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• The Pentagon wants more leeway from Congress to support US-aligned nations like Taiwan.
• Current limitations mean special operators can only train partners on counterterrorism, counter-narcotics, and border security missions.
• Expanded authorities would enhance Taiwan's

• I had five Starbucks baristas make me their favorite off-menu drinks.
• All of the drinks were tasty, though I was shocked one customized grande latte cost me $8.20.
• My favorites were twists on the brown-sugar oat-milk shaken espresso and I learned ordering tricks.

Starbucks has a new CEO coming — and analysts predict

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 49, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you like podcasts, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I’ve been reading about upstart baseball teams and canceled comics and Francis Ford Coppola, watching Logan

• For as long as I can remember my mom and I have been close.
• People sometimes think it's weird that I'm so close to my mom.
• Being close to her hasn't stifled my growth.

I'm 35 years old, and my mom is my best friend. For years, I have felt judgment and looks of disbelief when I have told people that my mom is my best friend, but you know what? I'm done feeling shamed for that

• As Big Tech forces some workers back into the office, some employees push back against RTO mandates.
• Business Insider spoke with four employees who quit or turned down jobs over in-office work.
• Some had moved states, while others said RTO didn't work with their childcare

• United will replace its aging Boeing 757s with the Airbus A321XLR starting in December 2025.
• The narrowbody can fly up to 5,400 miles nonstop, making it ideal for lower-demand long-haul routes.
• United plans to serve existing cities with the A321XLR and add new ones that the

• I watched my parents and stepparents divorce numerous times.
• I carefully studied what went wrong, trying to prevent the same issues in my marriage.
• The act of trying to prevent a divorce created a whole new problem to overcome.

As a young child, I couldn't get enough of hearing my parents' divorce story. I thought I

• Trump's hush-money sentencing is scheduled for September 18 in Manhattan.
• But his lawyers plan to throw a monkey wrench that could delay things until well after Election Day.
• That legal maneuver is massive and has a name: presidential immunity.

Donald Trump's rap sheet

• Daniel Daggers, star of the Netflix reality show "Selling London," sells some of the UK's most expensive homes.
• He spoke to BI about what selling multimillion-dollar properties to the supersuccessful is like.
• He said he'd noticed buyers were becoming much younger thanks to online entrepreneurship.

This as-told-to essay is based on a

• My son and I watched "Stranger Things" together, and he was drawn to Billy Hargrove.
• When he became interested in things like hair metal and lifting weights, I started to worry.
• But I used the opportunity to talk to him about right and wrong in the context of the

• I've stayed in at least 20 hostels in nine countries.
• They're always my top choice for solo travel. The main advantage is that they're super cheap.
• But they're often more centrally located than hotels and Airbnbs and have kitchens for meal prep.

Hostels are my preferred option when I'm traveling alone.

I've never stayed in a hotel or an A