Massimo Calabresi

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Massimo Calabresi

Credit - Anna Moneymaker—Getty ImagesNormally, Vice Presidents fade into obscurity after taking office. Not so for J.D. Vance, whose profile and remit have grown since he and Donald Trump won last November’s election. Vance was central to overcoming resistance among GOP Senators to some of Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks and has taken a leading and contentious role on foreign affairs, including in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

2 months ago | time.com | Massimo Calabresi

By Massimo Calabresi/DachauFebruary 22, 2025 1:00 AM ESTVice President J.D. Vance arrived at the Dachau concentration camp under low, gray clouds. He climbed out of his armored Suburban SUV and approached the stucco and cement gatehouse, gravel crunching underfoot. Waiting for Vance beneath a low arch, in front of a gate that had the words arbeit macht frei set into its ironwork, was Abba Naor, a survivor of the camp.

Jan 19, 2025 | time.com | Massimo Calabresi

By Massimo CalabresiJanuary 19, 2025 8:00 AM ESTLost amid the hullabaloo surrounding Donald J. Trump’s second Inauguration as President of the United States—the last-minute, cold-driven venue changes, the galas and balls, the $170 million raised from donors both big-name and anonymous—is the point of the whole extravaganza.

Jun 7, 2024 | foreigncorrespondence.substack.com | Abdallah Fayyad |Massimo Calabresi |Kapil Komireddi |It’s not Islamophobia

Hello, and happy Friday! This correspondence comes to you from the European Union, where the second-largest election of the year (after India’s) is currently underway. Across the bloc’s 27 member states, 373 million people are eligible to go to the polls to elect the 720 lawmakers who will makeup the next European Parliament.

Jun 4, 2024 | time.com | Philip Montgomery |Massimo Calabresi

22 minute readUpdated: June 5, 2024 4:27 PM EDT | Originally published: June 4, 2024 7:00 AM EDTYou can read the transcript of the interview here and the fact-check here. Joe Biden makes his way through the West Wing telling stories. In the Cabinet Room, with sun pouring through French doors from the Rose Garden outside, he remembers the first time he sat around the long mahogany table, its high-backed leather chairs ordered by seniority.