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He has been held under house arrest since he was found guilty of treason in 2023.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The Abraham Accords, a set of agreements brokered under Trump in 2020, govern the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and countries that have historically been hostile to it.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

With a handful of short films under her belt, Romvari’s direction is both refined and subtle.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Go to your settings—in ChatGPT it is under Personalization, in Claude and Gemini it is in the memory section—and review what’s there and delete if necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

“Your dad suffered a bout of indigestion, and compounded with all the stress he says he’s been under, it manifested as chest pain.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam