On a Thursday that ought to have been about regional diplomacy, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš found himself once again dragged back to a story that simply refuses to disappear. Speaking at a government press conference, he lashed out at the journalist who, months earlier, had exposed the details of an influence operation aimed at undermining Czech-Polish relations. That operation, which experts quickly linked to Russian disinformation, had pushed a false claim so brazen it was almost laughable: Poland, a neighboring country and fellow European Union member, was supposedly preparing to attack Czechia. The lie was never meant to be…

Twenty-five years have passed since a bright September morning turned into a national wound, and still the grief feels close. We remember the images: the twin towers burning, the second plane slicing through blue sky, the smoke rising from the Pentagon, and the brave passengers who brought a fourth plane down in a Pennsylvania field. Nearly 3,000 people died that day, and each was a life with a name, a face, a future stolen. They were parents, partners, firefighters, office workers, immigrants, soldiers, strangers who greeted each other at security checkpoints. It was the deadliest foreign attack on American soil…