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C.I.A. Chief delivered bleak assessment of Russia’s war in secretive Moscow visit. Top White House aides kept in dark about Ratcliffe Russia trip.
New York Times: John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, made a secretive visit to Moscow this week to privately share his bleak assessment of the state…
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Deluded Western activists must stop shouting over actual Palestinians like me
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Prof Sunetra Gupta: Harms of lockdown remain very palpable
Freedom Research: Sunetra Gupta, Oxford epidemiologist who co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration in Covid years to advise focused…
Venezuelan oilman faced Swiss arrest warrant. U.S. had other plans for him.
Washington Post: Swiss prosecutors asked the U.S. Justice Department to arrest Alejandro Betancourt. Instead, he was given a multi-entry visa…
Poland rules out hosting nuclear weapons despite Russian threat
Politico: “I would like to say very clearly and openly: Poland does not want to have nuclear warheads on its territory,” he told reporters at…
Corporate America cut big checks to Trump. Now CEOs fear subpoenas are coming.
Wall Street Journal: Tech firms are courting Democrats and hiring advisers to prepare for potential investigations if Republicans lose control…
In Trump’s Washington, ballooning national debt stirs little action
New York Times: The bond markets were not so sanguine, as a sell-off indicated, but the relative indifference in the nation’s capital…
India is one of world’s most obese countries, but few Indians want GLP-1s
Bloomberg: One concern has been cultural resistance in a place where a bit of chubbiness has long been considered a positive. The Hindu god of…
US FTC probing YouTube over social media policies
Bloomberg: The inquiry is looking at whether YouTube violated its own user policies when it banned or demoted content, said the people. The…
US nears deal to secure long-term access to Venezuela’s oil reserves, sources say
Reuters: The agreement, which could be signed and made public soon, is expected to operate in a way that would let the U.S. government lock in…
US judge blocks Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklisting
Reuters: U.S. District Judge Rita Lin, an appointee of former Democratic President Joe Biden, made the ruling in a 59-page order where she…
US Patriot missile stocks in Europe ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say. US says not talking to Iran as Hormuz diplomacy intensifies.
Associated Press: The U.S. defense official said the most concerning shortfall involves Patriot missile interceptors, which can shoot down…
Anthropic launches tool that can manipulate laboratory tools
Financial Times: The new tool, called Model Hardware Standard, enables AI agents to autonomously operate a wide range of devices that can be…
$900 million from canceled wind deal will benefit Trump donor
Washington Post: Most of the payout — $900 million — will be spent by RWE to buy a stake in a massive Louisiana liquefied natural gas project,…
US rebukes Europeans over ‘sea of red’ military gaps
Financial Times: Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s policy chief, met Nato ambassadors in Brussels on Thursday to discuss European defence…
Stars and Stripes employees sue Pentagon over firings at military newspaper
Washington Post: Three staffers at Stars and Stripes, including the military publication’s publisher and editor in chief, sued the Defense…
Putin sees U.S. as weakened by Iran war, intelligence reports say
Washington Post: CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s mysterious trip to Moscow this week was preceded by fresh U.S. intelligence indicating that the…
Why did John Ratcliffe go to Moscow?
Thomas Wright/The Atlantic: On his way to Moscow, Ratcliffe stopped in Latvia. Today, the Latvian prime minister called the trip a “very good…
Ex-DOD worker admits trying to trade classified info for foreign citizenship
Washington Post: Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of delivering defense information to aid a foreign government, an…
US aims to revive civil war-era court to claim Iran oil as prize
Bloomberg: Reviving prize courts, which is expected to face legal challenges, is intended to strengthen the blockade of Iran and offset the…
Why carmakers staying quiet despite ‘cataclysmic’ Canada tariff threat
Politico: But as they wait for tempers to cool in Ottawa and Washington, carmakers are taking a soft touch approach to lobbying the Trump…
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