This week's current events:

• Donald Trump made comments on the campaign trail insinuating he would condition America's response to an attack on a NATO country on that country's own defense spending, eliciting a widespread backlash from foreign and domestic leaders.
• Finland's new president underscores the country's hardline turn against Russia and towards Europe
• The Senate advanced its foreign aid bill to the House, where Mike Johnson's nonexistent logic threatens its passage
• The municipality of Denver is horribly overburdened with an influx of migrants, leaving its mayor to complain about the lack of work permits coming down for those people
• Donald Trump is pushing for a shakeup at the RNC, where Ronna McDaniel looks likely to step down as chair
• Who has raised more money, Trump or Biden?
• Pakistan elections resulted in choosing a currently jailed politician as prime minister
• Hyundai is building a new EV plant in Georgia because of subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act