Beetle on soil near a nuclear missile with US Air Force markings in a bunker

Welcome to the Jungle: What do cuckoos, kings, cleaner fish, caterpillars, and beetles have to do with nuclear proliferation?

The Trump administration is receiving a lot of criticism over the war with Iran, but I’m hearing few suggestions from those critics on what to do now. I can understand criticizing the administration for initiating the conflict without a better-developed strategic plan. But where do we go from here? If you’re the POTUS, what’s your next move?

Sat 26 Oct 24 Brief

Israel’s first open attack on Iran targets missile sites and apparently spares oil and nuclear ones (Jon Gambrell, Tia Goldenberg, and Adam Schreck, Associated Press)

Fearing China’s hypersonic weapons US Navy seeks to arm ships with Patriot missiles (Mike Stone and Jerry Doyle, Reuters)

How the democratic-leaning news media is unwittingly aiding Trump (Luba Kessova and Richard Addy, Fortune)