Politics
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 Pentagon unable to name boat strike casualtiesSpeed Read The Pentagon has so far acknowledged 14 strikes By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Trump limits refugees mostly to white South AfricansSpeed Read The administration is capping the number of refugees at 7,500 By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Believe it when AI see it: have we reached a deepfake turning point in politics?Today’s Big Question AI ‘slopaganda’ is becoming a ‘feature’ of modern elections By Will Barker, The Week UK Published Today’s Big Question
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 How Mike Johnson is rendering the House ‘irrelevant’Talking Points Speaker has put the House on indefinite hiatus By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published Talking Points
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 Marwan Barghouti: the Palestinian hostage seen as Nelson MandelaIn the Spotlight Israel has refused to free Barghouti, though Trump is considering lobbying for his release as a further means to end the war By Justin Klawans, The Week US Last updated In the Spotlight
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 Dutch center-left rises in election as far-right fallsSpeed Read The country’s other parties have ruled against forming a coalition By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Judge rules US attorney ‘unlawfully serving’Speed Read Bill Essayli had been serving in the role without Senate confirmation By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Trump ends Asia trip with Xi meeting, nuke threatSpeed Read Trump had spent the last six days in Asia By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 ‘This estrangement from death has beget euphemisms’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published Instant Opinion
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 ‘Businesses that lose money and are uncompetitive won’t survive’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published Instant Opinion
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 What does history say about Trump’s moves in Latin America?Today's Big Question ‘Bitter memories’ surface as the US targets Venezuela By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published Today's Big Question
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 Senate votes to kill Trump’s Brazil tariffSpeed Read Five Senate Republicans joined the Democrats in rebuking Trump’s import tax By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Border Patrol gets scrutiny in court, gains power in ICESpeed Read Half of the new ICE directors are reportedly from DHS’s more aggressive Customs and Border Protection branch By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Is the ceasefire in Gaza really working?Today's Big Question Neither Israel and Hamas has an interest in a full return to hostilities but ‘brutally simple arithmetic’ in region may scupper peace plan long-term By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published Today's Big Question
