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THE WORLD GOT ASKED WHO SHOULD RUN IT AND PICKED CANADA
A 34-country poll asked people which countries they'd be comfortable seeing lead world affairs. The US got 39%, China got 37%, and Canada ran away with it at 60%. The United Nations also beat America on that question, which is the part that should sting.
CONGRESSMAN ON HIS WAY OUT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS TO WORK
Thomas Massie got beaten in his May primary, so he's spending his last months in office forcing votes nobody in his party wants to take. Tuesday he filed eight articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth over the Iran war and made them privileged, which means a floor vote within two legislative days. We go through wha
TRUMP SAYS THE IRAN WAR ENDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER ELECTION DAY, VERY CONVENIENT
Trump told reporters the war with Iran wraps up right after the midterms, because Tehran "can't hold out any longer." Six months ago he said it would take a few weeks. We go through the week that produced that prediction, including the A-10 that lost a wing and the diesel record you're paying for.
RUSSIAN SUBS CAUGHT REHEARSING HOW TO UNPLUG NASA FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ARCTIC
Reuters reports NATO caught Russian submersibles near Svalbard this spring practicing a way to kill undersea cables without leaving evidence. The cables feed NASA satellite data, nothing actually got cut, and the Kremlin says it doesn't do sabotage while Putin tells Trump he has no plans for Europe. We walk through wha
CLANCY JURORS OPEN UP ABOUT HOLDOUT
Three jurors from the Lindsay Clancy trial went on NBC10 Boston and explained how seven days of deliberation ended in nothing. The foreperson had already signed all three verdict forms when the lone holdout admitted he had reasonable doubt and then refused to vote for insanity anyway. The bit is about what one quiet gu
THERE'S A EUROPEAN PARTY HAPPENING IN GREENLAND AND THE U.S. DIDN'T GET INVITED
About 400 troops from 11 NATO countries started an Arctic exercise in Greenland this week, and the United States is not in it. Same day, the EU handed Nuuk $232 million and said Greenland's future belongs to Greenlanders. Hours after that, Trump posted a flag-draped map of half the hemisphere with no caption, and Icela
CANADIAN TARIFFS TO GO INTO EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT... BUT AT LEAST WE GOT LAKE AMERICA
Canada's retaliatory tariffs on roughly 700 American products take effect at midnight, and the list runs from steel and aluminum to processed cheese and toilet paper. Both governments still blame each other for blowing up the talks. We go through what actually gets taxed, who is calling who a liar, and how Lake Ontario
AFD WINS GERMAN STATE ELECTION, FIRST GERMAN FAR-RIGHT PARTY TO WIN SINCE WWII
Germany's far-right AfD took 44.5% in Saxony-Anhalt, more than double its last result, and beat Chancellor Merz's CDU by 26 points. It still might not be able to form a government, because every other party has spent years promising never to touch it. We get into the seat math and the part where the economic plan is ba