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EXPLAINER: Mishustin withholds the military figure; Kyiv reads US$12 billion for jet drones
The draft budget the Russian government approved on September 24 shows no amount for the military.

ANALYSIS: Copenhagen fears a limited Russian strike, and Moscow decorated the Gedser commander
On September 24, Danish military intelligence wrote that Moscow could strike a NATO country bordering Russia “in the coming months.”

INVESTIGATION: Warsaw suspects Moscow in the Wola Krobowska Starlink fire, with no one charged so far
On September 25, Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into sabotage on behalf of a foreign intelligence service, after a fire at a…

ANALYSIS: November 3 would time Trump’s strikes on Iran, and Tehran reads the same calendar
On NBC, on September 27, Mike Waltz insisted that when it comes to the war against Iran, “politics have nothing to do with this.”…

EXPLAINER: Vought gives Congress five days on $810 million the law protects for 45 days
On Friday evening, September 25, the White House announced the cancellation of $810 million that Congress had appropriated. The U.S. fiscal year ends on…

FACT CHECK: The Graham law is 10 days old, and Trump’s Treasury has listed no Russian name yet
At the UN on September 22, Donald Trump brandished “enormous new tariff authorities” against Moscow’s war. The law that gives them to him has…

QUICK TAKE: Trump’s law paid for the Kennedy Center roof, and his name blocks the repair
On September 15, Judge Christopher Cooper barred any tribute to Donald Trump from going up at the Kennedy Center. An hour later, the board…

REVIEW: The Supreme Court reopens SAVE 39 days before the vote without weighing wrongly flagged citizens
On September 15, Texas acknowledged that 578 voters flagged by the federal SAVE database as potential noncitizens were, in fact, American citizens.

COLUMN: Gillibrand wants Americans refunded, and Trump bans Canadian beer and cider on Tuesday
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pointed out on Thursday, September 24, that some New York State breweries make their beer with barley malted in Canada.