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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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)