Surveillance Bill Clears Key Hurdle in House, Putting It Back on Track
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Surveillance Bill Clears Key Hurdle in House, Putting It Back on Track

The House took a critical first step on Friday toward reauthorizing a law extending an expiring warrantless surveillance law that national security officials say is crucial to fighting terrorism, voting to take it up two days after a previous attempt to pass it collapsed. Grasping to salvage the measure before…

JPMorgan’s Dimon Warns of ‘Unsettling’ Pressures as Bank’s Earnings Wobble
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JPMorgan’s Dimon Warns of ‘Unsettling’ Pressures as Bank’s Earnings Wobble

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, on Friday warned of an “unsettling” global landscape, highlighting a cascade of pressures including war, rising geopolitical tensions and inflation that threaten the economy and could weigh on the performance of the nation’s largest bank. Mr. Dimon’s remarks, made concurrently with his…

Opinion | J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up
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Opinion | J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up

President Biden wants the world to believe that the biggest obstacle facing Ukraine is Republicans and our lack of commitment to the global community. This is wrong. Ukraine’s challenge is not the G.O.P.; it’s math. Ukraine needs more soldiers than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it…

U.S. Sends a Top General to Israel Amid Fears of Iranian Strikes
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U.S. Sends a Top General to Israel Amid Fears of Iranian Strikes

The United States dispatched its top military commander for the Middle East to Israel on Thursday, after President Biden stated that, despite recent friction, American support for Israel “is ironclad” in the event of an attack by Iran. Iran’s leaders have repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for an April 1…