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Kash Patel’s Iran agent firings are a catch-22 for the FBI director
TALKING POINTS Reports that Donald Trump’s handpicked FBI director oversaw the firing of multiple Iran experts at the agency highlight the professional tightrope Patel now finds himself walking
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Will MAGA split over Iran?
Talking Points Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are critics. But Trump still has GOP support.
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How strong is Trump’s case for war with Iran?
Talking Points The administration is offering shifting rationales
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Trump’s jumbled doctrine of global force emerges
TALKING POINTS A hastily launched war of vaguely articulated goalposts in Iran has thrust Trump’s vision of expanded empire into a spotlight for which it might not be ready
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Supreme Court tariff ruling: a welter of new uncertainties
Talking Point The decision is a vindication for the rule of law, but Donald Trump will not take the verdict lying down
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Are corners killing football?
Talking Point After an era of possession-based tactics, a more ‘physical’ approach has emerged, but many fans believe it is ‘ruining the spectacle’
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The Tourette row at the Baftas
Talking Point John Davidson’s involuntary outburst didn’t reflect ‘his true feelings’ but BBC’s editing lapse was an ‘inexplicable’ error
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Crisis in Cuba: a ‘golden opportunity’ for Washington?
Talking Point The Trump administration is applying the pressure, and with Latin America swinging to the right, Havana is becoming more ‘politically isolated’
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Why is the Trump administration talking about ‘Western civilization’?
Talking Points Rubio says Europe, US bonded by religion and ancestry
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Are AI bots conspiring against us?
Talking Point Moltbook, the AI social network where humans are banned, may be the tip of the iceberg
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Wuthering Heights: ‘wildly fun’ reinvention of the classic novel lacks depth
Talking Point Emerald Fennell splits the critics with her sizzling spin on Emily Brontë’s gothic tale
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Elon Musk’s starry mega-merger
Talking Point SpaceX founder is promising investors a rocket trip to the future – and a sprawling conglomerate to boot
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Big-time money squabbles: the conflict over California’s proposed billionaire tax
Talking Points Californians worth more than $1.1 billion would pay a one-time 5% tax
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Trump’s plan to ‘nationalize’ US elections
Talking Points States oversee voting. Will Republicans take over?
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Melania: an ‘ice-cold’ documentary
Talking Point The film has played to largely empty cinemas, but it does have one fan
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