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In today’s #MustRead, @Ali_Wyne and @ryanl_hass argue that the answer to Trump’s erratic China policy isn’t more hawkishness, but steady competition, stronger alliances, and room for diplomacy. ⬇️
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U.S. Warns Allies to Prepare For Possible Iran Strikes After Elections, Trump Aides are Leaning on U.S. Firms to Accept Russian Diesel, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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Trump's crackdown on legal immigration has an exception: his political allies like right wing authoritarian Flávio Bolsonaro and his family. Meanwhile, he has no problem cutting off TPS for over a dozen countries.
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Israelis Await Final Election Results as Netanyahu Remains Far From Defeated, U.S. Costs of Iran War Rise to Over $47 Billion, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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Donald Trump is bragging about Big Oil and Gas profiting off his Iran war because it's making HIM rich through stocks. But every other American family has paid over $850 more on average for gas since the start of this war.
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In today’s #MustRead, Robert F. Worth reports on Cuba’s deepening collapse, where hunger and blackouts expose decades of government failure, now compounded by Trump’s oil blockade. ⬇️
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Israelis Go to the Polls in Historic Election, Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Tops 10,000 Cases, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage
The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI
In today’s #MustRead, @FareedZakaria warns that Trump’s erosion of global trust in America could push allies like South Korea, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to develop their own nuclear weapons, making the world far more dangerous. ⬇️
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Lula is Declared Winner of Brazil’s Election as Bolsonaro Rejects Results, Serbia’s Longtime Strongman Concedes Defeat in Parliamentary Election, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump and his family have lost surprise elections, thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.
In today’s #MustRead, Mara Karlin argues that advanced weapons alone can’t win wars. From Ukraine to Iran, she shows why the U.S. must focus on clear war aims, adapting to the enemy, and learning from past mistakes, not just building better technology. ⬇️
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Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—including More Than $700 Million in Transfers; Cyber Chiefs Face Stark Options to Fix Global PHP Security Flaw, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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I came into the Foreign Service under Ronald Reagan, served under every president, even a few months under Donald Trump. NO ONE, absolutely NO ONE, ever asked me who I voted for or doubted my "fidelity" to my country. They don't want professionals, they want political hacks.
SCOOP: The State Dept has started asking career diplomats up for promotion if they voted for Trump in 16, 20, 24.
Federal law prohibits politically based hiring for career staff.
State tells @washingtonsun it's screening for "fidelity" and execution of the president's vision👇
No billionaire should get to decide the course of a war.
FP4A is calling on Congress to investigate reports that Elon Musk choked off Ukraine’s Starlink access, putting civilians at risk.
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In today’s #MustRead, @RebeccaLissner and Turner Ruggi warn that Trump’s plan to pull U.S. forces back from Europe could weaken NATO’s defenses and push allies to consider their own nuclear weapons. ⬇️
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Russia Pounds Kyiv With Missiles as Moscow Says 808 Drones Downed, U.S. Pulls Diplomats From Saudi as Houthi and Iran Tensions Worsen, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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Groveling before a war criminal is unconscionable.
Putin has masterminded the slaughter of thousands of Ukrainian civilians.
He is not a humanitarian—no amount of shameless flattery will change that.
In today’s #MustRead, Lisa Reinsberg and Jessica Peake argue that international law needs to catch up with today’s challenges and do a better job of holding powerful countries accountable. ⬇️
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Nigeria Confirms Ebola Case as Outbreak Spreads Into Western Africa, U.K. Sending Fighter Jets to Help Defend Saudi Cities From Houthi Attacks, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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