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COLUMN: Burgenstock, Two Contradictory Truths — The USA and Iran Don't Tell the Same Nuclear Story
On the shores of Lake Lucerne, in a luxury Swiss resort perched at 874 metres above sea level, something extraordinary and deeply

INVESTIGATION: The USA-Iran MOU of June 15 — Peace in 60 Days or Back to War by August 17
On June 15, 2026, in a moment that will enter the history books, American president Donald Trump and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian

REPORT: $12.3 Billion in Six Months — Silicon Valley Goes to War to Fund Tomorrow's Armies
The first half of 2026 has written a number into defense industry history that will be debated for years: $12.3 billion in

DECODING: Trump calls green credits a "scam" — the Republican fracture on energy explodes
In public statements relayed by Ground News on June 22, 2026, President Donald Trump called the green tax credits inherited from Biden's

ANALYSIS: Farm Bill 2026 — SNAP remains the Gordian knot of a divided Senate
On June 23, 2026, the United States Senate Agriculture Committee published its farm legislation proposal — the Agricultural Act of 2026, more

TESTIMONY: Oil at $70 — the Iran deal eases the pump but strains the budgets
On June 25, 2026, the WTI — the benchmark American crude barrel — collapsed to $70.05, its lowest level since mid-February of

OPEN LETTER: DOGE is destroying student aid — $1.7 trillion in loans at risk
Let me be direct: DOGE, the department of government efficiency steered by Elon Musk, has just slashed 40% of the staff at

FACT-CHECK: Trump blocks housing for electoral lockdown — the facts behind the SAVE Act
On June 25, 2026, Washington was the stage for an unprecedented legislative crisis: Donald Trump had cancelled the signing ceremony for a

ESSAY: The Second Amendment triumphs in Hawaii — the Supreme Court reshapes an armed America
On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down Hawaii's strict gun law. The decision follows directly from