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Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a high-profile meeting with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, in Budapest. Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, has called Orbán his “comrade in this fight for the ideas of freedom,” and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is Orbán’s “Christian sister.” Last year, Donald Trump hosted the Hungarian leader three times at Mar-a-Lago. How did this one country in Europe become a beacon for right-wing ideas—and leaders—around the world? Once upon a time, Hungary was the poster child of “regime change”—the peaceful transition from communism to democracy. The process was indeed peaceful. But was it...

The following is a report from Emmett McCarthy about a bank, AmSouth, refusing to accept the Handgun Carry Permit as a form of identification, even though they accept other forms of government ID. I was on my way to renew my drivers' license and had a $100 check in my wallet from a customer. It was not written on my bank, but on another bank (AmSouth) which has a branch inside my local grocery store. I decided to just cash it there instead of going to my own bank. I stood in line, presented the check, thumbprinted it and gave...

Thu September 11, 2003 06:34 PM ET By Paul Simao ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said on Thursday it did not know what had caused an outbreak of a severe type of pneumonia that killed two soldiers serving in Iraq and caused 17 on duty in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa to be hospitalized. The illnesses, which were reported in a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, occurred between March and August in a group of full-time active duty personnel and reservists deployed in Iraq, Kuwait, Djibouti, Qatar and Uzbekistan....