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Rice says put Iran in pressure cooker
Today’s Daily Kickoff covers Condoleezza Rice’s Iran strategy, Michigan’s high-stakes primary, a controversial daylight saving bill, and Avi Loeb's new role as the Trump administration's UFO czar.
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7mMichigan Democrats scramble to avoid a Platner repeat
As Maine Democrats pick up the pieces of Graham Platner’s failed Senate campaign and quickly try to find a replacement for the scandal-tarred candidate on the ballot, moderate Democrats in Michigan, where a primary is fast approaching, are in a race against time to prevent another far-left Senate candidate from capturing a valuable nomination. The... <a href="">Read More</a>
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Mladenov, Lightstone meet with Middle East rabbis in Brussels
Nickolay Mladenov and Aryeh Lightstone, respectively the high representative for the Board of Peace and the body’s senior advisor, met in Brussels earlier this week with rabbis representing Jewish communities across the Islamic world, Jewish Insider has learned. Mladenov and Lightstone met with the executive board of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States at... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/senate-democrats-iran-war-2027-national-defense-authorization-act/">Read More</a>
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8mThe Israeli scientist at the center of Trump’s search for answers on UFOs
President Donald Trump has a border czar, a government official leading the crackdown on undocumented immigrants — whom the White House calls “illegal aliens” — crossing the southern border. The president, who likes to go big, now also has a UFO czar, a Harvard astrophysicist who is scanning the cosmos in search of aliens of... <a href="">Read More</a>
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3mHouse passes permanent daylight saving time bill, concerning Orthodox Jewish groups
In a bipartisan vote pushed in part by President Donald Trump, the House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, making daylight saving time permanent, a situation that raises concerns for Orthodox Jewish groups that have long warned that such a move would have negative impacts for Jewish morning prayer and potentially raise dangers for school children... <a href="">Read More</a>
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6mCondoleezza Rice warns against any Iran deal, urges to keep the pressure on
ASPEN, Colo. — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday opposed any nuclear deal with Iran, arguing at the Aspen Security Forum that the U.S. should continue pressure on Iran’s economy and “see what happens.” Meanwhile, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaking alongside Rice on a panel, suggested that the U.S. had potentially overestimated... <a href="">Read More</a>