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Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin clash over $100m campaign against California billionaire tax
The former Google CEO and co-founder are reportedly at odds over how funds from their anti-tax coalition are …
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Trump opens US market to 300,000 tonnes of tariff-free beef imports
President Trump has announced a temporary three-month opening of the US market to 300,000 metric tons of ground …
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Trump and Musk Have Rebuilt the Alliance Between Political Power and Tech Capital
Their repaired relationship matters beyond personality: it reconnects Republican campaign machinery, federal power and businesses deeply exposed to …
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Putin’s protection service is also an institution of power
The machinery around Vladimir Putin does more than keep a president physically safe. It protects communications, controls access …
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Washington rewires Foreign Service hiring, training and promotion
The US State Department is replacing DEI as a personnel objective with a tighter merit framework, changing incentives …
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US Antisemitism Bill Links Security Grants, Schools and Platform Transparency
The Jewish American Security Act would create a cross-government policy framework, but its headline $1bn annual security figure …
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Poland’s Patriot dilemma exposes NATO’s air-defence supply problem
Warsaw may release more interceptors to Ukraine, but the decision rests on whether allied backfill and European industrial …
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The Missing Trump-Netanyahu Call Matters Because Gaza Policy Is Stuck
A reported pause in direct contact has shifted difficult Gaza discussions toward Jared Kushner as Washington and Jerusalem …
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The Tribunal Turns Political Tenure Into a Temporary Shield, Not a Permanent Exit
The emerging court for the crime of aggression is an institutional bet on durability: evidence can be gathered …
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Russia’s Prison-Recruitment System Faces Allegations of Sexual Abuse in the Chain of Command
Women recruited from penal colonies say commanders used control over postings and military discipline to coerce them. The …
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Trump’s Ankara Decoy Flight Put RAF Mildenhall Inside a Presidential Security Ruse
The secret C-32A transfer linked an Iranian threat, U.S. presidential aviation and a British military stop that helped …
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Putin is becoming United Russia’s last-mile campaign infrastructure
The ruling party has tied its brand to the president just as economic sentiment has weakened, making Putin’s …
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Baka’s Presidency Is a Governance Test for Hungary’s New Supermajority
The former Supreme Court chief was elected president with 140 votes. His personal history with Orbán-era judicial reforms …
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EU conditionality is turning Serbia’s Russia visa waiver into a policy test
Belgrade still grants Russians 30 visa-free days, but the exemption sits inside a larger mismatch with the EU …
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Russia’s Treason Law Turns Small Ukraine Donations Into Long Prison Terms
The 13-year sentence imposed on Ivan Stolbov shows how citizenship, financial transfers and wartime security law now intersect …
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The Gelendzhik Strike Tests Russia’s Air-Defence Allocation
A reported Ukrainian hit on an S-400 launcher near Cape Idokopas highlights a systems problem for Moscow: high-end …
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Patriot scarcity turns European solidarity into an inventory decision
Europe is financing new missile production, but Ukraine’s winter needs will be decided by who releases existing stocks …
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Ukraine’s Mobilisation System Faces a Governance Test
Police scrutiny now reaches 76 TCC chiefs, nearly 2,500 potentially unlawful bookings and thousands of military medical decisions.
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How Hungary’s Foreign Ministry Managed the Room Around Szijjártó
A 444 investigation says foreign ministry employees were used to fill Szijjártó press conferences while independent outlets were …
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Justus Walker’s Case Raises a Russian Church-State Question
Belkovsky alleges that Orthodox Church structures were behind pressure on the American-born farmer. The claim is unproven, but …