Who is Curtis Yarvin? Ex-software engineer calls Trump ‘modern-day Lincoln’; influences conservative circles

Curtis Yarvin, called US president Donald Trump a “modern day Lincoln” on Friday, while praising the president’s Thanksgiving message.Posting on X, the American software engineer turned political theorist, said, “I’ve been hard on the president lately, but to be fair, this is incredible content. It’s not that this is going to happen. It’s not. Certainly […]

Gift diplomacy: How Qatar bought its way into America’s power circles

Qatar gives planes the way other countries give medals. Qatar’s offer to provide a $400 million Boeing 747 to the US government-to be potentially used as Air Force One-has reignited scrutiny of the Gulf monarchy’s decades-long strategy to buy influence across every corner of American power: Military, academia, politics, media, and business.The jet, dubbed “a […]