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NYTIMES (Showkat Nanda and Anupreeta Das) - The Accidental Hero Who Faced Down India’s Government

Abhijeet Dipke founded the Cockroach Janta Party as a joke after a judge insulted young people. The idea snowballed into a generational movement that has challenged the country’s leaders.

NPR (Maham Javaid) - With just a few primary elections to go, the competitive Senate map keeps shifting

For Democrats to take control of the U.S. Senate, they have to flip 4 seats currently held by Republicans. Republicans, meanwhile, are playing defense and pickup opportunities are harder to find.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Alicia Sitz) - Space data centers could be 'catastrophic' for planet, scientist says

Space data centers would circle Earth about once every 90 minutes, Donovan said.

NYTIMES (Jennifer Kavanagh) - A New Security Order Is Taking Shape in Asia

Asian countries are starting to shoulder more of the burden of their own defense, and the region could be stronger and more stable for it.

NYTIMES (River Akira Davis and Jes Aznar) - Iran War Forces Energy Buyers to ‘Unshackle’ From Global Markets

Developing Asian nations, scarred by Middle East supply shocks, are working to scale back their reliance on imported fuels, including liquefied natural gas.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Van Buren) - Trump’s Immigration Success—And Its Discontents

The administration has made real progress in enforcing the law and reforming institutions, but some people are never happy. The post Trump’s Immigration Success—And Its Discontents appeared first on The American Conservative .

Politics Trump’s Immigration Success—And Its Discontents The administration has made real progress in enforcing the law and reforming institutions, but some people are never happy. Photo by Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The street fights with ICE seem to have ended for now. So have many of the televised SWAT-style immigration arrests. Did the resistance win? Have the changes made by the second Donald Trump administration helped curb illegal immigration, or has much of this just been for show? A careful look at the sum of the evidence at this point shows the measurable effects are increasingly…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Snider, Nicolai N. Petro) - The Meaning of Fedorov’s Firing

Division and strife are undermining Ukraine’s already troubled war effort. The post The Meaning of Fedorov’s Firing appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign policy The Meaning of Fedorov’s Firing Division and strife are undermining Ukraine’s already troubled war effort. Photo by Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP via Getty Images On January 14, 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov was appointed Ukraine’s minister of defense. Just six months later, he was dismissed.  One of Fedorov’s principal tasks, bigger even than addressing the shortage of Patriot interceptors, had been reforming his country’s recruitment and mobilization system. But manpower shortages remain a chronic issue, forcing the government to resort to unpopular solutions like “busification” (the Ukrainian term…Open

NYTIMES (Yan Zhuang and Ishani Desai) - At Least 2 Killed in Shooting at Food Festival in Seattle

At least five others were injured, the authorities said. Thousands were attending a festival at the Seattle Center, according to local media.

HUFFPOST - Trump Is Celebrating A Highway Being Named After Him. There's No Evidence It Even Happened.

Trump expressed his hope to one day travel a road supposedly bearing his name in North Africa, but officials in the country have yet to confirm the change.

HUFFPOST - Multiple People Shot As Gunfire Erupts Near Seattle’s Iconic Space Needle, Police Say

Police say multiple people have been injured in a shooting at an events complex close to the Space Needle in Seattle.