The perfect trade deadline addition for every MLB …

Skubal to which elite team? An All-Star traded within the NL East!? We make dream moves for every World Series hopeful.

McGonigle a top-10 hitter? Cy Young for Wheeler? D…

Eric Karabell looks into the crystal ball to tell fantasy baseball managers what might come to pass in the not-too-distant future.

Trump’s escalating attacks on Iran pose risks at home

In today’s issue: ▪ Platner drops Senate candidacy ▪ Trump’s promises at NATO summit ▪ Kentucky governor requests McConnell update ▪ ObamaCare hikes give fuel to Democrats The latest rounds…

Losing in Ukraine, is Putin finally down to his nukes?

Just over three years ago, we assessed that it was no longer a question of whether Russia loses in Ukraine, but only when. At that time, Ukrainian deep-strike drones were just beginning…

Both sides signed the Iran deal, but neither could deliver

The 60-day negotiating window now beginning will test whether the gap between what was signed and what can be delivered can be bridged.

In 60 years of independence, Botswana has refuted the authoritarian development myth

The assumption that poor societies cannot afford the luxury of liberal institutions is both false and potentially fatal.

UN probe finds mass killings, gang rapes by Sudan’s RSF amount to genocide

UN Fact-Finding Mission found that the paramilitary's systematic campaign of violence in Darfur amounted to genocide.

US strikes Iran for second night – is the peace process all over now?

Neither side has officially called off the interim peace agreement, despite the escalation.

Iran prepares to bury slain leader Khamenei after mass funeral processions

The late supreme leader will be buried in his hometown, the eastern holy city of Mashhad.

A vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision

A surprising discovery is reshaping scientists’ understanding of how humans develop sharp central vision before birth. Instead of blue cone cells migrating away from the retina’s center, the study found…