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In today’s #MustRead, Lael Brainard argues Trump’s China strategy is backfiring. Sweeping tariffs, weakened tech leadership, and strained alliances are leaving the U.S. less competitive while China gains ground. ⬇️

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America’s Self-Defeating China Strategy
A policy that confuses strength and weakness.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Hegseth Announces Operation Southern Spear in "America's Neighborhood", U.S. Approves Potential $330 Million Arms Sale to Taiwan, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Hegseth Announces Operation Southern Spear in "America's Neighborhood"
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November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, a powerful New Yorker documentary reveals how the shutdown of USAID has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives—quiet, scattered deaths from halted HIV care, food aid, and child malnutrition programs the U.S. once helped build.

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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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U.S. Allies Distance Themselves From Trump’s Caribbean Military Strikes, U.S. and Saudi Arabia Working to Finalize Defense Pact Before MBS Meets Trump, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. U.S. Allies Distance Themselves From Trump’s Caribbean Military Strikes
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November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Venezuela Orders Massive Mobilization as U.S. Aircraft Carrier Approaches, Newsom Seizes Stage at Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Venezuela Orders Massive Mobilization as U.S. Aircraft Carrier Approaches
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November 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, Anne Applebaum argues that the right’s admiration for Viktor Orbán ignores the reality in Hungary: captured institutions, cronyism, brain drain, and economic decline. The “model” MAGA is embracing leads to stagnation, not renewal. ⬇️

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America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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What to Watch at COP30, Trump Says U.S. Officials Will Not Attend G-20 Summit in South Africa, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Trump-prepping and a Transition Road Map: What to Watch at COP30
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November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, Crisis Group warns that Trump’s escalating naval campaign in the Caribbean looks less like counternarcotics and more like a push for regime change in Venezuela—one that risks instability, violence, and regional fallout. ⬇️

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Beware the Slide Toward Regime Change in Venezuela | International Crisis Group
The Trump administration is dispatching military assets to the Caribbean and sinking boats it claims ferry drugs. While it appears the deployment is part of a plan to depose Venezuelan President Nicol...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Sudan's RSF Agrees to U.S. Proposal For Humanitarian Ceasefire, China’s Shift to Clean Energy is Saving the Paris Climate Accord, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Sudan's RSF Agrees to U.S. Proposal For Humanitarian Ceasefire
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November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Legality of Most of Trump’s Tariffs, How Venezuela’s Military Might Respond to U.S. Attacks, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Legality of Most of Trump’s Tariffs
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Democrats Sweep Elections in New Jersey and Virginia, U.S. Government Heads to Longest Government Shutdown, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Democrats Sweep Elections in New Jersey and Virginia
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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warns that Trump’s campaign of extrajudicial strikes puts U.S. military leaders in a no-win bind — forcing them to choose between obeying unlawful orders or defying the president. ⬇️

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Opinion | Trump Is Putting Military Leaders in a No-Win Situation
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November 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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ICC Prosecutors Probing Reports of Mass Killings in Sudan's al-fashir, Hegseth Says U.S.-South Korea Alliance Will Stay Focused on North Korea, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. ICC Prosecutors Probing Reports of Mass Killings in Sudan's al-fashir
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November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, Ben Beachy argues that climate policy will only succeed if it’s shaped by the workers and communities most affected. A popular agenda must create good jobs, cut costs, and give people a voice in solutions. ⬇️

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Blueprint for a Popular Climate Agenda
The path forward is climate policy written not about impacted workers and communities, but by them.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Trump Says There 'Could Be' U.S. Troops on the Ground in Nigeria, or Air Strikes, Syrian President Expected to Meet Trump at the White House, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Trump Says There 'Could Be' U.S. Troops on the Ground in Nigeria, or Air Strikes
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November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Trump’s China trade truce avoids open rupture while resolving nothing, China’s Xi promises to protect free trade at APEC as Trump snubs major Summit, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Trump’s China Trade Truce Avoids Open Rupture While Resolving Nothing
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, Nicholas Kristof argues that Trump’s trade war backfired—handing China lasting leverage through its control of rare earth minerals. As Trump touts a “deal” this week, Kristof says it looks more like surrender than success. ⬇️

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Opinion | Trump Lost the Trade War to China
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October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Trump Directs Pentagon to Test Nuclear Weapons For First Time Since 1992, Says South Korea Will Be Able to Build Nuclear-Powered Submarine, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Trump Directs Pentagon to Test Nuclear Weapons For First Time Since 1992
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October 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, Michael McFaul warns that Trump is tearing down the four pillars that once secured U.S. global leadership—alliances, democracy, open markets, and international institutions—weakening America’s edge over China and Russia. ⬇️

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Trump Is Demolishing Four Pillars of American Power
By rejecting the lessons of the previous century, the president has undermined America’s advantage over China and Russia.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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U.S. Strikes Draw Mexico Into Trump’s Campaign Against Drug Boats, Trump, Xi to Discuss Lowering China Tariffs for Fentanyl Crackdown, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. U.S. Strikes Draw Mexico Into Trump’s Campaign Against Drug Boats
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October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, Jason Bordoff and Meghan O’Sullivan warn that the “energy weapon” is back. As global powers use oil, gas, and minerals for leverage, they argue the U.S. must invest in clean, resilient systems to cut dependence and boost security.

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The Return of the Energy Weapon
An old tool creating new dangers.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Donald Trump and Sanae Takaichi Promise ‘Golden Age’ For U.S-Japan Alliance, China Pitches Itself as Alternative to U.S. Protectionism After Signing Expanded ASEAN Free Trade Pact, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Donald Trump and Sanae Takaichi Promise ‘Golden Age’ For U.S-Japan Alliance
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October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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In today’s #MustRead, Andrew Yeo explains how Trump & Lee Jae-myung could “modernize” the U.S.–South Korea alliance by balancing troop levels, expanding defense cooperation, & managing China tensions without weakening deterrence in the region.

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How Trump and Lee can ‘modernize’ the US-South Korean alliance | Brookings
The direction of U.S.-South Korea alliance modernization will test where Trump stands on prioritizing the Indo-Pacific.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Chinese and U.S. Officials Tentatively Agree to Avert 100 Percent Tariffs, As U.S. Forces Close in on Venezuela, Lawmakers Warn of ‘Expanding’ Operation, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️
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1. Chinese and U.S. Officials Tentatively Agree to Avert 100 Percent Tariffs
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October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM