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The Memo: Mideast troubles press in on Trump
President Trump is facing trouble on two fronts in the Middle East — and it’s not clear how he gets out of it. Iran is pressing what it sees as its strategic advantage over control of the Strait of Hormuz, ratcheting up its rhetoric and its demands. The Islamic Republic’s leadership is now insisting the…
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Progressives face latest test in Midwest with Hong, Flanagan
Progressives are facing their latest test in this week’s Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries as Democrats grapple with their party’s direction in the high-stakes midterm elections. In Wisconsin, democratic socialist Francesca Hong has surged in the swing state’s Democratic primary for governor amid concerns that candidates from the party’s far-left flank could be a liability in…
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Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles in strikes on Ukraine, saying Moscow “cannot wage war without reinforcements from North Korea” for the first time. The claim came as both sides continued overnight attacks, with a strike on Zaporizhzhia killing at least six people and injuring 19, while Ukrainian…
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AI ‘will do more to boost fossil fuel production than green energy’
A new study is the first to quantify AI’s climate impact across the entire power sector, finding that productivity gains AI delivers to fossil fuel extraction outweigh the emissions savings it enables in renewables. Researchers modelled 64 scenarios and concluded that net carbon pollution would rise, undercutting claims that AI is primarily a boon for…
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LIZ PEEK: A brave Democrat leaves his party as radical socialists take over
Julian Epstein, a veteran Democratic operative and former chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, has broken with his party, accusing it of veering too far left and losing its “moral centre”. In a New York Post op-ed, he announced his support for Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race, positioning himself against the progressive…
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Socialist winning streak puts prized Democratic battleground at risk as radical leftists advance
Wisconsin and Minnesota are set to hold pivotal Democratic primaries for governor and Senate seats, marking the second consecutive week in which the Midwest has become a key battleground in an ideological struggle between the Democratic Party’s left wing and its centrist establishment. The contests follow a narrow primary win a week earlier in Michigan,…
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‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
A new documentary, Whatever It Takes, details the harrowing harassment campaign waged against journalists Ina and David Steiner, who ran the e-commerce news site EcommerceBytes. The couple’s reporting on eBay had made them targets of a stalking operation orchestrated by former employees of the company, illustrating the real-world dangers journalists can face for critical coverage…
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MORNING GLORY: Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary had two winners — but only one was on the ballot
This is an opinion column from Fox News arguing that Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open US Senate seat, is closely aligned with Hasan Piker, a prominent progressive Twitch streamer and commentator. The piece contends the two figures effectively represent a single ideological outlook, suggesting Piker’s influence and rhetoric are inseparable from El-Sayed’s…
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A year in, thousands of armed troops have quietly become a fixture of D.C. life
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.
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The school year begins in LA with one big change: limited screen time
As educators in the nation’s second-largest district prepare for the new limits on classroom screen time, some teachers say it will be a difficult adjustment.