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War on the Rocks: “While the United States and Israel waged a war they believed would be defined by military force, Iran had a theory of victory its adversaries never understood: a regime built for survival, manipulating global perception and economic levers, and converting military inferiority into geopolitical leverage. The result was a fragile ceasefire […]

“Ukraine said it has hit more than 110 Russian vessels in nine days in the Sea of Azov, making it one of the most concentrated series of attacks on shipping ever to take place,” the Financial Times reports.

Balance-of-payments (BOP) deficits have occupied the attention of policymakers and economists for decades, and recent developments have brought renewed interest to the question of how they should be measured and when they become a cause for concern. The BOP is an accounting framework that tracks all economic transactions between United States persons and the rest […]

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With the settlement withdrawn, Google is now bound by the court's full antitrust remedies.

Are they really trying to bring back the Red Scare? It’s starting to feel that way. During the Red Scare, politicians warned that communists had “infiltrated America”, fueling fear, expanding government power, and encouraging people to view their fellow citizens as enemies.

A new analysis of nearly 10,000 real-world EV battery tests found that the same Tesla Model 3 holds up very differently depending on which battery it was built with — and the cheaper LFP version comes out on top.

The Model 3 with CATL’s lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pack averaged 93.3% battery health among cars that had driven more than 62,000 miles, beating every nickel-based version of the car in the dataset.

Pablo Picasso, Quatre sujets pour: La barre d'appui, June 1936, published 1936 #pablopicasso #museumarchive

Taking care to avoid the team-picking system of our schoolyard memories, Lilah Maravi divided us into two sides of about 20. It was a pleasant Sunday in June—Father’s Day—and we had gathered at our usual spot for our Pride month game. After a spontaneous game of catch in a B...

Aliyah Boston's teammate drives so much of the American population insane that it's easy to forget her own talent for getting in other people's heads. Opposing bigs unravel next to her. Jonquel Jones, possibly the nicest and humblest athlete I've ever spoken to, revealed th...

We'll start with the most significant play of the 2026 MLB All-Star Game: a hit batsman. In the top of the third, with a man on first and the AL already leading 3-0, Tampa's Junior Caminero got smacked on the hand by a 98-mph pitch from St. Louis's Riley O’Brien. Caminero wa...

Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector's Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us at minordilemmas@defector.com.

This week, Drew talks about danger.

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Rain or shine, “ducats” summon us to different parts of the facility. You better hope an alarm isn’t called on your way to an appointment. https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/07/14/theres-no-texting-or-email-notifications-in-prison/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PJP-Bluesky

Hirono: Do you believe it is Trump's right and duty to order the investigation or prosecution of his perceived enemies, yes or no? Blanche: I can't answer that yes or no.

Karoline Leavitt calls the Epstein files a "classic Washington hoax"

In 2015, a 25-year-old flooring installer named Roendy Granillo collapsed and died of heat stroke on a construction job in Melissa, a small town northeast of Dallas, after his family said he was denied a water break. They carried his story to Dallas City Hall, and the council passed an ordinance on a 10-5 vote, […]

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Q: Why is the FBI not releasing the Epstein list? Kash Patel: Simple. Because of who's on that list.

Joe Rogan: The Epstein files are a line in the sand. We thought Trump was gonna come in and drain the swamp, we're gonna figure everything out. And then they're trying to gaslight you on that.

Reporter: What did you think Epstein was stealing those women for? Trump: *ignores, walks away*

In exchanges with multiple Democratic senators during a Wednesday Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing, Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay...

Good interview with Craig Mod about how he uses LLMs: “using AI as a research assistant, why he keeps a tech-free zone in the mornings for deep thinking, and why he’s resisting the pull of the ‘mainlining’ AI era”.