On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Donald Trump’s ban on foreign students at Harvard, the Supreme Court’s decision on the president’s authority to fire federal commissioners, the Senate’s vote against California’s electric vehicle mandate, and a report from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)