1. The Scene in Dalton: A Familiar Refrain In the pouring rain and the cheer of a packed arena, President Donald Trump stood before a crowd in Dalton, Georgia, and returned to one of his most familiar refrains. With a pointed finger and a defiant tone, he insisted that the 2021 U.S. Senate runoff victory by Jon Ossoff over David Perdue had been rigged. The crowd roared. To many in Dalton, a blue-collar city in northwest Georgia that has long felt a world away from Washington, Trump’s words felt like vindication—a confirmation that something deeply unfair had happened to their…

For months, communities across East Africa have been watching the skies with a mixture of hope and apprehension. Farmers in places like Kajiado, Machakos, and Kitui have delayed their planting, families in urban centers have braced for potential flooding, and local leaders have fielded worried questions from neighbors who are unsure whether the heavy rains they were promised are actually on their way. It is in this atmosphere of uncertainty that weather experts from seven East African nations recently convened for an online dialogue hosted by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s Climate Prediction and Applications Centre, or ICPAC. The message…