CHINA WATCH · China Surveys Seabeds Where Naval Rivals May One Day Clash · U.S. Threats to AUKUS Pact Put United Front Against China at Risk · How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon · China’s ...

Last Tuesday, when an account on X using the name Cindy Steinberg started cheering the Texas floods because the victims were “white kids” and “future fascists,” Grok — the social media platform’s ...

MIDDLE EAST · Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him · 12 Days of Attacks Later, Could Iran Make an Atomic Bomb? · Trump Warns U.S. Will Strike Again if Iran Resumes High-Level Uranium ...

“Some people believe that the term anti-vaxxer is a pejorative,” the physician Robert Malone wrote on June 9. “I do not — I view it as high praise.” “The term ‘anti-vaxxer,’” he continued, “it is not ...

As President Donald Trump sends mixed messages about immigration enforcement, ordering new raids on farms and hotels just days after saying he wouldn’t target those industries, he has hardly mentioned ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

· Trump Urges Congress to ‘Kill’ Voice of America as Its Leader Defends Gutting It. · Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support · A Distracted Washington Is a Win for Beijing · ...

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 ...