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csmonitor.com > USA > Politics > 2026 > 0727 > debt-deficit-congress-spending

America’s debt is skyrocketing. Why isn’t Congress doing anything about it?

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1111+ words) July 27, 2026, 3:47 p.m. ET | Washington “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.” That famous quote, once attributed to the late Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen in the mid-20th century, is of unknown origin. But when it comes to…...

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csmonitor.com > Arts-Culture > Books > 2026 > 0727 > political-memoir-faith-communion-jd-vance

Why faith matters in today’s political memoirs

1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (904+ words) July 27, 2026, 3:22 p.m. ET Writing a book has long been a rite of passage for those planning a run for the White House. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and George W. Bush all expanded on their stump speeches to talk about their lives, introducing…...

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csmonitor.com > USA > Society > 2026 > 0727 > hemp-marijuana-cbd-north-carolina

How the Carolinas’ loose rules and loopholes have created a Wild West of hemp

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (738+ words) July 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m. ET | Tybee Island, Ga. Deep in a region with a history of opposition to marijuana, farmer Allison Justice tends a crop that is laced with irony: hemp. A plant scientist who was working in California’s cannabis industry before converting…...

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csmonitor.com > World > Asia-South-Central > 2026 > 0726 > Pakistan-Kashmir-protests-election

Unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir casts doubt over polls – and region’s future

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (613+ words) July 26, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | Islamabad In an open-air field outside the city of Rawalakot – a picturesque hill station in Pakistan-administered Kashmir – thousands of protesters are camped under the stars. They have been there for more than a month, objecting to what they…...

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csmonitor.com > World > Middle-East > 2026 > 0724 > israel-palestinians-west-bank-settler-outpost

How a settler outpost disrupts life in one West Bank village - CSMonitor.com

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (876+ words) July 24, 2026, 12:27 p.m. ET | Um al-Kheir, West Bank Salem al-Hathaleen, a bearded Palestinian shepherd with sun-weathered skin, has been tending the family herd of sheep and goats since he was a boy, as his father did before him. Now, feeling helpless, he…...

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csmonitor.com > Perspectives > Essays > 2026 > 0724 > andy-burnham-labour-party-britain-farage

Can Britain’s new prime minister succeed where others have failed? European leaders are watching.

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (791+ words) July 24, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | London Britain’s latest prime minister strode into No. 10 Downing St. this week with an audacious aim – one that has eluded not only his six predecessors over the past 10 years, but also mainstream political leaders across Europe. Andy Burnham…...

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csmonitor.com > layout > set > amphtml > Arts-Culture > 2026 > 0723 > ancient-greek-language-odyssey

Antiquity is new again. To these enthusiasts, ancient Greek is a living language.

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (492+ words) Keys with Greek letters on the Underwood typewriter from the 1920s that Abigail Geffken uses as she studies ancient Greek. By Emily Staunton, Staff writer Three years ago, when Abigail Geffken was at the beginning of high school, her mother asked…...

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csmonitor.com > Daily > 2026 > 20/26/0723 > Listening-for-how-societies-enable-the-role-of-citizens

Listening for how societies enable the role of citizens

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (309+ words) Our stories today raise questions about what it means to fully and safely participate as a citizen. The International Olympic Committee has provisionally lifted its suspension of its Russian affiliate, potentially paving the way for Russian athletes to compete under…...

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csmonitor.com > USA > 2026 > 0722 > ice-immigration-body-cameras

There’s agreement that ICE should have body cameras. So why don’t all officers have them?

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1084+ words) July 22, 2026, 5:51 p.m. ET In the immigration debate, consensus is rare. Yet the Trump administration and its critics have come close on the need to outfit officers with body cameras. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers fatally shot two immigrant drivers this month,…...

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csmonitor.com > layout > set > amphtml > USA > Society > 2026 > 0722 > american-jews-antisemitism-violence

As disapproval of Israel grows, Jewish Americans feel a chill

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1001+ words) A woman holds a sign while attending a march in support of Israel on the National Mall in Washington, Nov. 14, 2023. By Dina Kraft, Special correspondent When Melanie Topper sent out invitations for her daughter’s bat mitzvah in December, she added…...