As the White House continues to tout its boat-strike campaign, officials and agencies closest to the action have all but given up the pretense that it has succeeded in reducing the flow of drugs into the U.S., @rosesheinerman.bsky.social reports.

If money is power, Elon Musk is now 5,208,333 times as powerful as the average American household, @annielowrey.bsky.social argues. “This concentration of capital is anathema to a thriving democracy”:

In the new season of "How To," Julie Beck and Natalie Brennan explore the fraught and always-changing relationship people have with technology—and how the terms of that relationship are being renegotiated. Subscribe to get the first episode on July 27

Zohran Mamdani and a series of insurgent leftists think they’ve found a solution to the affordability crisis: “consumer socialism,” Idrees Kahloon writes. It could make everything worse:

AI surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress | Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

Democrats to choose between progressive and establishment candidate in Michigan as McMorrow drops out of race – US politics live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Pump and Dump and Trump open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Le Hamas annonce dissoudre ses instances dirigeantes dans la bande de Gaza

‘Impossible to be a mom’: new film shines light on how America fails its mothers www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump is a danger to US democracy. But the resistance is working | Kenneth Roth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rinnovabili, una strada lastricata di costi fissi Il Regno Unito mostra anche all'Italia che la corsa alle rinnovabili è necessaria, ma disseminata di costi e insidie che rischiano di trasformare il calo delle bollette in un miraggio phastidio.net/2026/07/06/r...

World absorbs historic Iran war oil supply loss, but depleted stocks bring risks reut.rs/4v9DEO5

Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Middle East crisis live: Funeral procession for supreme leader Ali Khamenei begins in Iran www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Zelenskyy calls for ‘strong decisions’ at Nato summit after Russia kills 11 in overnight strikes on Kyiv – Europe live www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Sky owner strikes £1.6bn deal to buy ITV broadcasting in ‘rapidly changing’ media landscape - business live www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

Il Mattinale Europeo è online Da leggere @thierrybreton.bsky.social: “Droni e dati obbligano l'Europa a reinventare la sua difesa” Nel briefing: summit NATO; Italia e Francia vs il bando dei visti per i combattenti russi; Magyar de-orbanizza. Con @cspillmann.bsky.social et @grimmse.bsky.social 👇

Millions join funeral procession for Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

China tests long-range missile in Pacific in move Australia condemns as ‘destabilising to region’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Turkey blocks cruise ship carrying 2,000 LGBTQ+ passengers and a ‘furious’ Patti LuPone, citing ‘moral values’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Hertfordshire invention 'transforms Nigerian lives' bbc.com/news/article...

My nine-year-old son Mohammad, killed by Israeli soldiers, is not just another number | Alia Abdel Majid Al-Hallaq

🔴 AI FISICA, IL PROSSIMO CHINA SHOCK L'ultima puntata, suddivisa in capitoli, la trovi qui: www.spreaker.com/episode/la-s...

Ukraine hopes to sign ‘drone deals’ with seven Nato countries by end of year www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The EU that the UK left no longer exists | Mujtaba Rahman www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : huit morts dans la région de Kiev visée par des missiles balistiques russes, Sébastopol, en Crimée, privée d’électricité après des frappes ukrainiennes

Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The perceived inflation wedge: Why households experience inflation differently from official statistics cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Bangladesh courts China even as ties with India improve

The African fishermen who blame Chinese trawlers for their woes

A global hub for fake luxury goods, Vietnam tries to clean up its black market

Inside Stockholm’s fight to keep children out of gangs www.politico.eu/article/insi...

China wants to solve the hardest problem in robotics – making hands www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Ukraine war briefing: Trump to meet Zelenskyy at Nato summit as US says battlefield progress ‘frozen’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

By re-centering executive power in the president, the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter “portends a coming age of diminished administrative power—a necessary corrective to our age of undemocratic bureaucracy," Philip Hamburger argues.

Extended tarmac delays—the most torturous delay in all of aviation—are getting more common, Nicholas Florko reports. He explores why:

After the “lean in” generation, are professional women leaning out?

Its Dutch manufacturer is fighting to rebut American claims

Most Europeans want stronger armed forces, but are unwilling to pay for them

The telegenic doctor enacting the president’s agenda with professionalism and zeal

Defence is being re-energised. Now industry must produce more, better and faster, write Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte

This Data Center Is Everything That Everyone Hates About AI newrepublic.com/article/2121...

Ketanji Brown Jackson eviscerated Clarence Thomas’ ‘colorblind Constitution’ fantasy www.ms.now/opinion/keta...

S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures extend gains after a strong week on Wall Street: Live updates cnb.cx/4y4tYaj

Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital kills at least 5 apnews.com/article/russ...

South Korea's SK Hynix to launch $28 billion US listing to ride global AI wave www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Trump intervention sparks World Cup storm as FIFA clears Balogun to face Belgium www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

Three sons of Iran's slain leader Khamenei appear at funeral, not his successor www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Across Israel, Christians are being targeted by a tide of hostility and violence — attacks that risk drawing the ire of Christians in the U.S., including evangelicals who are traditionally among Israel’s most ardent American supporters.