New DC experience: I’m standing outside a CVS in Dupont Circle, waiting for a ride. The surveillance machine above me just came alive to tell me not to loiter. Spent 5 years in mainland China and this is a new one for me.

"For a long time, scientists have hypothesized that exposure to lead causes a measurable drop in IQ. I am beginning to think the same is true of X." Helen Lewis says that Elon Musk "has turned X into a machine for validating his prejudices." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

What four hours in a single day reveal about the fragile existence for children in Gaza. With Jomana Karadsheh Scott and Mark Baron in London, Abeer Salman in Jerusalem, and Tareq Al Hilou & Mohammad Al Sawalhi in Gaza.

Journalist Evan Gershkovich lifts his mother, Ella Milman, as US President Joe Biden looks on, on the tarmac after arriving home at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Thursday.

These negotiations have traces of SecState James Baker's dead cat diplomacy. The goal is less to reach an agreement and more to place blame for the impasse - the dead cat -on the other. And both Netanyahu and Sinwar are playng it.haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Quick & hectic trip to cover the talks in Doha, but got few mins to visit Dareen & Kinan.Their patents were killed in an Israeli strike that left them injured. Dareen done w/ physical therapy&now walking again Nearly 20K Palestinian children in #Gaza have lost one or both parents

5yo Sham has a remarkable, tragic story. Unlike any we’ve seen in 10m of war in Gaza. Israeli authorities are planning on sending Sham and her mom back to Gaza from Jerusalem next month, unless another country takes them in. JeremyDiamondCNN Abeer Salman cnn.com/2024/08/20/mid…

Sanaa & Sham Abu Tabaq’s story is unlike any other we have encountered in 10 months of war. That’s because Sanaa doesn’t just accuse Israeli troops of killing her husband Akram and daughter Yasmeen — an Israeli soldier may also have saved her life. Now, Israeli authorities are

"He had mercy towards us, but he also took from me the most precious thing I had." Sanaa Abu Tabaq accuses Israeli troops of killing her husband and daughter, but says one soldier may also have saved her life. Jeremy Diamond reports cnn.it/3Mf038S

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday was as clear as he has ever been about how he views a ceasefire and hostage agreement with Hamas. “There’s not a deal in the making,” he told Fox News. “Unfortunately, it’s not close.”

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Thursday was as clear as he has ever been that he does not believe a ceasefire and hostage deal is likely in Gaza in a sharp rebuke to the Biden administration’s insistence it’s close at hand. w/ Mick Krever & Alex Marquardt cnn.com/2024/09/05/mid…

Russia's war in Ukraine is fuelling a wave of denunciations at home and reviving ghosts of the past. Our report for BBC News (UK) Producer Ben Tavener Camera anton chicherov

Intelligence sources tell Al-Monitor that the timing of the Hezbollah pager explosions was “forced” on Israel after a Hezb operative became suspicious. He was killed, but then another one also suspected the devices were booby-trapped al-monitor.com/originals/2024… 1/2