Smoke you could click on
A U.S.-China deal with undisclosed terms. One investigation in America gets ahead of another. + Does the Chinese Communist Party really control TikTok?
In the dark
The FBI releases surveillance photos as the assassination of Charlie Kirk remains a mystery. Nepal's army negotiates a new government from burned buildings. + Consumer technology and cognitive decline.
Speaking of WWII …
Operation Midway Blitz hits Chicago. Jeffrey Epstein’s estate sends a drawing. + Inside Iran after the strikes.
The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy
How’s Iran’s standoff with Israel and the West affecting everyday Iranians’ feelings about the regime? Trita Parsi on why nationalism is surging while Islamic Republic’s popularity continues to tank.
A ‘known unknown’
Where’s all the money coming into American think tanks from? Ben Freeman on the enormous foreign-government “donations” flowing through Washington, D.C.
‘Those days are over’
A little more than a decade ago, a shot rang out in the courtyard of a Chinese government building. Practically
Declarations of independence
What’s driving political attacks against central banks around the world? Stefan Eich on an emerging legitimacy crisis.
Captured
The United States government is trying to get Apple out of China, threatening to slap its products with tariffs unless
‘A leap in the dark’
Before the 1970s, the financial sector produced less than 20 percent of American corporate profits; by the turn of the
Just a shot away
Why the spread of major crime within the U.S. Special Forces? Seth Harp on a dark legacy of America’s war on terror.
