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The publication saw an almost 13% jump in paid subscriptions in the month after the Washington Post announced it would stop endorsing presidential candidates right before the election.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

The plan, which sets out how new military equipment and infrastructure will be paid for over the next decade, was due last autumn but has been repeatedly delayed.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

This makes it difficult to calculate how much each World Cup player is getting paid during the tournament, as the exact disbursement breakdown for all 48 soccer federations is not fully known.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

In 2018 this painting sold for $90.3 million, which was, at the time, the highest price paid at auction for a work by a living artist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Every job, no matter how small, needed to be thought through before it was started, from beginning to end, with particular attention paid to what might go wrong in between.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith