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QUICK TAKE: Netanyahu promises the biggest operation since 1967, four days before the vote
It was 7:15 a.m. A junction north of Hebron. Two armed men open fire. On an army checkpoint.

QUICK TAKE: Hegseth vows a no-fail mission for the vote, and the White House wants to erase CISA’s
Pete Hegseth called the protection of American elections a “no-fail mission” in a memo made public on September 28, 2026.

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…

QUICK TAKE: Trump gives Carney the ice and Xi the Washington sky
While Ottawa was getting ready to retaliate against his tariffs, Donald Trump posted a cartoon on his Truth Social network on Sunday, September 6,…

QUICK TAKE: Eby puts Trump on the October 24 ballot, and Trump isn’t running
David Eby called an election in British Columbia on Tuesday, September 22, and asked voters to say no to Donald Trump.

QUICK TAKE: RIA Novosti threatens Lithuania with missiles, pulls the text, denies nothing
RIA Novosti never wrote that it was false. On September 25, at noon Moscow time, the page of a column on the Russian state…

QUICK TAKE: Peskov defends press freedom for RT France; the Kremlin holds 36 journalists
There is a list in Brussels. On September 24, 2026, the Council of the European Union adds a name to it, the 81st: Xenia…

QUICK TAKE: Twenty dollars in a cap, and a second chance signed by Fréchette
Read the sentence twice: under C$20. That’s the number Louis-Charles Thouin picked himself. In a written statement, reported by La Presse on September 17,…

QUICK TAKE: The FAA cleared a flame on Trump’s arch, not snipers or drones
From the top of the Lincoln Memorial steps, we look toward Virginia. We see the bridge. We see the water of the Potomac. At…