arellano after Trump renames the Gulf of Mexico.
Consumer Goods & Retail
The Port of Long Beach will receive $283 million from the federal government to assist in building “America’s Green Gateway,” a rail project which will enable one of the nation’s busiest seaports to move more cargo by trains, speeding deliveries across the entire national supply chain, easing congestion and lessening local environmental impacts.
Letters to the Editor
‘Gulf of America’ was Trump’s loyalty test for the American media. We cannot let the president dictate the language used by journalists.
China has begun to challenge U.S. hegemony in Latin America. The chaos of the Trump presidency may present it a new opportunity.
Television
In Screen Gab No. 168, we catch you up on Marvel’s ‘Captain America’ saga, visit with ‘Cobra Kai’ villain Lewis Tan and more.
Those who buy into Christian nationalism refuse to learn that the founders established this country as explicitly secular.