The desk

Three issues on the wire

Monday is the live front. Sunday and Saturday stay here so the week still has its tape.

• Monday, October 5, 2026

  Putin floats the nuclear line while Europe doubles down on Kyiv

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• Sunday, October 4, 2026

  Sunday stack: nuclear talk, lab-grown meat questions, and a “shadow” White House claim

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• Saturday, October 3, 2026

  Saturday tape: keep the archive close while the week’s war story builds

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