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September 7, 2025 - Miguel Tinker Salas | Aram Shabanian | Brette Steele

Trump Escalates Threats Against Venezuela as Rubio Calls For a Campaign of Extrajudicial Killings

A Major TV Network Caves Again, Censoring Trump Protests at the US Open Men's Tennis Final

With a September 30 Government Shutdown Looming, Do the Democrats Get Blamed or Do They Walk Away and Let the Republicans Own it Since They Don't Negotiate in Good Faith? | Did the US Allow Israel to Strike an Allied Country That Hosts the Biggest US Base in the Middle East? | The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Russian, Chinese and Iranian Disinformation Warfare
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September 9, 2025 - Daoud Kuttab | Olga Luatman | Bill Scher

Putin Tests the NATO Alliance With a Drone Incursion Into Poland | Why Are Democratic Leaders Avoiding Popular And Promising Candidates Like Mamdani and Maine's Oysterman? | Qatar Was Not Warned About the Israeli Attack Which Happened at 3.46 Because the US Told Them About it 10 Minutes Later at 3.56 
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September 10, 2025 - Jonathan Katz | Harold Meyerson | Juan Cole

September 10, 2025 - Jonathan Katz
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Putin Tests the NATO Alliance With a Drone Incursion Into Poland

September 10, 2025 -  Harold Meyerson
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Why Are Democratic Leaders Avoiding Popular And Promising Candidates

September 10, 2025 - Juan Cole 
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US 'Warned' Qatar About the Israeli Attack But Waited Until 10 Minutes Afterward

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September 10, 2025 - Jonathan Katz | Harold Meyerson | Juan Cole

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