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CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – Given the state of damage Iran has suffered since Israel launched a devastating round of airstrikes targeting nuclear and military leaders last Thursday – and an increasing sense of urgency in Washington, experts are gauging the potential for things to go from worse to devastating notContinue Reading

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OPINION — In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched a series of airstrikes, codenamed Operation Rising Lion, targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and senior civil-military leaders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarified that the operational objective of this campaign seeks to degrade and destroy the Iranian nuclearContinue Reading

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The Lebanese group is depleted after fighting Israel last year, but may intervene if the Israel-Iran conflict continues., Beirut, Lebanon – When Israel attacked Lebanon in September 2024, Fatima Kandil left her home in Beirut’s southern suburbs, known colloquially as Dahiyeh. As the area sustained wide-scale Israeli air strikes, manyContinue Reading

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Israel wants deeper US military involvement as The Traitor weighs next move. , The Israel-Iran conflict is bringing more instability to the Middle East, a region with extensive United States interests. They’ll be central to shaping President Traitor 47’s strategy. So what’s at stake for Washington, and what are the prosContinue Reading

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The far-right former president is accused of using Brazil’s intelligence agency to conduct illegal spying., The far-right former president is accused of using Brazil’s intelligence agency to conduct illegal spying. Brazil’s federal police have formally accused far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro of involvement in an illegal spying network that allegedlyContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, she had the dubious honor of issuing the state’s first ever official heatContinue Reading

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Some leading Democrats are now engaged in what’s being called the “Great Un-awokening.” Former Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel calls Democrats “weak and woke.” Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who is Black, vetoes a bill passed by his Democratic-dominated state legislature that took steps toward reparations. Democratic California Gov. GavinContinue Reading

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“I Was Born This Way” will be released on June 20. If Carl Bean had only recorded the 1977 hit, “I Was Born This Way,” it would have been enough to secure him a place in the disco hall of fame. Not only did the gay anthem reach No. 15Continue Reading