SITUATION REPORT

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SITUATION REPORT

Socialist Defeats 15 Term Incumbent In Colorado Dem. Primary

Diana DeGette had held her Denver House seat since 1997. On Tuesday, a 29-year-old barista and doctoral student who had never run for anything beat her by nearly 10 points. Melat Kiros will almost certainly be in Congress come January, and the Democratic establishment has another loss to

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Infighting Over NDAA Bill Causes Early Recess For House Of Representatives

For the second week running, Speaker Mike Johnson lost control of his own floor. A cluster of Republican hardliners tanked a procedural vote Tuesday, blocking the annual defense bill and a stack of other legislation, and by late afternoon Johnson gave up and sent the House home two days early

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4 Min
By: Atlas

CA Gov Faces New Challenges In DOJ Investigation

The federal corruption investigation that has crept toward California Governor Gavin Newsom took a sharp turn this week, when the attorney for his former chief of staff revealed that a longtime Democratic operative had secretly worn an FBI wire inside the governor's orbit. The disclosure put fresh weight

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5 Min
By: Atlas

SCOTUS Affirms Birthright Citizenship in 5-4 Decision

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, upholding the long-settled reading of the 14th Amendment that makes a citizen of nearly everyone born on American soil. The 6-3 decision, the final ruling of the term, was the most consequential of

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4 Min
By: Atlas

U.S. Envoys For Iran Peace Deal Arrive In Qatar

Two of President Trump's top envoys touched down in Doha on Tuesday to meet with Qatari mediators over an interim deal to end the war with Iran, arriving days after a weekend of strikes in the Strait of Hormuz nearly unraveled a fragile ceasefire. But the trip opened

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4 Min
By: Atlas

U.K. Tacks On Additional $20 Billion Dollars For Defense Spending

Britain will pour an additional 15 billion pounds, roughly 20 billion dollars, into its armed forces over the next four years, outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, unveiling a long-delayed blueprint built around drones, autonomous weapons, and a warning that the country must prepare for a more dangerous

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Australia Inks Pact With Vanuatu, Blocks China From Building Military Base

Australia and Vanuatu signed a long-delayed security and economic treaty in Canberra on Monday that bars any foreign military base on Vanuatu's soil, a deal Canberra has pursued for the better part of a year as it works to blunt China's growing reach into the

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4 Min
By: Atlas

91 Year Old Decision Overturned By SCOTUS, Allows Trump To Fire Executive Branch Employees At Will

The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a nearly century-old precedent and granted President Donald Trump broad authority to fire the leaders of independent federal agencies at will, one of the largest shifts in the operation of the federal government in decades. In a 6-3 decision split along

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Afghan Officials: Pakistani Airstrike Kills Dozens Of Civilians In Afghanistan

Pakistani jets bombed villages across three Afghan border provinces overnight into Monday, and by the Taliban government's count, 36 civilians were dead and more than 160 hurt. Islamabad told a different story: it had hit militant hideouts and killed 29 fighters, payback for a wave of attacks at

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3 Min
By: Atlas

Tens Of Thousands Still Missing From Venezuelan Earthquakes

The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday reached at least 1,450 by Sunday, as rescue crews pressed on through the rubble of the country's northern coast and tens of thousands of people remained unaccounted for. The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Iraqi Forces Arrest Iranian Backed Officials & Politicians In Late Night Raid

Iraqi security forces locked down Baghdad's fortified Green Zone overnight into Sunday, raiding the homes of lawmakers and senior officials and arresting dozens in the most aggressive phase yet of a corruption campaign led by the country's new prime minister. By Sunday afternoon, authorities had detained

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Additional 1,000 Deaths Recorded In France Amidst Record Heat Wave

France logged roughly 1,000 more deaths than expected during a record-shattering heat wave that has baked much of Europe for more than a week, the country's public health agency said Sunday, cautioning that the toll is preliminary and likely to climb. The agency, Public Health France,

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4 Min
By: Atlas

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