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Republicans rush to redraw maps after Supreme Court race ruling
Wall Street Journal: Republican leaders are pushing for Southern states to rapidly redraw congressional maps ahead of the midterm elections,…
Rothschild dynasty survived wars and crises. Will Epstein files tear it apart?
Wall Street Journal: Ariane de Rothschild’s association with the sex offender tests a truce between two banks that share the dynastic name…
These oil giants had written off Venezuela. Now they are taking second look.
Wall Street Journal: In recent weeks, both Exxon and Conoco have met with Venezuelan officials and sent technical teams to the Latin American…
Decoding King: Brits hear subtle rebuke to Trump that Americans might miss
New York Times: Royal watchers in Britain called the visit of King Charles III to America a master class in understated criticism… King…
Fifteen comms observations from Musk v. Altman
Jim Prosser: Sam can’t win the trial in the court of public opinion. He can only lose it less. Elon can’t lose. He can only win it louder.…
Trump to remove whisky tariffs after King’s visit
BBC: Trump said the Royal visit “got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking”…
FCC’s Carr says Disney TV license review isn’t about Kimmel
Wall Street Journal: The commission’s chairman says the decision to do an early review of ABC licenses is related to DEI initiatives, not…
Three American farmers on how Iran war is changing their plans
Wall Street Journal: Farmers overseeing millions of acres of land from North Dakota to Kentucky are switching up which crop seeds to plant,…
Trump’s threat to pull troops from Germany risks eroding U.S. power projection
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. bases in Germany have played critical supporting roles for the American military in conflicts in Iraq and…
‘We know you live right here’: No secrets in America’s new surveillance dragnet
Wall Street Journal: Technical wizardry used to combat illegal immigration also funnels the personal data and whereabouts of U.S. citizens to…
How Russia lost its way in Sahara
Financial Times: Losses to Malian militants by Wagner Group’s successor call into question future of Moscow’s military adventurism in Africa…
Trump’s threat to pull troops out of Germany crashes into reality
Politico Europe: An American drawdown from Germany would take years, cost billions — and potentially damage the U.S. military campaign in Iran…
Chinese spy agency warns nation’s young people against dropping out
Financial Times: The Ministry of State Security, the country’s spy agency, this week said foreign forces were seeking to “erode the minds of…
Trump’s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon
Politico: The Pentagon “was not expecting it and has not been planning any kind of drawdown,” said a congressional aide familiar with the…
White House presses tech companies for support on AI-driven cyberattacks
Politico: The White House has asked a group of tech companies to answer a set of questions this week about how to ward off digital attacks…
Trump sons take stake in Kazakh miner that won $1.6bn US contract
Financial Times: The deal expands the Trump family’s sprawling business empire, granting the US president’s sons a stake in a company that…
Israel rushed laser system to UAE to fend off Iran’s missiles
Financial Times: The deployment was one of the first examples of major defence co-operation between the two states — which did not have formal…
Behind Powell’s high-stakes decision to stay at Fed
New York Times: “This could still go sideways, and if it does, some people will point to Powell staying as a provocation,” said Claudia Sahm,…
Jeffrey Epstein’s possible suicide note hidden from public view
New York Times: A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has been kept secret for nearly seven years, locked…
Silicon Valley bracing for permanent underclass
Jasmine Sun/New York Times: Whether you talk with engineers, venture capitalists, founders or managers, or with doomers, accelerationists,…
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