Latest articles by Rafi Schwartz, The Week US
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Iraq airstrikes expand Saudi Arabia’s wartime footprint in a volatile regionIN THE SPOTLIGHT Could the kingdom’s attack on Iran-linked fighters be a sign of conflicts to come?
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Refunds for Trump’s 2025 tariffs hit $100BSpeed Read This leaves just $66 billion left of the total tariff money that has not been refunded
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DC Guard deployment to cost estimated $1.4B extraSpeed Read The deployment was projected to run at least through the end of Trump’s term
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First 2 deaths reported in cyclosporiasis outbreakSpeed Read These are the first known deaths related to the disease in the U.S.
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Fed holds interest rates as inflation tensions mountSpeed Read But the bank also said rates could increase in the near future if inflation does not go down
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Musk’s x.AI sues Minnesota over ‘nudification’ banSpeed Read Those in violation could be subject to fines of “$500,000 for each unlawful access, download or use”
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Minnesota man gets two life terms for political killingsSpeed Read Vance Boelter assassinated former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband
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Epstein model scout found dead in ParisSpeed Read Daniel Siad’s name appeared over 2,000 times in the Epstein files
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Zelenskyy fires top general after mass protestsSpeed Read The general had “come to represent the darkest, most punishing realities” of war
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Court pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. mergerSpeed Read Paramount is attempting to acquire Warner Bros. for $111 billion
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Wildfire smoke blankets Midwest, parts of NortheastSpeed Read Over 120 million people were at risk of dangerous air quality
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Pentagon announces testosterone screeningsSpeed Read New soldiers must “have the right testosterone levels to operate at” their “absolute best,” Hegseth said
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ICE halts traffic stops after Maine, Texas shootingsSpeed Read Two fatal ICE shootings have occurred in the past week
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38 things Trump has called other world leadersIN THE SPOTLIGHT The fickle American president has spent years lobbing insults and nicknames at friend and foe on the global stage alike
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Lindsey Graham’s sister to be temporary replacementSpeed Read Graham Nordone has not previously held elected office
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Have Trump and Zelenskyy turned a diplomatic corner?TODAY’S BIG QUESTION Plans to expand Ukrainian access to American defense batteries suggest a thaw in an infamously icy international relationship
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Hamas to dissolve Gaza government but not disarmIN THE SPOTLIGHT The militant group that has ruled Gaza for decades sends mixed signals that it’s ready for a change
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Le Pen affirms presidential run after rulingSpeed Read The French far-right leader will attempt to replace President Emmanuel Macron
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Amnesty accuses Sudanese militia of ethnic cleansingSpeed Read Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces is charged with committing war crimes in North Darfur
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EU prosecutors raid right-wing bloc over fundsSpeed Read Raids were conducted as part of an investigation into the embezzlement of European Union funds by the former far-right Identity and Democracy group
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GOP senators seem increasingly game to buck some Trump prioritiesIN THE SPOTLIGHT Is growing pushback from conservative corners of the upper chamber a sign that Trump’s grip on his party may be slipping?
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Venezuela deaths rise amid search for quake survivorsSpeed Read Over 500 people have been confirmed dead
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Trump cancels housing bill signing, denying GOP a winSpeed Read His announcement “caught lawmakers and some staff by surprise,” said The Washington Post
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ICE protesters jailed up to 100 years over shootingSpeed Read Seven protesters were sentenced to prison over an incident last July
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