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Orbán and Magyar in final push for votes on eve of Hungarian poll | AP News

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US-Iran peace talks end without agreement, Vance leaves Pakistan | Reuters

Iran's government said that after 14 hours, the talks had concluded and technical experts from both sides would exchange documents.

🔒 Officer Fatally Shoots Attacker at Grand Central After 3 Are Stabbed With Machete - The New York Times

The victims, two older men and an older woman, were expected to survive after the subway platform attacks. The assailant was shot after he repeatedly refused to drop his weapon, the police said.

Claude, Copilot, Codex

The Ultimate Claude Code Resource List (2026 Edition)

copilot-api | ⭐ 2.0k Turns GitHub Copilot into an OpenAI/Anthropic API compatible server, usable with Claude Code. claude-code-proxy | ⭐ 1.9k A Claude Code to OpenAI API Proxy. kimi-cc | ⭐ 1.6k Use Kimi’s latest model (kimi-k2-0711-preview) to drive Claude Code. codemcp | ⭐ 1.6k Coding assistant MCP for Claude Desktop. agentapi | ⭐ 1.1k An HTTP API for Claude Code, Goose, Aider, and Codex...

OpenAI Halves ChatGPT Pro Price to $100, Targeting Claude Code

Codex originally powered GitHub Copilot through OpenAI’s Microsoft partnership before the company brought it in-house. Codex reached general availability in October 2025 with Slack integration and a developer SDK, marking the full transition from partner-distributed to direct-to-developer.

OpenAI revamps ChatGPT subscriptions with new plan amid Anthropic rivalry, all you need to know - Storyboard18

OpenAI launches 100 dollar ChatGPT Pro tier with higher Codex limits, targeting heavy AI coding users and rival Anthropic with a revamped subscription lineup.

Democracy (wtf)

A Failed U.S. Attempt to Opt Out of Democracy Talk | Council on Foreign Relations

When Washington chooses not to comment on democracy, authoritarians and their backers fill in the silence.

Democracy stabilizes globally after eight years of decline, EIU says

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, among the 167 countries and territories covered, almost three quarters either improved from 2024 to 2025 or remained unchanged.

Mike Claflin: Democracy survives when ordinary people show up | Op-eds | unionleader.com

Historian Heather Cox Richardson recently reflected on President Donald Trump’s warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” noting that the threat was not directed abroad alone. Had such an

📜 History Fact

John Locke's 'Two Treatises of Government' (1689) argued for natural rights and government by consent, influencing Enlightenment political thought.

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