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Trump Embarrasses the Pentagon with a U-turn on Ukraine (Economist) His decision to resume arms shipments is a victory for common sense—while it lasts. The affair is a reminder that not even Mr. Trump ...

Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated. Insurers Aren’t Saying Whether They’ll Cover Vaccines for ...

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Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him (Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy) Experts say the 2015 nuclear deal constrained Tehran’s nuclear ambitions better than the recent U.S. strikes. 12 ...

One thing I think that this attack signals is that there’s a big distinction between nuclear and non-nuclear states in that you can do whatever you want to a non-nuclear state. It would be much harder ...

“The alleged Minnesota assassin was known as a ‘deeply religious’ Christian man. That should be an alarm bell for all of us ...

What America Can Learn from Iran’s Failure (By Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic) The Iranian regime’s predicament shows what happens when conspiracies, rather than reality, shape decision making. The ...

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The Growing Threat of Homegrown Religious Extremism (Mona Charen, The Bulwark) The alleged Minnesota assassin was known as a ‘deeply religious’ Christian man. That should be an alarm bell for all of ...