“My speculation is you would have a different vote count after 60 days” -- Rep. Brian Mast (R-Florida), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee: "Hezbollah said the Lebanese people have 'the right to resist' if Israeli forces remained in Lebanon": "When fertilizers don’t arrive in time for key planting windows, yields can fall in the following harvest cycle": It's "largely because investors have been conditioned to believe that President Donald Trump will back off if the economic pain becomes too intense, economists said — the so-called 'TACO' trade, shorthand for 'Trump always chickens out'": Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: "Islam’s founding economic values are actually surprisingly consistent with the modern institutional economics’ definition of inclusive institutions. ... Rediscovering this lost heritage could be a way forward for Muslim societies": "In his 2027 budget request released earlier this month, the president asked Congress to approve about $1.5 trillion for defense — a vast increase, but one that did not include immediate funds for the war with Iran": "This brazen targeting of an American citizen underscores Beijing’s ongoing transnational repression and sends a clear message that no border is beyond its reach": “I'm not saying you need to be a diplomat to be a good negotiator. ... But you need to have some sense of history, and you need to know geography" -- former US State Department Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller :
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