Jonathan Martin

5 days ago | wltx.com | Jonathan Martin

ATLANTA — Patricia Sias Ellis has waited a long time for this moment—nearly six decades. But this weekend, the 79-year-old will finally walk across the graduation stage at Clayton State University, earning her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. “I always knew I wasn’t finished,” Ellis said, reflecting on a journey that began right after high school but was quickly put on hold. Instead of college, she poured herself into working and raising a family.

1 week ago | politico.com | Jonathan Martin

Abdullah, say multiple high-ranking officials in both parties, is slow-walking his pledge, and Jordan has only accepted a fraction of sick children because of fears Israel will not let them and their families return to Gaza after treatment. “They took 44, and then they’ve cut us off,” Kennedy told me over the weekend.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Jonathan Martin

NowTrump’s Perfect Storm that Could Sink the American EconomyIt’s not just the president’s trade-destroying tariffs, erratic shifts in policy, and fiscal recklessness.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jonathan Martin

Ford was also, he thought, modeling how Conservatives could run in the federal election, which concludes Monday. Yet standing up for Canada and against the U.S. incursion is not, to Ford’s befuddlement, how Conservative Pierre Poilievre ran his race. Chatting last week in his office in the elegant Queen’s Park provincial legislative building — think 19th century state capitol meets mini-Parliament — Ford did little to hide his disappointment in how Poilievre campaigned.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jonathan Martin

Canadians are set to vote in an election dominated by Trump’s trade war and blusterPresident Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s economy and sovereignty have infuriated Canadians and reversed the fortunes of the political party most aligned with him. TORONTO — Canadians will decide Monday whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power or instead hand control to the …