Reassigned and undermanned: how the FBI lost its counterintelligence edge The FBI's counterintelligence ranks are thinning, and not by accident. According to recent reports, some regional field offices are operating with counterintelligence units at just half strength — a shortfall that sources link directly to the bureau's pivot toward violent crime and immigration enforcement. The result is that hunting foreign…
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Why oil markets stopped listening to Trump Oil markets barely reacted to US President Donald Trump's promise that he would not strike Iran before November's midterm elections, even as attacks on ships in the Gulf intensified and the Saudi-Houthi conflict escalated further. Trump said Washington and Tehran were engaged in "productive" talks, as voters grow increasingly frustrated with his handling of the eight-month…
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Peace alone won't bring Ukraine's refugees home Nearly four years after millions of Ukrainians fled expecting to return within weeks, many have built permanent lives abroad. Around 4.4 million still hold temporary protection status in the EU, and while 43 percent of refugees plan to return, 36 percent do not — with nearly 80 percent of would-be returnees saying they'll come back only once the war is definitively…
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Big, beautiful, and completely fake: Trump's $21 trillion fantasy Donald Trump loves big numbers. Lately, he's obsessed with one: $21 trillion. That's the magic figure he claims he's brought into the U.S. economy through his brilliant policies and deals. With the midterms approaching, he's been repeating it like a broken calculator, insisting it's an unprecedented achievement — a giant mountain of money that just…
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Gaza protests could haunt Republicans at the midterms American university campuses have once again become a flashpoint for protests against Washington's backing of Israel. Thousands of students across the country have taken to the streets waving Palestinian flags, demanding an end to US military aid to Israel and urging their universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions and companies. In New York and other…
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Trump’s approval rating hits a new low President Trump's approval rating has sunk to just 30%, with a staggering 68% of Americans disapproving of his job performance, according to a new Pew Research survey. That's dangerously close to his all-time low of 29% — a nadir reached in the chaotic final days of his first term after January 6. But the real story is that Trump is bleeding support among the very voters who…
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Two-thirds of vulnerable Republicans are dodging Trump — and he is fully aware of it Republicans in tough races are treating Donald Trump like a liability they can’t shake. Few showed up to his midterm convention last month, his travel schedule has skewed toward deep-red states rather than actual battlegrounds, and even Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is skipping Trump’s upcoming rally, citing “scheduling conflicts.” A…
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Why Trump is holding fire on Iran until after the midterms President Trump has found himself trapped in a political Catch-22 of his own making. In a striking admission, he has declared he will not attack Iran before the upcoming midterm elections, acknowledging a painful reality: the war he promised would be over in weeks is now in its eighth month and is actively sabotaging his party's chances at the polls. The…
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Oil states vs. farm states: how the GOP’s gas price relief effort imploded Senate Republicans wanted to give voters relief at the pump before Election Day. Instead, they showed them exactly why Washington can't seem to do anything about gas prices. The effort collapsed under the weight of the GOP’s own internal contradictions. Farm-state senators pushed a 90-day ban on diesel exports, arguing that keeping American…
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Democrats may win in November — but the real fight starts the day after Democrats may be on track for a strong midterm showing — possibly winning the House and a slim Senate majority — but party insiders warn that victory would mask, not solve, their deeper problems. Truth is, any Democratic win in November would likely be a referendum on Trump's low approval ratings and his handling of the economy amid the war in…
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