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Iran war day 109: Tehran, Washington, sign MoU electronically
Iran’s National Security Council said on Monday that the deal ends fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
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US-Iran deal: Tehran says Israel withdrawal from Lebanon key
Iran’s top diplomat says any continued Israeli presence in Lebanon would violate the interim U.S.–Iran deal to end the war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists Israel will remain as long as…
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The Toll Booth at the Throat of World Trade
In late February 2026, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to foreign shipping. What began as a chaotic wartime closure has, in the past few days, hardened into something more consequential: an official…
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U.S. Policies Unintentionally Accelerated China's Open AI Ecosystems
arXiv:2606.15999v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Over the past decade, U.S. policies have increasingly aimed to preserve artificial intelligence (AI) leadership by promoting domestic free-market…
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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking all the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
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Hormuz 5 June 2026 #1
Hormuz 5 June 2026 #1 lalasor Fri, 06/05/2026 - 17:52 Strait of Hormuz Fri, 06/05/2026 - 12:00 5 June 2026 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) reported that “U.S. forces carried out a maritime…
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Monthly Statement of the Public Debt, May 31, 2026
May 31, 2026-TABLE I -- SUMMARY OF TREASURY SECURITIES OUTSTANDING
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Taking the pulse of global trade policy
How much has trade policy changed globally? This column introduces the Trade Policy Activity Index, a monthly measure of policy changes across 197 economies since the Global Financial Crisis.…
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Top Links 1123 Financially conflicted. How Nvidia nudged Micron onto the AI train. Kültürkampf & Chinmaxxing Russian elites.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
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Israeli Airstrike in Gaza City Kills Little Boy and His Father
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday hit a rooftop in Gaza City and killed a nurse, Mohamed al-Habeel, and his young son, Mousa, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed…
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The Tension Between the Geopolitical and the Political in the Iran War
The agreement reached Sunday between Iran and the United States does not end the war. It is essentially a 60-day ceasefire agreement, during which the major issues of the war will be negotiated.…
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Monthly Statement of the Public Debt, April 30, 2022
April 30, 2022-TABLE I -- SUMMARY OF TREASURY SECURITIES OUTSTANDING
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China's Return To The Oil Market Could Boost Inflation
China's Return To The Oil Market Could Boost Inflation Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could prompt China to return to buying…
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Palestinian unity necessary to achieve liberation from Israeli occupation
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Israel is now exposed for genocide and the illegal occupation of Palestine. Social media has caused a huge change in the American and Western…
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AI’s Macroeconomic Challenges and Promises
In the third quarter of 2025, America's largest tech firms for the first time spent more on capital investment than they earned from operations. The implication is that AI, a technology with the…
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"Anthropic is releasing a new version of its most powerful AI model that’s desig
"Anthropic is releasing a new version of its most powerful AI model that’s designed to carry out financial research" - Bloomberg, 2/5/26 US white collar workers today increasingly looking like…
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Liveblog Irankrieg: Iran kündigt neue Verhandlungen mit den USA an
Araghchi: Direkt nach geplanter Unterzeichnung des Rahmenabkommens am Freitag +++ US-Vizepräsident Vance: Iran-Abkommen ist „sehr allgemeines Dokument“ +++ alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog
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Coffee Break: OpenAI, Amazon Colluding With Trump Against Anthropic
The Trump administration is in conflict with Anthropic and rival OpenAI is trying to take advantage because Anthropic is a threat to them.
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Donald Trump as an Elite Aspirant
Yesterday Ned Resnikoff published an article What Ancient History Has To Say About Near-Future Doom , based on interviewing me last week. It’s very well done, but several things I said didn’t make it…
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