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Happy Monday! Oreo and KFC have launched a fried chicken-flavored cookie in China whose cream has been engineered to evoke the Original Recipe’s 11 herbs and spices. Strategists can debate whether America would win a war with China.

James P. Sutton is a Morning Dispatch Reporter, based in Washington D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2024, he most recently graduated from University of Oxford with a Master’s degree in history. He has also taught high school history in suburban Philadelphia, and interned at National Review and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. When not writing for The Morning Dispatch, he is probably playing racquet sports, reading a history book, or rooting for Bay Area sports teams.