NYTIMES (Tariq Panja) - Why Team Iran Is in a Tough Spot at the World Cup
At its first game in Los Angeles, the men’s national team drew spectators who weren’t coming for the soccer, but rather to protest the regime in Tehran.
NYTIMES (Keith Bradsher) - China’s Spending Slowdown Deepens as Households Tighten Their Belts
The unexpected decline in retail sales underscored China’s growing reliance on exports to sustain economic growth as domestic demand continues to falter.
NYTIMES (River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya) - Japan Raises Rates to 31-Year High to Ward Off War Inflation
Going against Prime Minister Takaichi’s wishes, Japan’s central bank acted amid U.S. pressure, a tanking currency and inflation from energy disruptions.
NYTIMES (Norimitsu Onishi and Hubert Hayaud) - How Quebec Left the Church and Became the World Leader in Assisted Dying
A society once strongly Roman Catholic has rejected the church’s prohibition on euthanasia, with many instead viewing control over one’s death as an individual right.
NYTIMES (John Ismay and Nicholas Kulish) - Naval Mines Could Still Stymie Gulf Shipping After War
The U.S. Navy will be deploying a new generation of drone-based countermeasures to search the sea floor and surface for any mines Iran laid.
NPR (NPR Staff) - Here are the District of Columbia's 2026 primary election results
Live election results: Get the latest on U.S. delegate and mayoral primary races in Washington, D.C.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Snider) - Economic Warfare, Militarized Diplomacy Are Brutal and Malfunctioning Tools
The Trump administration hurts the people it claims to be protecting. The post Economic Warfare, Militarized Diplomacy Are Brutal and Malfunctioning Tools appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Economic Warfare, Militarized Diplomacy Are Brutal and Malfunctioning Tools The Trump administration hurts the people it claims to be protecting. On September 15, 1970, Richard Nixon ordered the CIA to “make the economy [of Chile] scream” (CIA Director Richard Helms’s actual note of the conversation can be seen here ). But it wasn’t the economy that screamed: it was people. “The economy” is an abstraction. The concrete reality of sanctions and embargos is people who are starving. Driving people to starvation has become the foreign policy of the United States. America has always struggled for its soul. In…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Taki) - The Dumb and Joyful Masses
Staring at your phone won’t make for a rich or exciting life, but at least you’ll be happy for a while. The post The Dumb and Joyful Masses appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Dumb and Joyful Masses Staring at your phone won’t make for a rich or exciting life, but at least you’ll be happy for a while. TakiMag Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who wrote the great Madame Bovary novel, among other lesser ones. A close friend of his once wrote to him asking for advice on happiness, and Gustave wrote back offering his fail-proof method to achieving joyfulness: “One needs good health, and also good luck. And of course stupidity, but if the last one’s missing, all’s lost.” Good old Gustave, he certainly knew things. If he were around today, he’d be finding some very happy people…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Andrew Day) - Trump Just Changed the Conversation About Iran
Washington and Tehran need not be enemies forever. The post Trump Just Changed the Conversation About Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Trump Just Changed the Conversation About Iran Washington and Tehran need not be enemies forever. We’ve never seen a president like Donald J. Trump. Heck, I’ve never seen a human being like Trump. When Henry David Thoreau wrote about the man who steps to the music of a different drummer, he was probably imagining a religious seeker or political dissenter—not a billionaire businessman who dated European supermodels and erected golden towers before ascending to the heights of global power. But has anyone danced so wildly through life as the current POTUS? Trump’s latest two-step: waging a brutal war against…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Patrick Djordjevic) - Benadryl Challenge: Teen left brain dead after viral TikTok
A 15-year-old girl has been left with "no brain activity" in an ICU after attempting a viral TikTok challenge.