The Justice Dept. approves one of Trump's special master candidates—and escalates its Jan. 6 investigation, issuing around 40 subpoenas in the past week. / The Washington Post, NBC News "In Texas, oncologists say they now wait for pregnant women with cancer to get sicker before they treat
"They asked, in Ukrainian, 'is anyone alive?'" New momentum in the biggest war in Europe since WWII. / BBC News A new report says an estimated 50 million people are victims of forced marriage and forced labor. / CNN China emerges as an IMF competitor by doling out
Luke Mogelson looks at how MAGA Republicans have leaped from "backing the blue" to attacking law-enforcement officials. / The New Yorker A review of what your leaders in Washington worked on this week. / Wake Up to Politics How newspaper covers in Britain and around the world are covering
CIA director on Putin's war: "There is going to be long-term damage done to the Russian economy and to generations of Russians." / The Guardian An elected county official has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Las Vegas journalist who was in the
Ukraine's president says his troops have recaptured several settlements from Russian forces. / BBC News France's dearth of Dijon mustard isn't about the war in Ukraine so much as Burgundian farmers and their crop yields. / BBC News By the end of 2022, China will have
Among the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago were documents so highly classified that they required authorized clearance on a need-to-know basis. / The Washington Post For the first time, a judge has referred to Jan. 6 as an "insurrection," in a decision to remove a county
Liz Truss becomes the UK's prime minister with seeming plans to spend $116 billion to freeze household energy bills. / Reuters Related: Russia's weaponization of its energy supplies is testing Europe's financial resources. / The Economist Unrelated: An unofficial guide to London's most heterosexual
We'll be off for Labor Day on Monday, and will see you again on Tuesday! Dictators have long used various methods to manipulate public opinion, and AI may become their most promising tool yet. / Foreign Affairs See also: The number of electoral autocracies is growing, resulting in more
The UN's outgoing human rights commissioner says China may have committed crimes against humanity by abusing Uyghur Muslims. / BBC News The US imposes new restrictions on sales of some sophisticated computer chips to China and Russia. / The New York Times French tax authorities use AI to spot thousands
In its steepest decline in almost a century, US life expectancy has dropped sharply over the past two years. / STAT The latest national test results among American schoolchildren show the pandemic has reversed two decades of math and reading progress. / The New York Times As US bases reduced pandemic restrictions,
