5+ hour, 11+ min ago   (294+ words) “Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them ‘finish the job,’” Politico reports. ”But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.” Think…...

10+ hour, 1+ min ago   (200+ words) The Atlantic: “As recently as last week, the Iran war appeared to be turning slightly in America’s favor. The Houthis—the Yemen-based militia that is Iran’s most formidable remaining ally in the Middle East—were under pressure from their local…...

11+ hour, 4+ min ago   (128+ words) “Al-Qaeda’s plans for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks took root in dusty, mud-walled compounds in Afghanistan that served for years as terrorist training camps,” the Washington Post reports. “A quarter-century later — despite decades of U.S. military and counterterrorism operations aimed at eradicating…...

11+ hour, 32+ min ago   (143+ words) David Graham: “A paradox of this moment is that inflation is a big reason for Trump’s cratering approval and his party’s sinking odds in the midterm elections, but nearly every one of his signature policy ideas is inflationary. The basic…...

12+ hour, 6+ min ago   (294+ words) Wired: “August was the planet’s hottest month ever recorded, capping a remarkably grim summer of heat records. With El Niño strengthening—and climate change continuing to heat things up—more records are likely in store well into next year.” Think…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (86+ words) “A lightning advance by Houthi rebels threatens a crucial Red Sea shipping route. Drone attacks blamed on Iraqi militias have forced the closure of a major pipeline, and Iran is still disrupting the Strait of Hormuz,” the Associated Press reports....

12+ hour, 50+ min ago   (120+ words) “The war in Iran will likely end soon after November’s mid-term elections, President Donald Trump said Saturday, and predicted that energy prices would fall sharply once that happens,” CNBC reports. Said Trump: “I think very soon, I think it’ll be…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (156+ words) “The world’s most valuable energy corridors are pinching shut,” the New York Times reports. “On Friday, Houthi militants backed by Iran expanded their control of the Red Sea, threatening a critical route for Persian Gulf crude. That left the region…...

13+ hour, 35+ min ago   (284+ words) “Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints,” Reuters reports. Think You Know Politics? A new…...

13+ hour, 40+ min ago   (171+ words) Wall Street Journal: “A sprawling military alliance that reaches from the Caribbean across the Andes to the Pacific is taking shape a year after the Trump administration began bombing alleged drug-smuggling boats in the region. The tactics are sometimes unapologetically…...