News and Analysis 4/17/26

“My speculation is you would have a different vote count after 60 days” — Rep. Brian Mast (R-Florida), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee:

“Hezbollah said the Lebanese people have ‘the right to resist’ if Israeli forces remained in Lebanon”:

“When fertilizers don’t arrive in time for key planting windows, yields can fall in the following harvest cycle”:

It’s “largely because investors have been conditioned to believe that President Donald Trump will back off if the economic pain becomes too intense, economists said — the so-called ‘TACO’ trade, shorthand for ‘Trump always chickens out’”:

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:

“Islam’s founding economic values are actually surprisingly consistent with the modern institutional economics’ definition of inclusive institutions. … Rediscovering this lost heritage could be a way forward for Muslim societies”:

“In his 2027 budget request released earlier this month, the president asked Congress to approve about $1.5 trillion for defense — a vast increase, but one that did not include immediate funds for the war with Iran”:

“This brazen targeting of an American citizen underscores Beijing’s ongoing transnational repression and sends a clear message that no border is beyond its reach”:

“I’m not saying you need to be a diplomat to be a good negotiator. … But you need to have some sense of history, and you need to know geography” — former US State Department Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller :


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