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COLUMN: 'Nobody Dictates the Hour of War to Us': Iran's Long-Game Gamble
On July 28, 2026 , Donald Trump says there is a "good chance" of progress in talks on Iran, according to Boursorama . A…

OPINION: The FAA Redraws the Sky for Starship, and Six States Feel It
The Federal Aviation Administration is currently reviewing a SpaceX request to open a new flight corridor for Starship over the western United States, stretching…

OPINION: Bitcoin slides ahead of the Fed, like any ordinary asset
Bitcoin traded at $63,408.41 on the morning of July 28, 2026 , at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time, down $1,950.51 from the previous morning, according…

OPINION: Fifty million dollars for PEI agri-food, and a promise to watch
In Charlottetown , on July 28, 2026 , federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald announced a $50 million investment in Produits Naturels Canada , on…

OPINION: Washington walked out of the UN over a sentence about human rights
American deputy ambassador Dan Negrea walked out of the UN Security Council on July 27, 2026 , in the middle of remarks by French…

OPINION: A knife outside an embassy, and Beijing turns it into a lesson
A knife, an embassy , and four months of silence: that is what the spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Lin Jian…

OPINION: They arrest people at the gate now, and we call it routine
Immigration lawyers now describe a growing frequency of ICE arrests inside U.S. airports , including of spouses of U.S. citizens holding expired visas ,…

OPINION: Ukraine is winning the drone war and losing the interceptor math
A drone that costs a few thousand dollars forces Ukraine to fire an interceptor worth many times more just to knock it down. This…

NOTE: Looking Back at the 2026 NDAA and Its $800 Million for Ukraine
Buried inside a $901 billion defense authorization bill signed in December 2025 sits a much smaller, easily overlooked line: $800 million for Ukraine, spread…