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US threatens sanctions on countries that don’t cut economic ties to Tehran. Can US strangle Iran’s economy without China’s cooperation?—AND MORE
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Trump admin prepares to revoke up to 200,000 visas from asylum seekers
WSJ: The government is looking to take away business and tourism visas from immigrants who officials say came to the U.S. for a short-term…
Trump quietly asserts control over Postal Service amid plans to overhaul voting
New York Times: Four weeks before President Trump signed an executive order seeking to restrict mail voting, he filed four nominations for…
Supreme Court backs Trump’s order to curb mail ballots
CNN: The court’s conservative majority sided with Trump in concluding that when a federal judge blocked parts of Trump’s order for the…
Singapore offers parents $55,000 in battle to boost birth rates
Financial Times: “We want every family to know: if you choose to have children, the government will stand with you,” Wong said on Sunday. “We…
Iran using foreign criminals to attack its critics overseas
New Yorker: Pouria Zeraati, a dissident who was living in London, was stabbed by a group of Romanian thugs. His case is part of a widening…
US plans nuclear-powered merchant fleet to challenge China’s shipbuilding dominance
Financial Times: “We are not going to beat China by being a cheaper version of China. They have mastered the art of being cheap,” said Carmel…
AI coming for your glasses
Financial Times: It is precisely this touted omnipresence that makes critics uneasy. “These glasses are cringe stalkerware and as we already…
S.E.C. investigating near-implosion of A.I. hedge fund
New York Times: Regulators sent subpoenas to major Wall Street banks seeking information about the trading of Situational Awareness, three…
Trump officials propose charging more than $100,000 for skilled worker visas
New York Times: Under the proposal, the Department of Homeland Security would attach a $103,265 fee to the visa, mirroring a move by the…
Secret White House bunker undercuts Trump’s ballroom lawsuit, ex-officials say
Washington Post: The facility, which was secretly completed during the Obama administration, can house dozens of people for up to multiple…
How big tech captured American schools
New York Times: After Ms. Weingarten announced her union’s deal with Big Tech companies, a few teachers and professors publicly warned that…
US vows ‘economic D-Day’ as Iran threatens to halt all oil exports
Reuters: The U.S. threatened Iran with what it called “the greatest financial offensive ever marshalled” as it prepared to roll out economic…
Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant
Telegraph: It is thought to be the first time that hackers affiliated to the Iranian regime have succeeded in closing down such a facility in…
Bribes, betrayal … and Reform’s Nathan Gill: Inside Russia’s operation to drive wedge between Ukraine and Europe
The Nerve: Voloshyn cultivated Gill using KGB methods. There was flattery and expressions of friendship, similar to the techniques used on…
Russia sabotages weapons factories across Europe
Telegraph: The Kremlin is recruiting local gang members to sabotage defence manufacturers to test Nato’s resolve. The attacks appear carefully…
U.S. citizen who deleted phone’s data says his prosecution puts privacy at risk
New York Times: His prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of the federal authorities charging a person with destroying evidence…
My troubling introduction to China’s all-powerful “Boss AI”
SpyTalk: “I have to say, listening to this,” I told him, “it has a creepy Orwellian vibe.” “Welcome to China,” he responded with a smile, as…
‘Appeasement is not a strategy’: How media fighting back against Trump’s legal threats
Financial Times: Some media executives and analysts see growing strategic merit in fighting these cases, with one eye on the midterm elections…
Germany plans €12B missile program to deter Putin
Politico: Internal defense ministry documents say the plan for a new long-range strike arsenal ranges from cheap cruise missiles to Tomahawks…
Iranian military leader vows Tehran ‘will not submit’ as US prepares further economic squeeze
CNN: A close ally of Iran’s supreme leader said President Donald Trump’s current rhetoric about the war stems from desperation, vowing Iran…
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