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Trump’s immigration enforcers just inked a multimillion-dollar deal for AI-driven social media surveillance software used by the Israeli military and the Pentagon.

Corruption in American politics rarely looks like a suitcase of cash anymore (although it still sometimes happens the old-fashioned way). It’s subtler and more pervasive—a system so omnipresent we hardly notice we’re inside it. To understand how we got here, Current Affairs spoke with David Sirota, an award-winning journalist and founder of The Lever: an entirely reader-supported investigative outlet. 

The restrictions, aimed at pressuring the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine, mark a major change in Washington’s policy.

The president is expanding his “armed conflict," authorizing CIA action as he strikes alleged drug boats. His party is behind him.

The home of CNN, Harry Potter, and HBO is very much for sale. The bidders seem ambivalent, unprepared, or both.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne also talks to Mehdi about Tony Blair being offered a role in Gaza, the UK ban on Maccabi hooligans, and the influence of Britain's own pro-Israel lobby.