| | | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🇫🇷 France sparked a wave of Palestine recognition announcements. Just over a week ago, France announced it would recognize a Palestinian state. Since then, the United Kingdom, Canada, Finland, and Malta all indicated they could join France later this year. Until now, Spain and Ireland were the only two Western European countries to recognize a Palestinian state. | 🇺🇦 Ukraine's government backtracked on a major reform. Kyiv recently passed a law stripping independence from agencies which investigate government corruption, putting them under the indirect control of the president. The move elicited widespread protests — the first since the Russo-Ukrainian War expanded in February 2022 — and led the European Union to threaten to withhold aid. Facing pressure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy quickly signed a new law nullifying the changes. | 🇪🇺 The European Union just made deportations significantly harder. In a new ruling, the European Court of Justice ruled that migrants could only be deported to countries which protect all minorities within a country. This extremely stringent standard effectively blocks all deportations to the Middle East, Africa, and much of south-eastern Asia if the deportee claims to be a part of a persecuted class. | 🇺🇸 President Trump moved two nuclear submarines closer to Russia. For years, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev — who currently serves on Russia's National Security Council — has threatened neighbors and the United States with nuclear weapons. Yesterday, President Trump indicated he was taking those threats seriously and moved two nuclear-armed submarines to "appropriate regions…in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that." |
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| | | CORRECTION | In yesterday's newsletter, we mistakenly identified Sen. Chris Van Hollen as a Republican. He is a Democrat from Maryland. | Corrections are included in newsletters for transparency. |
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| | | INSIDER RADAR | Giorgia Meloni on the European Court of Justice's migrant ruling | | Insiders behind the paywall: Emmanuel Macron, Scott Bessent, and Ben Gvir |
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| | | HOAX TRACKER | "Germany may recognize a Palestinian state" | |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | El Salvador's parliament eliminated presidential term limits and extended the president's term to six years, allowing incumbent Nayib Bukele to run again. France paused all evacuations from Gaza after one Gazan, who had been accepted to a prestigious French university, was found to have expressed support for Hitler and the Holocaust. Slovenia became the first European country to ban all weapon sales to Israel. An Australian region has established "machete drop boxes," where people can leave machetes and other knives, in an attempt to stem rampant knife crime.
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| | | On Trade, Trump Won And Proved The World Wrong | | _WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | After Liberation Day's reciprocal tariffs were announced, the market tanked and investors panicked. President Trump ultimately agreed to pause them until August, but promised to snap them back on anyone who failed to make a trade deal by then. | His ploy has so far been a massive success… | | Exclusive analysis and uncensored facts behind the paywall: recent trade deals, deindustrialization, and protectionist policies |
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | How the left and right reacted to European recognitions of a Palestinian state | | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Daily Wire, and The Wall Street Journal |
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| _THE DAILY DEBATE_ | 📊 Should America seek a trade deal with China?Poll results will be in tomorrow's newsletter. | |
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| POLLS RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Do you believe personal choices are the main reason most people become homeless? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yes (849)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👎 No (410)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure / Other (175) | 👍 Yes: "Having worked with the homeless, most you talk to like the lifestyle and the choice to do drugs. You can't view them with a middle-class mindset." — Roger 👎 No: "Many Americans are one financial or medical crisis away from homelessness. Many Americans are in a mental health crisis with no support system." — Steph 🤔 Unsure: "As a former EMT, I can say from experience that virtually all of them have drug, alcohol or mental problems—usually all three. Is addiction or mental illness a choice, or a result of bad choices?" — PK | | | | 1,434 votes |
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