U.S. Nears Hormuz Deal, Aiming For Wednesday Announcement; Netanyahu Says No Israeli Withdrawal From Gaza Until Hamas Has Been Completely Disarmed, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
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An Emerging Deal Could Cement Iran’s Control of Strait of Hormuz; Scott Bessent’s Yen Intervention Signals New Era of U.S. ‘Currency Activism’, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, Allison Minor & Nate Swanson argue the U.S. won't end the Iran war through pressure alone. A lasting deal means pairing diplomacy with realistic compromises. More @foreignpolicy.com ⬇️ foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/29/t...
How to End the Iran War
Trump needs to learn the diplomatic art of losing well.
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Trump Says Talks on Iran War Will Begin on Monday, Zelensky Says Ukraine Has ‘No Interceptors’ As Ballistic Missiles Hit Kyiv, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
Trump Claims Breakthrough on Hamas Disarmament, NATO Says Russian Missile Hit Poland During Ukraine Attack, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, Desirée Cormier Smith & Jessica Stern argue that ignoring civilian deaths in Minab is hurting both U.S. credibility and its global standing. ⬇️ foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/28/u...
Washington Can’t Keep Ignoring Minab
A human rights-centered foreign policy is both a moral imperative and a geopolitical necessity.
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U.S-Iran Conflict Enters New Phase as Saudi Arabia Helps Hit Proxies and Diplomacy Stalls Again; A Shrinking Weapons Stockpile is Testing the Pentagon’s Sweeping New Strategy, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, Lily Bermel argues the clean energy transition isn’t dead. The next step is building a stronger grid and investing in what comes next. ⬇️ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The path forward for the clean energy transition
The climate community will want to restore what it lost. That’s the wrong strategy.
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Netanyahu Finds Diminished Welcome From Trump as Iran War Drags On, Russia Sanctions Championed by Graham Clear First Senate Hurdle as Zelenskiy Visits, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, Aryeh Neier & James Goldston argue international justice isn’t dead—it’s evolving. Even as the ICC faces growing pressure, countries are finding new ways to hold powerful leaders accountable and keep impunity from winning. ⬇️ foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/27/i...
The Fight for International Justice Continues
Despite setbacks, the powerful can still be held to account for their crimes.
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Trump Backs New Iran Talks but It’s Unclear What He Hopes to Achieve This Time; Trump Warms to Zelensky, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, Phil Gordon argues President Trump’s Iran war left the U.S. with no good options. The least bad path now is diplomacy, not more escalation. ⬇️ foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/23/i...
There’s Only One Way Out of Trump’s Reckless War
Pay off Iran to open Hormuz and freeze its nuclear program.
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Mediators See Progress in Diplomatic Efforts to Halt Iran War; 67 Boat Strikes. 221 Dead. The Cocaine Hasn’t Slowed, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré argues the U.S. can't call Haiti too dangerous for Americans while deporting Haitians back into the same violence. He warns the policy risks deepening Haiti’s crisis instead of helping stabilize it. ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/o...
Opinion | Haiti Needs Stability, Not Mass Deportations
Deporting Haitian migrants will further destabilize a country in crisis.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Bomb Iran’s Power Plants and Bridges if Tehran Strikes Ships, U.S.-Saudi Deal Prompts Fears of a Nuclear Arms Race, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
Trump's Saudi nuclear deal skips the safeguards the U.S. requires of every other country. Nonproliferation experts Tom Countryman, Amb. Laura Kennedy, and Amb. Bonnie Jenkins are sounding the alarm. www.fp4america.org/2026/07/22/t...
Hegseth Says Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion, Defends Request For More, Trump Approves Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, CAP examines how Section 122 tariffs hit small businesses especially hard, raising costs and creating uncertainty without delivering the economic or trade benefits the administration promised. ⬇️ www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Section 122 Tariffs Have Delivered Nothing for American Businesses, Workers, or Communities
The Trump administration’s short-term Section 122 tariffs, which are due to expire next week, have not delivered a single policy win.
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Trump Prepares Fresh Tariff Barrage With 10% Levies Set to Expire, Intelligence Reports Say U.S. Strikes Unlikely to Move Iran, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, @alivaez.bsky.social argues the U.S. and Iran are drifting toward a "forever war" neither side can win. Without diplomacy to rebuild even a fragile ceasefire, every new clash only sets the stage for the next. ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/o...
Opinion | This Is a Forever War in the Making
The vague language of the U.S.-Iran cease-fire memo laid the foundation for the war’s resumption.
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U.S. Teeters on All-out War With Iran After More Troops Are Killed, What the Surge in Black Sea Attacks Means For Food Prices, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, CAP breaks down the hidden costs of Trump’s war with Iran, arguing Americans are paying the price through higher costs at home, growing military spending, and a weaker U.S. position abroad. ⬇️ www.americanprogress.org/article/fact...
Fact Sheet: Costs of the Trump Administration’s War in Iran
The collapse of the ceasefire will only add to the mounting defense spending, economic costs, geopolitical damage, humanitarian costs, and environmental and health harms from the conflict.
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Trump Stirs China Tensions With Claims That It Meddled in U.S. Elections, Xi Jinping Sets Out China’s Goal To Be Global AI Leader, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, Anjana Ahuja argues a little-known Trump proposal could fundamentally change American science, giving political appointees the final say over what research is worth funding. ⬇️ www.ft.com/content/e003...
Trump is driving another nail into the coffin of US science
Under proposed reforms, political appointees will review grants to ensure they “advance the President’s priorities”
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Trump Administration Slaps 25% Tariff on Brazil, U.S. Lawmakers Urge Administration to Ban Chinese Memory Chips, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, @agawande.bsky.social argues the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID is creating "public man-made death," with lifesaving programs collapsing and America's global leadership eroding with it. ⬇️ www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
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Senate Dems Block Defense Bill in Protest of Iran War, Ebola Deaths Double in Two Weeks as WHO Warns Virus is Outrunning Response, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
U.S. to Take Over Strait of Hormuz, Charge 20 Percent Fee For Cargo Shipped Through, Yemen’s Houthis Fire Missiles at Saudi Arabia, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
In today’s #MustRead, Jon Finer argues America’s allies are quietly preparing for a future with a less reliable U.S. As they look elsewhere for trade, defense, and technology, Washington is already paying the price. ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/o...
Opinion | The World Is Cutting Ties With America. It’s Already Costing Us.
When other countries cut ties, Americans pay.
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U.S.-Iran Airstrikes Intensify as Tehran Says Deal is in ‘Crisis Phase’, Japan Is Building a New Intelligence Agency With Help From the West, and more in today's Daily News Brief ⬇️ prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...