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The editors of The Christian Science Monitor take you beyond the headlines with the ideas driving progress in this 15-minute news briefing. The Monitor Daily Podcast is available each Monday through Friday at 6 pm ET. For more information on the Daily or The Christian Science Monitor, visit csmonito...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Iran’s economy was in ruins even before the war, and before U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest “D-Day” sanctions. So far, ordinary Iranians are bear...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Utah aims to be industry-friendly. But choosing a fragile ecosystem to house a sprawling data facility has generated intense grassroots opposition.
Saturday, August 29, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Many countries and companies are competing to be the first to achieve “artificial general intelligence,” a theoretical AI that can match or beat human...
Friday, August 28, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The Trump administration wants to put tougher vetting in place for mail-in voting. Despite a preliminary Supreme Court win this week, it remains to be...
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
During Syria’s long civil war, Russia propped up the Assad regime with military and diplomatic support. Now, the new government in Damascus is recalib...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
One key goal for Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi has been the disarming of Iraqi militias, including those backed by, and serving, Iran. The Trump a...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hopes that he can use the collapse of trade talks with Washington to show that Canada and other “middle powers” ca...
Saturday, August 22, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
We’ve got a little something different — and sweet — in today’s Daily. Our reporters traveled the globe to find out more about skyrocketing cocoa pric...
Friday, August 21, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The Federal Communications Commission may cut funds for internet access at schools and libraries. Schools and libraries say that cuts could leave them...
Thursday, August 20, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Among Israelis working to protect West Bank Palestinians from settler attacks, members of the leftist religious group Bnei Avraham are outliers. The g...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
In the United Nations’ 80 years, it has been led by nine secretaries-general, none of them women. But as the U.N. begins the process of electing a suc...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is scaling back U.S. participation in long-standing, joint military drills in South Korea is another exa...
Saturday, August 15, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Human rights advocates say women and girls in Afghanistan have seen most of their basic human rights taken away. These accounts from two Afghan women...
Friday, August 14, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Who suffers when AI gets things wrong? In Brazil, where fighting crime is a top priority for citizens, facial-recognition technology is exploding, eve...
Thursday, August 13, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The AI boom is proving complicated for everyday Americans. It’s raising the cost of living and stopping the Fed from lowering interest rates. It is ma...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The United States struggles with traffic safety in comparison with the track records of other developed nations. There are some bright spots, such as...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani compact is a response to the prolonged Iran war, an Israel seen as seeking hegemony, and the failure of other diplomatic i...
Saturday, August 8, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
As Silicon Valley titans and startups cash in, educators and parents are struggling to decide which artificial intelligence tools help – or harm.
Friday, August 7, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The Trump administration let a contract to provide legal services to tens of thousands of immigrant children lapse. The interruption potentially leave...
Thursday, August 6, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Many soldiers in Ukraine are spending long periods on the front lines, as Ukraine struggles against Russia’s numerical advantage. One infantryman, in...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The U.S. intervened in Japan to help steady the yen. A move not taken since the height of the Asian financial crisis, it was motivated as much by Amer...
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Wisconsin, a political bellwether, might see a Democratic takeover after 15 years of Republican rule. But having a socialist at the top of the ticket...
Saturday, August 1, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Cheap, mass-produced drones are changing modern warfare by exposing vulnerabilities in the field. The U.S. military is taking notes, and transforming...
Friday, July 31, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The success of India’s “Cockroach” protests is reinvigorating something that experts say has been lost under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12 years i...
Thursday, July 30, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Tuesday’s primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat is serving as a proxy battle over the Democratic Party’s future, underscoring racial and generationa...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Federal law and Trump administration rules lay out transparency requirements for the U.S. government’s use of artificial intelligence. When the Monito...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Europe is dealing with record-breaking wildfires. Some of them are so intense, the authorities are unable to contain them. Climate change is part of t...
Saturday, July 25, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The stalemate between the U.S. and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz has created a global economic shock. Now, the conflict is threatening to...
Friday, July 24, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
There have been three federal government shutdowns during President Donald Trump’s second term. The potential for a fourth this fall is driving Senate...
Thursday, July 23, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Two recent killings of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have raised questions about whether the shootings were justified. Of...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
As U.S.-Iran fighting reignites, American ally Jordan, which hosts U.S. forces, has increasingly come under Iranian fire. Dependent on U.S. aid, but e...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dismissal of a popular defense minister, an architect of Ukraine’s effective high-tech warfare, has sparked...
Saturday, July 18, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The World Cup final on Sunday is booked. But much focus will be on how the match highlights the changing of the guard at the pinnacle of soccer, betwe...
Friday, July 17, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
President Donald Trump has kept election security a front-burner issue since his loss in 2020, though his claims of fraud have been disproved. He is a...
Thursday, July 16, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
With many of the hawkish voices on China muted or sidelined, the Trump administration has a dearth of seasoned China hands, raising questions about wh...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
A U.S.-Iran deal in mid-June caused oil prices – and inflation rates – to plunge globally. What happens next depends on the antagonists vying over the...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
No one else in Congress had the kind of relationship with President Donald Trump that Senator Lindsey Graham, who died Saturday, had. The Republican f...
Saturday, July 11, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Norway punches far above its weight as a sporting nation. The success of its athletes might be rooted in the way young Norwegians learn sports – by fi...
Friday, July 10, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign in Maine has state Democrats wrestling with questions over candidate vetting and whether the next nom...
Thursday, July 9, 2026 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The back-and-forth talk of strikes and ceasefires in the Iran conflict at the NATO summit this week risks straining the alliance's renewed efforts at...