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Scientists Find Sugar in Deep Space, Americans Struggle to Afford It
Astronomers celebrate a cosmic sugar discovery while working families foot the bill for skyrocketing grocery prices back on Earth.
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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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Feds Throw $160M at China's Rare Earth Monopoly Decades Too Late
Taxpayers fund University of Missouri effort to onshore critical minerals—years late and billions short.
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EU Defends Discredited ICC as Trump Moves to Dismantle Court
European bureaucrats rally around a tribunal whose own chief prosecutor can't practice law at home — as Trump says enough.
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France Burns as Macron Parades Ukrainian Troops on Bastille Day
Macron's final Bastille Day showcases Ukrainian forces while wildfires force evacuations across France
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Russia Brands Anti-War Candidate Nadezhdin 'Foreign Agent,' Detains Him
The Kremlin wants Boris Nadezhdin silenced — and U.S. media can't stop obsessing over a fight that isn't ours.
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Third CCP Politburo Member Purged From Regime Running US Supply Chain
Ma Xingrui expelled on corruption charges — the latest loyalist to fall in Beijing's loyalty dragnet.
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Trump Reimposes Iran Blockade, Slaps 20% Fee on Strait of Hormuz
Maximum pressure returns — no ground war, just a long-overdue bill for the allies freeloading on the U.S. Navy.
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Paris Elites Plot Next Ukraine Phase as Defense Contractors Cash In
New missile defense pact, billions in fresh loans, and defense contractors at the table — while Americans get nothing but the bill.
July 13, 2026
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Israel's Plot to Install Ahmadinejad Collapses—Not Our Fight
Israel spent years grooming Ahmadinejad as a puppet leader and it blew up in their face—zero reason Americans should pay for the cleanup.
July 13, 2026
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Xi Headlines China's AI Summit As Washington Regulates Itself Into Second Place
Beijing moves to set global AI rules; Washington offers export controls and DEI mandates.
July 13, 2026
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Qatar's Former Emir Dies at 74 — Media Mourns the Man Who Bought D.C.
Sheikh Hamad spent gas billions buying off D.C. elites while American troops secured his borders.
July 13, 2026
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27 Dead in Bangkok Pub Fire as Media Ignores US Crisis
A Bangkok pub fire killed 27, yet the establishment press ignores the fentanyl and border crisis killing thousands of Americans every month.
July 13, 2026
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Ukraine PM Resigns as Zelenskyy Reshuffles Cabinet—No Elections, No U.S. Aid Accounting
Fourth wartime cabinet shakeup. No elections. No explanation. No accounting for the U.S. billions bankrolling it all.
July 12, 2026
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U.S. Bombs 140 Iran Sites, Gulf States Take Return Fire
Another Middle East escalation with no exit strategy: contractors profit, Americans pay, and Washington won't say when it ends.
July 12, 2026
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Greece Makes First Arrests 14 Years After Mob Burned Bank Workers Alive
Three dead, one unborn child among them. Before Friday, the only people convicted were bank managers—not the killers.
July 11, 2026
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Russian Missiles Pierce Kyiv Defenses as Zelensky Demands More US Aid
Over $100 billion in U.S. tax dollars later, Kyiv still can't stop Russian ballistic missiles—and the demands for more money only grow.
July 11, 2026
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Iran's New Supreme Leader Vows Revenge for Father Slain in US-Israel Strikes
Mojtaba Khamenei's blood oath is the predictable harvest of decades of foreign intervention.
July 11, 2026
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China, North Korea Forge Military Pact While DC Bankrolls Ukraine
Xi vows 'unshakable' commitment to Pyongyang while Washington ignores the Asian axis to fund Kyiv.
July 11, 2026
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Guard Pilots Grounded for July 4 Flyover While Border Stays Open
Eight Apache pilots suspended for a July 4 beach flyover—then reinstated after outrage—while the military fails to secure the southern border.
July 10, 2026
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China, North Korea Cement Defense Pact as DC Writes Blank Checks
Beijing and Pyongyang renew a 65-year mutual defense pact while Washington squanders billions on irrelevant foreign wars.
July 10, 2026
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Khamenei Dead, Hormuz Blockaded: Washington's Escalation Trap
Oil shipping insurance has quadrupled, and working Americans will foot the bill for Washington's latest push toward Middle East war.
July 10, 2026
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Israel Warned U.S. Of Iran Hit On Trump. Our Intel Missed It.
The same intel agencies that lied about WMDs and spied on citizens needed Israel to catch an Iranian plot against Trump.
July 10, 2026
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28 Dead in China Shoe Factory Fire: The Cost of Offshoring
DC squeezes domestic plants while Chinese workers die making our cheap goods.
July 9, 2026
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Israel Stands Ready To Join Next US Strike On Iran
Jerusalem sources say Netanyahu's government stands ready if Trump calls—threatening to drag America deeper into another Mideast entanglement with no exit.
July 9, 2026
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