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Sweden's Right Fails to Hold: Left Poised to Retake Power by One Seat
A single seat may hand government back to the party that engineered Sweden's immigration crisis.
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Great-power competition and the West.
The World desk covers great-power competition, war, and the slide of Western institutions — always through what it means for American interests and security. Stories are built from wire and outlet reporting with sources listed on every article.
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Sweden's Election Proves Open-Borders Consensus Is Dead
Sweden Democrats lost seats, but their immigration restrictions already won the debate — and even the left admits it.
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Russian Drone Misses Western Ex-Leaders, EU Talks Tough on U.S. Dime
Former leaders dodge strike near Poland border; Brussels postures while America foots the defense bill
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120+ Missing After Indonesian Ferry Capsizes in Java Sea
A foreign ferry tragedy dominates the news cycle while America's own crises go uncovered.
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Russian Drone Hits Train at NATO's Doorstep — And Nobody Will Name the Price
A strike two kilometers from Poland brings the proxy war to the alliance's border, but Washington still won't say what the exit is.
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Macron Approval Craters to 16% as France Turns on Globalism
Macron's mandate has evaporated — and the populist rival the establishment fears now leads them all.
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China Builds BRICS AI Bloc as U.S. Tech Elites Beg for Regulation
Xi builds Global South AI alternative while U.S. execs lobby to hobble their own industry
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Trump Says He'd 'Love' a United Ireland, Establishment Panics
One off-the-cuff answer and Washington manufactures a foreign policy crisis — because the establishment can't handle plain talk.
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West Nile Spreads and Your Early-Warning System Is Chickens
Billions ship overseas while states rely on 1980s-era chicken flocks to detect a deadly virus.
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Israel Levels Hezbollah Tunnel Fortress — Americans Pay the Tab
1,100 tons of explosives obliterated a 20-year Iranian-backed tunnel complex — and U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for another foreign war with no exit.
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Trump, Hegseth Hijack 9/11 Memorial To Sell Iran War
Same neocon playbook: grief weaponized, WMD echoes, and no end in sight—while 9/11 families still wait for Saudi accountability.
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BRICS Summit Targets U.S. Sanctions as Half the World Meets Without Us
Eleven BRICS nations convene in New Delhi to construct a rival power structure with American sanctions squarely in the crosshairs.
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MBS Demands U.S. Strikes On Houthis — Trump Says No
MBS demanded U.S. strikes after Iran-backed Houthis seized a Red Sea chokepoint. Trump's answer, for now: no.
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9/11 Families to Mamdani: Stay Away — 110K Agree
A victim's daughter demands Mayor Mamdani skip the 25th anniversary ceremony over his ties to figures linked to the WTC bombing and 9/11 hijackers.
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ECB Hikes Rates as Iran War Pushes Oil Past $105—Americans Pay
Interventionism costs blood and treasure: you pay more at the pump and more to borrow.
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Nine Dead in Ukraine as NATO Exploits Drone Drama for More Aid
Nine civilians die as Western leaders exploit a disputed Zelenskyy drone scare to demand endless aid with no endgame.
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UK Police Launch Criminal Probe Into Reform UK as Populist Threat Grows
Donations probe launched days after televised sting targeted Farage's surging populist party
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Houthis Hit Saudi Oil, Crude Nears $100 — DC Makes You Pay
Iran-backed rebels strike Saudi refineries, crude surges toward $100 — not America's war.
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UK Sanctions Israeli Settlements, Trump Threatens Retaliation
Britain sanctions West Bank settlements — and Washington threatens to punish an ally for doing it.
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Hurricane Lowell Bears Down on Hawaii: Where's the Relief Money?
Hawaii braces for 115-mph winds while still reeling from two summer storms — and taxpayers are right to ask where the emergency cash actually went.
September 8, 2026
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Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Lebanon as U.S.-Brokered Truce Collapses
Another Washington-arranged Middle East deal falls apart — and American taxpayers foot the bill
September 7, 2026
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Iran Expands Hormuz Exclusion Zone, You Pay at the Pump
Diesel hits $5.85 as Tehran chokes the Strait and Washington wages a war nobody asked for.
September 7, 2026
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Germans Vote AfD First — Establishment Moves to Lock Them Out
The people spoke. The cartel is circling the wagons, blaming Musk and Russia rather than reckoning with the voters.
September 7, 2026
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U.S. Destroys 3 Iranian Tankers After Iran Missiles Target Navy
Another escalation in a six-month war with no exit plan—and no one asking why American warships are there to be shot at.
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