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Morning Brief

MORNING BRIEF

The Secret 15-Year Program to Blow Up Iran’s Nuclear Fortress

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🎧 TOP NEWS

Key Takeaways From Supreme Court Decision on Planned Parenthood Funding

The court voted 6–3 to allow South Carolina to boot the abortion provider from its Medicaid program.

 

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China on Alert as NATO Boosts Defense Spending

The CCP criticized alliance’s push to increase military budgets to 5 percent of GDP.


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Texas Expands Gun Rights With Ban on Red Flag Orders, Firearm Buybacks

The new laws expand carry rights in Texas, protect gun owner privacy, and bar local governments from hosting buyback programs.


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Eggs Strengthen Muscles and Help Prevent Sarcopenia—How Many Should You Eat

Once made out to be the villains of heart health, eating eggs is no longer to be feared.

 

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🎙️ PODCASTS

The nation's pressing topics deciphered by our journalists from the podcast desk.

CONSTITUTION AVENUE

The ‘12-Day War’ Recap: Extent of Iran’s Nuclear Program Damage and Trump’s Goal for the Middle East

Jacob Burg walks us through the claims of the level of destruction at Iran’s nuclear facilities, and what’s next for U.S. relations in the Middle East.


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FACTS MATTER

US Supreme Court Allows State Bans on Transgender Procedures for Kids to Remain

In 2023, the state legislature of Tennessee passed a law called SB 1, which explicitly banned minors who identified as transgender from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy.


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🎤 INTERVIEWS

Our latest conversations with experts on politics, tech, health, and culture.

AMERICAN THOUGHT LEADERS

Kyle Bass: China’s Economic Spiral and the Coming Taiwan War

“They’re having a real estate crisis, a banking crisis, a youth unemployment crisis, and now they need to be worried about their current account,” says the investor. 


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☕ WHAT’S SHAPING THE DAY

ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT

  • How 44 US Soldiers Defended a Key Base From Iranian Missile Attack
  • Trump Says Iran Didn’t Take Anything Out of Facility Ahead of Strike

POLITICS

  • 2 Democratic Plans Share 1 Message: Counter GOP and Reclaim Middle-Class Support
  • Trump Admin Says Abrego Garcia Will Face Trial on Criminal Charges Before He Can Be Deported
  • Supreme Court Allows Texas Death Row Inmate to Sue for DNA Testing
  • Michelle Obama Says ‘I’m Not Going Away’—But She’s Done With Politics

US NEWS

  • Former NY Governor Aide in Chinese Agent Case Faces New Charges of COVID-19 Supplies Scheme
  • DOJ Probes University of California Over Alleged Race and Sex Hiring Quotas
  • NYC Mayor Eric Adams Launches Reelection Campaign

WORLD

  • White House Confirms US, China Have Reached Additional Trade Agreement
  • GE Appliances to Invest Nearly $500 Million to Reshore Washer-Dryer Production in Kentucky

OPINION

  • Trump’s Strike on Iran: Tactical Precision Meets Strategic Risk, by Tamuz Itai 

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