'The United States can and should distance itself from the Gaza debacle and the extremism of Israel's leaders'
Daniel Levy in The New York Times
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'It's fair to say DeSantis is probably done'
John Daniel Davidson in The Federalist
The "big news" in Iowa this week wasn't former President Donald Trump's "massive win," says John Daniel Davidson in The Federalist. It was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' "spectacular defeat." DeSantis entered the race with "every advantage" as "a popular governor of a large state" who was "adept at punching back at hostile corporate media." His "flame out in Iowa," where he "went all-in" but placed a distant second, sounded the "death knell for his campaign."
'The Ozempic plateau'
Sarah Zhang in The Atlantic
Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy are "game changers for obesity," says Sarah Zhang in The Atlantic. But they're similar to dieting, bariatric surgery, and other methods in a crucial way. "They work only to a point." After losing a certain percentage of weight, we "plateau," and our bodies, genetically programmed to avoid starvation, fight further slimming. "You become hungrier." The next new treatments, like Zepbound, promise to trick our guts into letting us lose even more weight.
'Biden needs to govern like the polls are right'
Alexander Sammon at Slate
The White House can grumble all it wants about polls showing President Joe Biden's support "cratering" among young, Black, and Hispanic voters, says Alexander Sammon at Slate. Maybe the polls are wrong. But Team Biden needs to start acting like they're right and "governing like there's no tomorrow." Biden should use what's left of his term "to push through whatever remains of the Democratic agenda" and "minimize the damage of another Trump term."
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Political cartoons for December 6Cartoons Saturday’s political cartoons include a pardon for Hernandez, word of the year, and more
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Pakistan: Trump’s ‘favourite field marshal’ takes chargeIn the Spotlight Asim Munir’s control over all three branches of Pakistan’s military gives him ‘sweeping powers’ – and almost unlimited freedom to use them
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‘These accounts clearly are designed as a capitalist alternative’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Boat strike footage rattles some lawmakersSpeed Read ‘Disturbing’ footage of the Sept. 2 attack on an alleged drug-trafficking boat also shows the second strike that killed two survivors who were clinging to the wreckage
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Is a Putin-Modi love-in a worry for the West?Today’s Big Question The Indian leader is walking a ‘tightrope’ between Russia and the United States
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‘They’re nervous about playing the game’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Trump pardons Texas Democratic congressmanspeed read Rep. Henry Cuellar was charged with accepting foreign bribes tied to Azerbaijan and Mexico
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‘It is their greed and the pollution from their products that hurt consumers’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Trump targets ‘garbage’ Somalis ahead of ICE raidsSpeed Read The Department of Homeland Security will launch an immigration operation targeting Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area
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Hegseth blames ‘fog of war’ for potential war crimespeed read ‘I did not personally see survivors,’ Hegseth said at a Cabinet meeting
