2026-10-27 03:01POLITICSTrump Administration Corruption: Research DigestThe single biggest story of the week is the Vanity Fair excerpt from Matthew Cole's forthcoming book "Princes and Thieves," which alleges that Jared Kushner had access to…2026-10-27 03:01WORLD REPORTWorld Report: Research DigestThree elections and a continent-wide protest wave define this week's world report. In Serbia, veteran ruler Aleksandar Vucic conceded election defeat to a student-led pro…2026-10-26 18:01WORLD INTELGeopolitical World Intel: Research DigestThe most consequential geopolitical story of the week is the one that has not happened yet: a proposed trilateral summit between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinp…2026-10-26 18:01POLITICSTrump Administration Corruption: Research DigestThe Trump administration entered the final stretch of 2026 with a corruption story that has no single center because it has too many to count. In the space of a single mo…2026-10-26 18:01UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War: Research DigestThe Ukraine-Russia war reached a dangerous inflection point in the last week of October 2026. Ukraine's Starlink and Starshield satellite communications - the Pentagon-fu…2026-10-26 12:17ISRAEL WATCHIsrael Watch: Research DigestThe West Bank has become the flashpoint. On October 23, two Israeli soldiers were killed and three injured in a shooting attack near Hebron. Netanyahu ordered the army to…2026-10-26 03:01POLITICSTrump Administration Corruption: Research DigestThe Trump administration enters the final week before the midterms with a corruption story that is no longer about any single deal, any single ally, or any single pardon.…2026-10-25 18:01POLITICSTrump Administration Corruption: Research DigestThe Trump corruption story in October 2026 crossed a threshold that makes it politically actionable: it is no longer a collection of disparate allegations but a documente…2026-10-25 09:56POLITICSTrump Administration Corruption: Research DigestThe most serious corruption allegation to hit this administration in weeks did not come from an inspector general, a congressional committee or a disclosure form. It came…2026-10-19 03:00POLITICSTrump Administration Corruption, Research DigestUnHerd (October 2026): Kimberly Guilfoyle, U.S. ambassador to Greece, was forced to resign on October 13, 2026. According to The Wall Street Journal, she asked a Trump do…
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