Israel and Hezbollah border clashes

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Exchange fire in southern Lebanon as negotiators prepare for bilateral talks in Washington

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Trump, ChatGPT and Danish patience

Trump brokers Lebanon truce while Florida sues OpenAI and Denmark ends limbo

Today's brief is about pressure: military, legal, political and personal. Leaders and institutions moved fast, but each move left a bill for later.

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The administration launched a coordinated, multi-front offensive using tariffs as coercive leverage to fracture the EU and condition NATO security, moving from pressure to active dismemberment of multilateral frameworks.

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