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‘The commander-in-chief test’: Harris and Trump are sparring over the military. It’s not a new playbook.

‘The commander-in-chief test’: Harris and Trump are sparring over the military. It’s not a new playbook.

In 1988, Michael Dukakis bashed Bush for the Iran–Contra Affair and staged a photo-op in a tank to cast himself as a capable military leader — though the plan went sideways when his huge helmet and grin looked more silly than strong.


France should have right-wing PM, says Sarkozy

France should have right-wing PM, says Sarkozy

France has been without a new government for almost two months after French President Emmanuel Macron in June called a surprise election, which delivered a chaotic result where no party gained enough seats to secure a majority in parliament.


NFL Players Union Sues DraftKings Over NFT Agreement

NFL Players Union Sues DraftKings Over NFT Agreement

DraftKings was granted the use of aforementioned intellectual property rights until the date of the license agreement’s expiration on February 28, 2027 “unless terminated in accordance with the provisions [t]hereof.” DraftKings agreed to pay a “revenue royalty on sales in both the initial and secondary markets” and a minimum guaranteed payment “to be apportioned over five license periods.” The parties agreed that the minimum guaranteed payment would be paid “regardless of how many sales occur or how much revenue is generated.”


Closing the backdoor: The new TurkStream is here. Can the West stop it?

Closing the backdoor: The new TurkStream is here. Can the West stop it?

And this cheap Russian gas jeopardizes domestic production projects in the Black Sea, while also delaying alternative LNG imports through terminals in Greece, Croatia and Poland, which risks creating stranded assets.


GAO wants new Secret Service training plan after Trump assassination attempt

GAO wants new Secret Service training plan after Trump assassination attempt

Matthew Noyes, the director of cyber policy and strategy in the Secret Service’s Office of Investigations, told the Aspen Security Forum in July that the agency had been struggling for a decade to maintain staffing levels due to governmentwide budget caps that were first implemented in 2013.


UK’s Starmer urges European left to confront far-right ‘snake oil’

UK’s Starmer urges European left to confront far-right ‘snake oil’

Nigel Farage’s populist, anti-immigration Reform UK party also won 14 percent of the vote in the general election, raising fears it might pose a genuine electoral threat to Labour next time around.


ICE struggles to track unaccompanied minors, oversight report says

ICE struggles to track unaccompanied minors, oversight report says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using workarounds like spreadsheets and emails to track unaccompanied migrant children after they’re released from government custody, according to a new alert from the Department of Homeland Security’s watchdog.


Catalonia turns the page

Catalonia turns the page

There will be no shortage of challenges, both internal and external, that Catalonia’s new government will face — as well as a long list of pending tasks regarding health, education, water infrastructure, ecological transition and the improvement of self-government and finances.


Remote Work Disability Lawsuit Against X (Formerly Twitter) Dismissed

Remote Work Disability Lawsuit Against X (Formerly Twitter) Dismissed

Borodaenko wrote to his manager, stating that he would not be coming into the office because “as [a] cancer survivor I’m at extra risk from Covid (it also counts as a disability).” He was not given any information about how to request a formal exception and was terminated shortly after.


Migration smashes into German elections after deadly knife attack

Migration smashes into German elections after deadly knife attack

“After attacks, politicians formulate steep demands and raise huge expectations, which are quickly disappointed and ultimately further undermine trust in politics,” Peter Neumann, a professor at Kings College London and one of the country’s most prominent terrorism experts, said in a reaction on X.


The battle over Iran’s terror financing

The battle over Iran’s terror financing

An even bigger problem, the western diplomats said, is that several countries in the region, including Bahrain and Libya, have locked arms with Lebanon in opposing international regulators’ push for a crackdown, making it all but impossible to effectively target Hezbollah’s illicit financing.


Trump Is Now the ‘Old’ Candidate. It Might Matter.

Trump Is Now the ‘Old’ Candidate. It Might Matter.

At her rallies, Harris uses subtle age shade, telling crowds that Trump would “return America to a dark past” and called his comments on her race the “same old show.” Her running mate, Minnesota Gov.