India on 7 May launched missile strikes on Pakistan on what it alleged were militant hideouts, to avenge the killing of 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, in a terrorist attack in Kashmir on 22 April.

While the $45m estimated cost of the extravaganza might seem high, it is still less than half of the $92m a similar event was valued at in 2018 during Trump’s first term, a price tag the president ...

President Trump’s administration has invested considerable time, effort, and political capital trying to end this war.