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EXPLAINER: In Gaza, the Israeli army grounds the drone that holds its buffer zone
Two reservists died on Thursday, September 24, in northern Gaza. The drone that exploded was their own.
FACT CHECK: Patriot license, Trump’s “final decision” still has no number and no date
Unconfirmed. That is the provisional verdict on one sentence. On September 25, Volodymyr Zelensky tells journalists what Donald Trump reportedly said to him in…
ANALYSIS: Democrats lead by nine points, but ten redrawn maps already weigh on the House
A poll this morning delivered a scoreline. On September 25, 2026, at 6 a.m., NBC News published its polling averages. For control of Congress,…
ANALYSIS: Trump reportedly told Xi “unacceptable”; Beijing omits Iran and keeps Mahan Air flying
Iran. The word isn’t there. On September 25 at 7:50 a.m. Beijing time, China’s Foreign Ministry published its readout. The previous day’s talks between…
EXPLAINER: Beijing stops the Ayungin resupply 60 miles out and talks only of loudspeakers
In Beijing’s statement, there is no warship. There is a Philippine ship, sent to resupply an “illegally grounded” vessel. There is the China Coast…
FACT CHECK: Carney’s 2027-28 balanced budget is still unproven; the PBO says 2029-30
For now, the balanced-budget promise fails the test: unproven. Not false. Not proven. That is the verdict we can reach, on this September 25,…
ANALYSIS: Marcos Talks Drilling With Beijing While His Fishermen Are Kept Off a $3 Trillion Sea
That is what moves through the South China Sea every year. Gulf oil, Taiwanese chips, Brazilian soy, the containers that end up in our…
ANALYSIS: Taiwan Puts NT$1,122.5 Billion Into Defence, Over 3% of GDP — While Beijing Calls It a Charade
Hold that number for a moment, because it marks the crossing of a threshold no one on the island has ever crossed before. For…
ANALYSIS: 313 Votes, a 20th Extension — Ukraine Keeps Waiting to Vote for a Peace Moscow Refuses
313 votes to approve the presidential decree extending martial law by 90 days — in force at 5:30 a.m. on August 2, running until…