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OPINION: Money before Hormuz is the mistake Riyadh and Abu Dhabi refuse
The countries taking the blows want the pressure to continue. The ones far away want to sign fast.

REVIEW: Twenty hours to prove disadvantage, and Duffy’s rule bills 41,000 small firms
This is not a law. It is not a vote in Congress. It is not the end of the program, which the Department of…

EDITORIAL: Trump bans three outlets, the judge gives 14 days, the First Amendment waits
Aboard the pope’s plane, CNN is welcome. At the White House, it took a judge.

COMMENTARY: Trump frets over the yen, and behind the yen sit $1,104 billion in Treasuries
Satsuki Katayama refused to say one thing. On September 25, 2026, at her regular press conference, Japan’s finance minister makes a disclosure. At the…

OPINION: The author of Section 301 says Trump misuses it, and the buyer keeps the receipt
Two things are true at once. A tax can be ruled illegal, then refunded. And the person who paid part of it at the…

COMMENTARY: Around Cuba, Washington sounds out military police, not strike units
A combat sustainment support battalion. An engineer battalion. An expeditionary sustainment command. A medical brigade. A forward resuscitative surgical team.

PROFILE: Andrew Kan, the police chief who defends having no list and leaves the risk with the bookseller
There is no list. In Hong Kong, no public document says which books may be sold and which ones lead to the police station.…

COMMENTARY: Stephen Fuhr’s agency signs for six GlobalEye, defers the RCAF’s requirements
Ottawa is buying an aircraft because it is proven. And on the same day, Ottawa signs up to develop it.

EDITORIAL: Trump approves H200 chips for Beijing and takes a 25% cut — but his own hawks call the levy illegal
On December 8, 2025, two announcements landed in Washington, the same day, a few hours apart.