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The PURL program, the trick that gets Europe to pay for Ukraine
Since July 2025, a quiet but powerful mechanism has been reshaping the military financing of Ukrainian resistance: the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List,

Do Russian jet-powered drones really outpace Ukrainian interceptors
A video released in early July by the 427th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems "Rarog" shows a Ukrainian unit chasing down a

Todd Blanche facing the Senate, an Epstein file that won't go away
Ten Democratic senators, led by Richard J. Durbin, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter dated July 1, 2026 to

On the Iran-Pakistan border, a regime flexing its muscle
I can't claim to have walked along the Iran-Pakistan border, nor to have seen with my own eyes the troop movements described

Tehran says it negotiated in Doha, but without Americans at the table
On July 1, 2026, two contradictory accounts circulated about what actually happened in Doha between Iran and the United States. On one

Melania Trump, the quiet diplomacy bringing Ukrainian children home
According to Marc Beckman, senior adviser to the American First Lady, it was images of the war in Ukraine that pushed Melania

Measles ignores the borders between Canada, Mexico and the United States
As of July 2, 2026, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted 2,170 confirmed measles cases in the United States

DOJ refuses to release new Epstein documents despite a judge's order
The Department of Justice refused, on July 2, 2026, to hand over additional documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein case, despite a

William Lai, the Taiwanese president who refuses to bend to Beijing
On January 1, 2026, Taiwanese president William Lai Ching-te delivered his New Year address just days after China conducted military drills dubbed