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From the Why Smart Women Podcast hosted by Annie McCubbin: “We explore why women sometimes make the wrong choices and offer insightful guidance for better, informed decisions. Through engaging discussions, interviews, and real-life stories, we empower women to harness their intelligence, question their instincts, and navigate life’s complexities with confidence.Continue Reading

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commentary Special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are proof of what happens when conflicts of interest meet diplomacy Published April 16, 2026 9:05AM (EDT) Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff serve as President Traitor 47’s special envoys for peace (Jacquelyn Martin – Pool/Getty Images) There was a time when theContinue Reading

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Russian forces are pressing on two axes from occupied Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast. The 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of Ukraine’s Airborne Assault Forces reported on 16 April that Ukraine’s defense forces are holding the northern outskirts of Pokrovsk and striking Russian troop concentrations before assault groups can form. Infantry fightingContinue Reading

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Washington misread Iran, overestimated its own leverage and found itself trapped in a costly 40-day war of attrition., The developments following the 12-day war between Iran and Israel did not lead to de-escalation, but rather to a redefinition of the conflict on a much broader scale. While volatile negotiations betweenContinue Reading

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On February 4, 2026, The Washington Post ’s Ukraine correspondent, Lizzie Johnson, announced on X that she had been laid off, via email, “in the middle of a warzone” —left behind in Kyiv by a ruthless wave of layoffs at the Jeff Bezos–owned paper. Johnson’s stranding at the imperiled fringesContinue Reading