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China won’t get lucky twice: Why Trump’s Iran war may be Xi’s worst nightmare

When the George W. Bush administration launched the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq more than two decades ago, China found itself in an extraordinarily favorable strategic position. While the United States devoted vast military, political, and financial resources to the Middle East, Beijing largely stayed out of the fray, quietly “concealing its strengths and biding […]

One Night Only finds romance in a culture that has forgotten intimacy

Equal parts George Orwell and unrestrained teenage hormones, director Will Gluck’s One Night Only imagines a dystopian America where a religious administration has banned premarital sex. The preposterous prohibition is enforced through biometric sensors that detect certain hormonal spikes and summon SWAT teams to thwart your carnal endeavors. The only caveat to this prudish regime, […]

Is Spain a NATO ally or a state sponsor of terrorism?

For decades, Madrid’s leftist foreign policy establishment has substituted strategic clarity with moral bankruptcy, quietly strengthening Iran’s military-industrial capacity. At the same time, Washington policymakers indulge in the delusion that Europe stands united against Islamist aggression.  While the trend spans ideological lines, socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero truly opened the floodgates. Spain’s own […]

Don’t overestimate soaring European stocks

European equities are suddenly a favorite of global investors. The STOXX 600, the benchmark index of European stocks, is trading at record highs. To illustrate the strength of the market, the index rose every day last week. Since the beginning of the year, European stocks have been up about 12%. The major catalyst behind the positive […]

Lisa Murkowski got the SAVE America Act wrong

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has misread the SAVE America Act. In her Wall Street Journal op-ed laying out her opposition to the legislation, she repeatedly misstates what the bill requires, overlooks safeguards written directly into its text, and presents speculative worst-case scenarios as inevitable consequences. Her misbegotten criticism rests on several fundamental misreadings of the […]

O’Reilly on Trump pressuring Iran toward a deal: ‘I don’t think he’s flailing’

Political commentator Bill O'Reilly on Monday said Trump is not "flailing" as he seeks to pressure Iran to accept a deal to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz while also addressing the regime's nuclear program. When asked about Trump's policy, O'Reilly advised that the president needs to inflict "more pain on Iran...

DOJ sues NY to block in-state tuition for undocumented students

The federal government has sued New York, Connecticut, and Vermont to block undocumented immigrants from receiving in-state college tuition and financial assistance, alleging the state policies violate federal law.

The Blanche appointment is another Trump win that’s America’s loss

He will serve only Donald Trump, not our precious rule of law. 

Indonesia and India are jointly planning a hydrocarbon-powered future

Hydrocarbons are still the future of energy.

Perseid meteor shower: When is the best time to watch the summer light show?

The Perseid summer light show is back — and viewing conditions are especially promising for the Northern Hemisphere.

The Movement: A $20 burrito and a fight over affordability

A personal note to readers from Emily Brooks: I have welcomed my second child! I’ll be out on maternity leave for the next few months, and Helen, our Senate reporter, will take over writing of The Movement in the meantime. Please continue to share your insights, events, scoops and announcements with her. I look forward...

Trump secretly departed Turkey on third plane: Report

President Trump secretly departed the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, last month using an alternate military aircraft amid security concerns involving Iran. Trump boarded the old Air Force One jet before he was secretly shuttled to a smaller Air Force C-32A plane while inside a catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies...

Trump, threatened by Iran, used ruse to fly home from Turkey on jet

In today's issue: ▪ Republicans to choose Graham replacement ▪ Trump rolls back vaccine guidance ▪ Blanche sworn in as attorney general ▪ Record heat in contiguous U.S. President Trump engaged in an elaborate ruse last month as he faced a threat against his life from Iran, leaving a summit in Turkey via military jet while making...

Hacks by runaway AI are foreseeable. We’re letting them happen.

There is a point of no return ahead: a point where we can’t simply turn the AIs off because they’d escape and turn us off instead.

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