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BREAKDOWN: Hamas Says Yes to 14 of 15 Points — Disarmament, the Knot That Blocks Everything
On June 13, 2026, Palestinian factions handed mediators a written response to Nikolay Mladenov's 15-point roadmap — accepting 14 points. The one they refused…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine Crosses the European Rubicon — Kyiv Opens Its First EU Accession Cluster
On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, the EU opened its first substantive accession negotiations with Ukraine. Two and a half years after symbolic talks…
INVESTIGATION: Trump's Reflecting Pool — $1.7 Million for a Donor Friend
Washington's Reflecting Pool is supposed to embody the grandeur of the Republic. Under Trump, it has become the symbol of institutionalized favoritism: a no-bid…
TESTIMONY: 522 Bodies Returned by Moscow, 33 Received — The Silent Mechanics of Exchanging the Dead
On June 18, 2026, trucks crossed the front line carrying 522 Ukrainian bodies returned by Russia. In exchange: 33 Russian remains. Behind the asymmetry,…
NOTE: The Federal Court Strikes Down Trump's $100,000 H-1B Fee — But the Damage Is Done
On June 8, 2026, a federal judge in Boston ruled Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee unconstitutional. The court was right. But while Washington litigated,…
NOTE: Trump Offers the Keys to the American Arsenal to Europe — Finally, Perhaps
At the G7 in Évian on June 17, 2026, Trump said he would ask U.S. arms makers to consider licensing missile production in Europe…
EDITORIAL: £1 Billion in Frozen Russian Assets Turned Into 150,000 Drones for Kyiv
On June 18, 2026, Britain announced a £752 million military package for Ukraine — financed by Putin's own frozen sovereign assets. Poetic justice has…
FACT-CHECK: Moscow Convicts Ukrainian Soldiers for "Terrorism" — The Geneva Convention Says No
Russia has systematically tried captured Ukrainian soldiers as terrorists rather than prisoners of war. Over 305 have been convicted. The Geneva Conventions are unambiguous.…
COLUMN: Trump Against His Own Senate — The Republican Civil War Paralyzing Washington
Political science textbooks have repeated it for decades: governing with a parliamentary majority is harder than governing against the opposition. Donald Trump, in his…