- Emeralds for Sale: The Taliban Look Below Ground to Revive the Economy (nytimes.com)
- Trump ground game faces new fraud claims as video shows door-knock hack (theguardian.com)
- Trump ground game undercut by slow internet that crashes app (theguardian.com)
- Israel tells its troops to prepare for a possible ground operation in Lebanon (apnews.com)U.S. Pushes Cease-Fire in Lebanon as Netanyahu Says Israel Will Fight On (nytimes.com)Israel distances itself from U.S.-French proposal to halt Hezbollah conflict (washingtonpost.com)
- Maps Pinpoint Where Democrats Lost Ground Since 2020 in 11 Big Cities (nytimes.com)
- Elon Musk’s Ground Game for Donald Trump May Be Backfiring, Analysts Warn (newsweek.com)
- Israel Begins Ground Offensive Against Hezbollah In Southern Lebanon (huffpost.com)As Israel escalates in Lebanon, U.S. influence is limited (washingtonpost.com)U.S. To Send Thousands More Troops To Middle East As Violence Escalates (huffpost.com)