Hegseth's Three Reckonings: A School, a Senator, and a Slogan
Pete Hegseth faces three separate crises at once — a gutted civilian-protection program, a GOP senator's public break, and a new midterm attack line.
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Pete Hegseth faces three separate crises at once — a gutted civilian-protection program, a GOP senator's public break, and a new midterm attack line.
Read the storySenate Democrats blocked the $1.15T defense bill over the Iran war — but a second fight over the Israel FUTURES Act is the story most coverage missed.
Read the storyThe US-Iran war disrupts fertilizer supply, threatening crop yields and food security in Africa, warns the world's largest fertilizer firm.
Read the storyIn a move that has raised eyebrows across Washington and beyond, US Defense Secretary Eric Hegseth announced that the statutory clock for the president to report to Congress about military operations in Iran has been “paused or stopped” in the context of a ceasefire.
Read the storyExploring the dual realities shaping markets and lives in the backdrop of an intensifying Iran conflict.
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