Josef Burton

2 months ago | thenation.com | Josef Burton

Politics / February 24, 2025 Trump’s New Muslim Ban Is Worse Than His FirstThis version is quieter, sneakier, and more dangerous than the one we all remember. Ad Policy Donald Trump arrives at the Republican Governors Association meeting at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Josef Burton

3 hours agoA new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla dealThe controversy started in a very Washington way: as a line item in a government spreadsheet buried on the State Department's website.

Dec 19, 2024 | thenation.com | Josef Burton

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Apr 14, 2024 | theguardian.com | Josef Burton

When I began working as a consular officer at the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey, I was at the beginning of what was supposed to be a 20-year diplomatic career. Maybe I didn’t love all of US foreign policy, but in my routine visa assignment I was deeply committed to treating everybody I interviewed fairly and playing my part in facilitating the American immigrant dream. Then, on 27 June 2017, Donald Trump issued orders to begin implementing the “Muslim ban”.

Jan 3, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Josef Burton |Christopher Richardson

Geopolitics United States China North America Last year, several U.S. states—most publicly, Florida—passed laws that severely restrict Chinese nationals’ ability to buy property. More than a dozen states are debating similar laws that target individuals from China and, in some cases, other countries such as Iran and Syria.