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Groundhog Day in Iran: Hopes for change will again be dashed in this week’s election

Iran's upcoming presidential election is unlikely to bring about any meaningful change, as all the candidates are committed to the principles of the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the supreme leader's regime, and the election is likely to yield more of the same domestic repression and international aggression.

Republicans more likely than Democrats to say they’ll watch debate: Survey

Republicans are more likely to say that they’ll watch the presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump Thursday, according to a new survey. The Syracuse University/Ipsos poll, released this week, found 45 percent of Republican respondents said they were “very likely” to watch the televised debate between the two perspective party nominees. Among...

Forget deepfake videos. Text and voice are this election’s true AI threat. 

Swing voters are scarce, margins are thin and automated text or voice voter suppression campaigns are easy to do and hard to detect. 

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is dangerously wrong  

Louisiana’s new law to mandate display of the Ten Commandments in public schools manages to mangle both history and religion.

Defeat, deter and dissuade: Israel’s survival strategy against Iran and its proxies

Israel is using a strategy of defeat, deter, and dissuade to manage its three-front war against Iran and its proxies, with the goal of securing Israel from existential threats by isolating and eliminating the threats.

DNC hits Trump over Georgia election interference case ahead of debate

The Democratic National Committee is set to launch a mobile billboard hitting former President Trump over his election interference case at the presidential debate venue in Atlanta on Thursday. The mobile billboard marks the first time the DNC directly attacked Trump over the Georgia case, according to the committee. One of the videos featured on...

Comet not seen since 1956 set to fly by Earth

Stargazers will want to keep a close eye on the sky in the coming days. A comet with a 69-year orbit is set to pass by Earth.

Medicare & Drug Pricing, Time to Think Differently: Watch Live

The landmark 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has already helped people with Medicare save on health care costs for vaccines and insulin, but, as with anything in Washington, that’s not the full story. Increases in utilization management tactics, a guiding framework of health insurers and hospital systems to mitigate costs, are emerging as an unintended...

Morning Report — Debate night: Will Biden or Trump win?

There has been so much media buildup ahead of tonight’s debate, we hesitate to do more than mention that it begins at 9 p.m. EDT on CNN, will be carried by other networks — and ends around 10:30 p.m.  President Biden spent days preparing at Camp David, eager to draw more voters his way in...

Biden leans on Republican backers to beat Trump

Geoff Duncan, the former lieutenant governor of Georgia, was sitting in his car last month when he received a call from President Biden. Duncan — a lifelong Republican who has never voted for a Democrat— had just formally endorsed Biden. And the president was calling to thank him. Surefire GOP endorsements are important for Biden...

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