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The Spine covers the news straight — and when politics gets loud, we show you where the real divides are.

Each day we read the top stories across left, center, and right outlets and publish one version: the shared facts up top, and exactly where each side's framing diverges laid out beside them.

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CNN, NPR, Associated Press +3

AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt state election with 44% of the vote, falling short of an absolute majority

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday with approximately 44% of the vote, its strongest result in any German state election to date. The party fell three seats short of an absolute majority, leaving its path to governing uncertain. Germany's domestic intelligence agency has classified the AfD as "confirmed right-wing extremist."

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CNN, Reuters, Associated Press +2

U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner travel from Moscow to Kyiv in renewed Ukraine peace push

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday for more than three hours before traveling to Kyiv on Sunday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Moscow meeting ended without announced breakthroughs, and Russia and Ukraine continued to exchange drone and missile strikes despite agreeing to pause attacks on each other's capitals for the duration of the diplomatic visit.

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CNN, NPR, Associated Press +2

Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow for Ukraine peace talks as Putin orders 72-hour pause in Kyiv strikes

NPR, Fox News

Former Venezuelan President Maduro and Wife Ask Federal Judge to Dismiss Drug Charges on Immunity Grounds

Washington Examiner

Iraqi survivor of 2009 Baghdad bombing describes how Iran used Shia religious narrative to shift Iraqi political support toward Assad

The New York Times, NPR, Associated Press

Chevron Announces $7 Billion Expansion in Venezuela Following U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal with Pentagon Profit Stake

Washington Examiner

Survivor of 2009 Baghdad bombing describes how Iran used Shia religious symbolism to turn Iraqi leaders into Assad supporters

CNN, The New York Times, NPR +4

Death toll surpasses 800 in Nepal-China border floods as rescuers search for thousands missing

CNN, Associated Press

Ukrainian children begin fifth wartime school year as Russian attacks on Kyiv intensify

Associated Press, CNN, NPR +1

Floods on Nepal-China Border Kill Hundreds, Trap Workers in Hydropower Tunnels as Nepal's Delay in Accepting Foreign Aid Draws Criticism

NPR, Associated Press

Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv region enter fifth consecutive day, disrupting food supply and daily life

The New York Times, NPR, Washington Examiner +1

Six Months Into the Iran War, the Regime Holds On as U.S. Weighs Military, Economic, and Diplomatic Options

NPR, Washington Examiner, CNN +1

Dolly Parton dies at 80; tributes, memorials, and commemorations follow across the country

NPR

Trump administration deports Afghan man with family ties to US military to Central African Republic

Associated Press, Washington Examiner

NTSB finds controllers and Marine One pilots met about radio problems days before dual-takeoff incident at Reagan Airport

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