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Coverage includes America at 250, AI regulation, US foreign policy, European defense, and debates on power, markets, and governance. Business and finance sections address oil trading, AI rules, IPOs, sovereign-debt restructuring, stablecoins, and FX. Science, technology, and culture topics span synthetic biology, genomes, black holes, and cultural features.","JULY 4TH–10TH 2026  \nC002  \nC002  \nThe Economist July 4th 2026 3  \nContents  \nOn the cover  \nThis birthday comes at an anxious moment in America’s history: leader, page 7. The nation that created the postwar order is tearing it down. What will rise from the rubble? Essay, page 13. An empirical look reveals a country that is mighty—but becoming less dominant, page 19. Donald Trump’s reflecting-pool debacle is a fitting birthday gift to America: Lexington, page 24. America at 250: the final chapter of our series, page 25 . Happy birthday America, the ally Europe admires—questioningly:  \nCharlemagne, page 52  \nVenezuela: aftershocks  \nIf Donald Trump “runs” Venezuela, he has a responsibility to help its people: leader, page 9. The catastrophe sparks fury at the American-backed regime,  \npage 32. Unpacking a peculiar sovereign-debt restructuring, page 73  \nAI regulation Fable is free.  \nBut AI desperately needs better regulations: leader, page 8. The Trump administration now controls who gets access to the best AI, page 64  \nThe future of European defence  \nEurope ponders how to protect its eastern flank as America pulls back, page 57  \nHow much sleep should you get? Is too much as bad as too little? Well Informed, page 79  \n→ Download The Economist’sapp for articles, podcasts, videos and more, published throughout the week.  \n\n| The world this week\u003Cbr>5 A summary of political and business news |\n| --- |\n| Leaders\u003Cbr>7 America at 250\u003Cbr>Fireworks\u003Cbr>8 The government and AI\u003Cbr>Rules for supermodels\u003Cbr>9 Turkey and Israel\u003Cbr>Pipe down and pipe oil\u003Cbr>9 Shaken Venezuela\u003Cbr>Awoeful response\u003Cbr>10 An admission\u003Cbr>We woz wrong about oil |\n| Letters\u003Cbr>11 On shutting off Anthropic’s models, startups in Honduras, sharing companies’wealth, cricket in India, reading |\n| By Invitation\u003Cbr>12 Carson Block on what AI could do to markets |\n| Essay\u003Cbr>13 American foreign policy\u003Cbr>Wrecking-ball revolution\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Bartleby You could read Homer. You could see the film. 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