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FACT CHECK: The Graham law is 10 days old, and Trump’s Treasury has listed no Russian name yet
Analysis· No. 5446

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…

OPINION: Trump waves Lukashenko’s potash at Canada, then backs off beside Zelensky
Opinion· No. 5422

OPINION: Trump waves Lukashenko’s potash at Canada, then backs off beside Zelensky

Donald Trump announced on September 21 that the United States was negotiating a huge deal to buy potash from Belarus, at a price “substantially…

ESSAY: Nine seconds of silence, then Carney admits he prepared for an attack by his ally
Essay· No. 5419

ESSAY: Nine seconds of silence, then Carney admits he prepared for an attack by his ally

It was not a declaration of war that Mark Carney delivered on September 23, 2026, at The New York Times headquarters in Manhattan.

FACT CHECK: No Cuba war order is signed, but Trump’s blockade is already measured in hours
Analysis· No. 5407

FACT CHECK: No Cuba war order is signed, but Trump’s blockade is already measured in hours

“REVEALED: Trump Wants to Start Another War This Year.” That is the headline AlterNet America ran on September 26, 2026, under the byline of…

EXPLAINER: Brussels pays for Kyiv’s drones and ties its budget aid to a parcel law
Analysis· No. 5406

EXPLAINER: Brussels pays for Kyiv’s drones and ties its budget aid to a parcel law

There is a number on this parcel: €150. It is the threshold below which a parcel ordered from abroad enters Ukraine free of VAT.…

ANALYSIS: €6.6 billion unlocked for Ukraine, and only €1.9 billion with an EU address
Analysis· No. 5405

ANALYSIS: €6.6 billion unlocked for Ukraine, and only €1.9 billion with an EU address

1.9. Remember that number before the other one. On Friday, September 25, 2026, in Brussels, the 27 member states unlocked €6.6 billion from the…

NARRATIVE: Pechersk, 8 a.m., a Kremlin-launched jet Shahed and a 14-year-old’s empty place
Reportage· No. 5404

NARRATIVE: Pechersk, 8 a.m., a Kremlin-launched jet Shahed and a 14-year-old’s empty place

A 14-year-old boy is missing in Kyiv tonight. We do not know his first name. The authorities have not released it. I will not…

COLUMN: Moscow hits the Kryvyi Rih steelworks four times, and no one signs the payroll
Column· No. 5402

COLUMN: Moscow hits the Kryvyi Rih steelworks four times, and no one signs the payroll

Kryvyi Rih, before. A city of iron. Mines, slag heaps, furnaces. And in the middle, the largest steelworks in Ukraine, the old Kryvorizhstal, which…

FIELD REPORT: In broad daylight, Moscow hits a Kyiv internet hub and leaves four dead in a parking lot
Reportage· No. 5401

FIELD REPORT: In broad daylight, Moscow hits a Kyiv internet hub and leaves four dead in a parking lot

Three bodies in a parking lot. It is the mayor’s second message on September 25. At 3:03 p.m. Kyiv time, Vitali Klitschko writes that…

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