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July 2026
Trump and Netanyahu May Be at Odds Again Over Gaza Plan
But a day after proclaiming the plan a “historic breakthrough,” Mr. Trump tempered expectations
We do have an understanding with Israel,
Charges to Be Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool
He was one of seven people facing charges in connection with what President Trump had claimed, without evidence, were efforts to sabotage his administration’s renovation of the pool
Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong,
Given all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the reflecting pool to vandalism,
Migrants Flood a Tiny Spanish Territory
You ask why everyone came — because there’s no work in Morocco,
Leopold Aschenbrenner Built a Hot A.I. Hedge Fund. Then it Melted Down.
An ex-researcher at OpenAI, who departed there in a cloud of controversy and then wrote a viral essay predicting an artificial intelligence revolution, Mr. Aschenbrenner had started his fund, Situational Awareness, in 2024 at age 22 with a burst of attention
There’s one legitimate criticism, which is they were overly aggressive with leverage and they used it to a point it could have perhaps been existentially threatening,
Eventually you are going to go to the stars, you are going to go to the galaxies.”... Done right, there’s a lot of money to be made.”
Warsh Considers Reducing Frequency of Fed Policy Meetings
Kevin M. Warsh is considering reducing the number of regularly scheduled meetings at which the Federal Reserve sets interest rates, a potentially seismic move that would mark the most significant change in how the central bank operates in years
Why Mitch McConnell Isn’t Giving Up His Senate Seat
Migrants Surge Into Spanish Territory, Triggering Political Backlash
I don’t want to live in Morocco, I want to live in Europe,
Nancy Guthrie Ransom Notes Released by Sheriff’s Department Searching for New Leads
We believe these distinctive linguistic characteristics may be recognizable to someone who knows or has interacted with the notes’ writer,
If payment is not received by the last deadline on Monday the 9th at 5 p.m., she will be killed,
Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome,
Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation
Mr. Walz dismissed the accusation in a social media post soon after
I don't think so, I think I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent.”
Trump knows exactly who is responsible for this attack, and knows that other states were hit too,... This is what modern warfare looks like, and it further illustrates there’s no plan to win a war with Iran.”
Trump to Appeal Judge’s Ruling Denouncing I.R.S. Lawsuit as Exercise in Self-Dealing
The notice of appeal, filed in Federal District Court in Miami, was the latest sign that Mr. Trump was willing to pursue his fight for the fund and the tax provision even though they have badly damaged his relations with Senate Republicans and jeopardized the confirmation of his pick for attorney general, Todd Blanche
Perhaps there has never been a group of people treated so badly in our Nation’s history,
What Caused the Surge of Migrants From Morocco Into Ceuta?
It is impossible for nearly 50,000 people to cross the border between Morocco and Spain in a single day without Morocco having a hand in it,
In reality... It’s too early to give a real account of why this surge happened, or how it moved so fast.”
For me, that plays a fairly central role,
Young Men Poured Into Ceuta Seeking Work
All these people are hungry because we have not eaten in two days,
Todd Blanche’s Loyalty to Trump Is Putting His Attorney General Confirmation at Risk
But Mr. Blanche’s audience-of-one approach, which got him to where he is now, has collided with the jury-of-two reality in the Senate that has, thus far, kept him from the prize he covets: the stability and status conferred by a Senate confirmation
I love you, sir.”
State Dept. to Release 250,000 More Trump Passports With His Portrait
The documents, which the White House has referred to as “patriot passports,” feature a portrait of Mr. Trump with his signature underneath and the text of the Declaration of Independence behind him
Coast Guard Vows to Protect Crews From Brain Injuries Caused by Rough Seas
Our crews operate in a dangerous and unforgiving maritime environment. The demands of our missions are immense,
Taking care of your brain health is an operational necessity and a matter of readiness,
I’m grateful the research and article have had this much influence,
Adam O’Neal Resigns as Washington Post Opinion Editor
This past year, under the leadership of Adam O’Neal, Post Opinions has become more balanced in perspective, more financially sustainable and more accessible to readers than ever before.”
While this was not an easy decision, I am leaving proud of how far the opinion section has come and optimistic that its best days lie ahead,
I want to thank him for his leadership and hard work in reimagining the section,
Ceuta Evokes Europe’s 2015 Migration Crisis. But Much Has Changed Since.
Over the last 36 hours, officials say as many as 60,000 people have surged into Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s coast that Spain has governed for centuries
Ukraine’s Strike on Iranian Ship Shows How Two Wars Could Spiral
Inflation Worries Prompted Fed Officials to Dissent on Holding Rates Steady
In my view, now is the time for the [Federal Open Market Committee] to act to speed the return of PCE inflation to our 2 percent objective and deliver on our commitment to price stability for the American people,
U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin
The Colorado River basin supplies water to some 40 million people, including in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, as well as rich agricultural land
Far-right politicians seize on Ceuta
By regularizing hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, the socialist prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has opened the doors of Europe.”
Emily Wilson’s Pan of ‘The Odyssey’ Ignites a Debate Among Classicists and Commenters
Wilson is naturally at her best when discussing the poem itself: This is a work to which she has dedicated years of her life, and she knows it intimately,
I think it’s totally fine and valid for a director to explore his own vision,
Whatever his lifelong fascination with the epic, Nolan has merely remade Homer’s hero in his own image, just as he has imposed on Odysseus’s adventures values utterly foreign to Homer,
Yes, her tone of dismissal & haughty superiority strike a sour note,... Rather than disagreeing with interpretations of Homer in a collegial manner, this person, who has benefited enormously from Nolan’s film, speaks in the crude language of MAGA folks attacking someone with ideas that differ from hers.”
I mean, it’s going to be exciting that so many people who may have thought, Oh, ancient literature is boring, or it’s not for me, or it’s too inaccessible, are then going to realize, actually, this is a really compelling story,
It has nothing convincing to say about time, memory, history, war, or about the relationship between one warrior’s glorious return and the lives of his family, adversaries, comrades, friends and neighbours,
In this piece, I regret the paragraph about the uses of the POC actors — who are all great, but IMO under-utilized (and why couldn’t Himesh Patel be Odysseus instead?),
It’s a family-friendly audiovisual spectacle, like an elaborate Fourth of July fireworks display — and with about the same level of narrative and emotional depth,
Most of the non-white actors — Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Himesh Patel, Corey Antonio Hawkins, Travis Scott — play versions of the Black best friend, whose only role in the drama is to provide aid to the white protagonist,
Man Accused of Spying for Iran at British Air Base in Cyprus
Vivek Ramaswamy Wants to Be the Future. First He Has to Win.
But on a recent mid-July afternoon at the Clinton County Fair in rural Ohio, Ramaswamy, now running to be governor of his home state, had a different message
If you want to make America great again, vote Trump,
We’re seeing a lot of transplants here, a lot of Fortune 500 companies through the Cincinnati-Dayton corridor here,
I think he’s trying to thread that needle,
We will do our part to make sure that Ohio’s best days, and honest to God, through Ohio, America’s best days, are actually still ahead of us,
The reason I’m doing this is I want every kid in this state, not just my kid, every kid in the state, to have the same opportunities to achieve great things that I had,
Military Testosterone Policy Raises Questions About Its Links to Aggression
When you look at T with someone’s predisposition to engage in aggression, that’s where it becomes more clear,
If I were a general, or if I were in some version of command where I knew the people underneath me had been altering their testosterone levels, I would want to know: How does that affect their decision making
The data that we have do not support that there is a general trend toward aggressiveness on testosterone,
People who are already aggressive are likely to become more aggressive,
Testosterone makes aggression more rewarding, whether or not it’s productive,
I felt like I had a coiled spring in my body that was wound real tight,