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Dozens of fighter jets have flown from the United States and Europe to bases in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, should President Trump decide to attack Iran. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
The Supreme Court will rule soon on the legality of Trump’s tariffs, and it’s unlikely to go Trump’s way. / CNBC
Thus far, has Trump managed to implement lasting changes at federal agencies? “Statutory authority and funding will exist for a future administration to easily grow the workforce back.” / Wake Up to Politics
Investors are pouring money into European equities, part of a “Hedge America” strategy. / Semafor
Summarizing the risk of hostilities in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tigray. / International Crisis Group
Ayisha Osori: The state of global Blackness today “calls for more history, more investigating, and more solidarity and understanding.” / Africa Is a Country
See also: Some thoughts on intersectionality in African moral philosophy. / The Radical Cape Reading Room
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The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles’s brother, leads to calls for him to be removed from the line of succession. / The Guardian
From reporter Julie K. Brown: Never in a million years did I think when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 it would lead to this.” / The Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown
Unrelated: France names a newspaper hawker a knight. / NPR
Amid all the humans protein-maxxing, studies find that reducing nonhuman lab animals’ protein intake “to measly levels” makes them live longer. / Knowable Magazine
A terrific interactive exploration of persistent sizing problems in women’s fashion. / The Pudding
A footnote-heavy, web-design-y survey of Indian science fiction. / Alter
Jasmine Sanders: The problem with All About Love is not the book itself, but the men who read it. / Harper’s Bazaar
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