Stevenson’s army, May 4

– Tom Nichols analyzes the alternative explanations for the drones over the Kremlin.

– Politico notes the disparate approaches in Congress to AI.

– WaPo shows how few days are left when key debt players are in town.

-WaPo says business and nonpartisan groups aren’t weighing in on debt ceiling.

-There’s more than we thought to US-Philippine agreement

– And look how new British election laws requiring a voter ID are helping the Tories. Neither US nor UK has a national ID card for cultural reasons. [Ours is that the NRA is a chief opponent]

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