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Though the Trump administration says its strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean are allowed, its tactics are raising questions around potential war crimes and generating support for more congressional oversight.Also: today’s stories, including how a year after an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, the Lebanese people are still caught in the middle…
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President Donald Trump has vowed to attack drug trafficking across Latin America. But in promising to pardon a convicted trafficker from Honduras, he has swayed politics and unsettled policy.Also: today’s stories, including how a fragile deal Washington brokered between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rebel M23 group shows how economics mi…
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In New York, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and the city’s business leaders have begun a wary rapprochement. The democratic socialist’s proposals are anathema to many business leaders, and collaboration will likely require mutual concessions.In today’s stories, we also look at the confusion around different Ukraine peace plans, why Xi Jinping praised a…
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A roller-coaster diplomatic saga, with a mercurial US president at the helm, has left Ukrainians confused about what it will take to end their war with Russia. But could a deal be just around the corner?Also: today’s stories, including how Americans are focusing on practicing gratitude this holiday season, how cranberries became a Thanksgiving stap…
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Upholding public trust has long been a central tenet of American democracy. But ethical norms have fallen under President Donald Trump even as his net worth has grown. The White House denies conflicts of interest. Ethics experts disagree.Also: today’s stories, including how the European Union is impeded by energy needs and foot-dragging member stat…
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General stores are a lifeline to many rural communities. But in Vermont, towns are fighting to keep their general stores alive.In today’s issue, we also look at the EPA’s new clean-water rules, the toll of Sudan’s civil war on women, and why an Indiana state senator is resisting pressure to redraw the state’s congressional map.Join the Monitor's Cl…
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The public falling-out between U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and President Donald Trump has brought splits in the MAGA movement into the open. In Ms. Greene’s solidly Republican district, voters are weighing their populist allegiances.Also: today’s stories, including how members of traditionally unionist Protestant communities in Northern Irelan…
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Richard Nixon’s “war on drugs” has always entailed a degree of U.S. pressure on foreign allies. But the Trump administration’s strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats off Venezuela charts a new course of non-cooperation.Also: today’s stories, including how a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand is falling apart — and possibly pushing Bangkok c…
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Despite Israel’s war with Hamas and Iran, its economy grew, if modestly, due mostly to its strong tech sector. But calls to boycott Israel over the conduct of its war in Gaza appear to have hit some exports. Will that rage subside if the ceasefire holds?Also: today’s stories, including how, after the deadliest fire in 100 years of U.S. history, peo…
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The House is set to pass a bill calling to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. President Donald Trump’s last-minute support helps mask the first major rebuke of the president in the House since he returned to office in January. This comes amid other challenges facing Mr. Trump and Republicans.Also: today’s stories, including a teacher in Gaza and hi…
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