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Special report · Oct 28, 2026
Israel at the fork
No bloc has 61 seats. The count so far, the paths to a government, and what each would mean for the wars, Israel’s place in the world and the region.
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Weekend special · Oct 24, 2026
If the war stopped here
What a freeze in Ukraine would leave behind the line, what it cost to draw it, and what it would mean for the rest of the world.
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Special report · Oct 12, 2026
The War Premium
How this year’s wars cut oil supply and doubled the price of crude.
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Weekend special · Oct 17, 2026
The Paper and the Ground
Trump’s deal with Putin, document by document, set against the front line, the strikes and the price of diesel.
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Special report · Oct 15, 2026
The Plate Readers
How Flock’s license plate cameras work, how many there are, who can search them, and the backlash.
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Special report · Updated Oct 15, 2026
Seventy-One Strikes
Every US strike on an alleged drug boat, and what is known about the people killed.
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Special report · Oct 8, 2026
Four to Five Weeks
Every promise about the Iran war, set against what was measured.
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Special report · Updated Oct 20, 2026
The Map and the Ground
Every territorial claim in Russia’s war, set against the map.
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Special report · Oct 8, 2026
The Quiet Squeeze
China’s pressure on Taiwan changed shape in 2026. Measured day by day.
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Special report · Oct 8, 2026
The Gap
How measles spread through Pennsylvania and New York, and where vaccination rates fell short.
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Special report · Oct 7, 2026
A Death in Shelekhov
Moscow says pneumonia. Five facilities went under quarantine anyway. The record, claim by claim.
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