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1670 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 19 of 28.

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Melania TrumpUSUS first lady involved in efforts to reunite Ukrainian children with their families.
Melanie WardGBLabour MP for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy; resigned as PPS on 11 May 2026.
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Menachem BeginILIsraeli Prime Minister 1977–1983; Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the pre-emptive Begin Doctrine.
Miatta FahnbullehGBLabour MP who resigned as Devolution Minister 12 May 2026, saying Starmer lost public trust.
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Micaela Lara CadenaUSNew Mexico state representative for Mesilla and moratorium bill sponsor.
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Michael AngelakisUSComcast executive who returned to accelerate the separation of the Media division.
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Michael BarrUSFederal Reserve Governor; described US labour market as 'low hire, low fire' in March 2026.
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Michael BennetUSUS Democratic Senator from Colorado. Publicly challenged the administration's Iran war rationale during Senate Intelligence Committee hearings.
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Michael BurnsUSMichael Burns is vice-chair of Lionsgate, overseeing business development including the studio's AI partnerships; he described the extended Runway equity stake as an iterative process.
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Michael CloudUSUS Representative (R-TX); attended Artemis II crew press conference at JSC, 16 April 2026.
Michael FakhriUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, co-signatory condemning EO 14380
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Michael GoveGBFormer UK communities secretary who commissioned the 2023 independent Tees Valley review.
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Michael James FelseGBReform UK candidate who took Barton and Winton ward from Labour in the April 2026 Salford by-election.
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Michael MarraGBScottish Labour MSP floated by colleagues as a possible leadership candidate.
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Michael NeedhamUSUS State Counsellor who facilitated the first Israel-Lebanon high-level talks since 1993 on 14 April 2026.
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Michael OliseFRA France forward revalued after the 2026 World Cup.
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Michael OsterholmUSCIDRAP director and epidemiologist; blunt pandemic risk communicator who forecast Bundibugyo's trajectory early.
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Michael OwenGBFormer England striker who scored at two World Cups before age 23, a mark equalled by Jude Bellingham.
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Michael P. McDonaldUSUniversity of Florida political scientist who tracks US turnout and early voting.
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Michael ReesGBGloucestershire County councillor for Cam Valley, elected for Reform UK in 2025, now Restore Britain.
Michael RickettsJMJamaica Football Association president steering the Reggae Boyz toward their first World Cup since 1998.
Michael ShanksGBUK Minister for Energy; announced priority grid access for AI Growth Zones.
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Michael SpenceUSEconomist and Nobel laureate.
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Michael WhatleyUSFormer RNC chair; 2026 Republican Senate candidate for North Carolina.
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Michal Kobosko MEPPLPolish Renew Europe MEP who hosted the January 2026 Parliament breakfast for the EU Sovereign Tech Fund.
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Michele DoughertyGBSTFC Executive Chair since 2025; space physicist and Cassini mission magnetometer investigator.
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Michele ZuinITVenice's budget assessor.
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Michelle Rempel GarnerCAConservative MP and immigration critic; called the Pearson visa blunder 'gross incompetence or something worse'.
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Michelle RobsonCo-founder of Odyssey Ventures, formerly of AP Ventures; runs the fund from London and San Francisco.
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Michelle ZatlynCACloudflare co-founder and President; one of few women to co-found and lead a major internet infrastructure company.
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Michel PlatiniFRFrench former professional footballer and UEFA president from 2007 to 2016; twice acquitted in Swiss courts over a disputed payment from FIFA; filed a criminal complaint against Gianni Infantino in Paris on 8 June 2026.
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Miguel Díaz-CanelCUCuban President, first sitting head of state designated on the OFAC SDN list under EO 14404.
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Mike BraunUSGovernor of Indiana courting hyperscale data-centre investment, including Meta's $10bn Lebanon campus, against his own capital's proposed moratorium.
Mike Cannon-BrookesAUAtlassian co-CEO who cut 1,600 jobs to fund a pivot to AI enterprise software.
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Mike CareyUSRepublican US representative for Ohio's 15th District since 2021; former coal lobbyist.
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Mike CollinsUSGeorgia Republican congressman; 2026 US Senate nominee challenging incumbent Jon Ossoff.
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Mike DeWineUSRepublican governor of Ohio since 2019 and former US senator.
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Mike DugganUSEx-Detroit mayor whose independent bid, then May exit, reshaped Michigan's 2026 governor race.
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Mike GonzalezUSHeritage Foundation senior fellow on immigration and foreign affairs; conservative commentator on Iran policy.
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Mike HuckabeeUSUS Ambassador to Israel who stated Hezbollah is excluded from the Iran-US Islamabad Memorandum.
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Mike JohnsonUSUS Speaker of the House; received Trump's War Powers Resolution ceasefire letter on 1 May 2026.
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Mikel MerinoESSpain midfielder and 2026 World Cup winner; scored both the Portugal and Belgium knockout winners.
Mike PompeoUSFormer US Secretary of State and CIA Director; architect of maximum-pressure Iran policy.
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Mike RogersUSRepublican nominee for Michigan's 2026 US Senate seat; former FBI agent and congressman.
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Mike RoundsUSUS Senator from South Dakota, Republican Party
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Mike SantomassimoUSChief financial officer of Wells Fargo.
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Mike TurnerUSRepublican US representative for Ohio's 10th District since 2013; former House Intelligence chair.
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Mike WaltzUSUS Ambassador to the UN since September 2025; former NSA, congressman, and Green Beret.
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Mikhail FridmanRULviv-born Russian-Israeli businessman and co-founder of the Alfa Group conglomerate.
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Mikie SherrillUSNew Jersey's new governor; vacated NJ-11 congressional seat won as Democratic benchmark.
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Milagros TolónESSpain's Minister for Sport.
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Miles RobinsonUSUSMNT centre-back, one of five selected in Pochettino's final 26-man squad.
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MiloševićRSFormer Serbian and Yugoslav president whose international war-crimes trial ended without a verdict.
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Mindaugas SinkevičiusLTPrime Minister of Lithuania.
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Minky WordenUSHuman Rights Watch's director of global initiatives and author of its World Cup review.
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Miriam AdelsonUSPhysician, majority owner of Las Vegas Sands and leading Republican donor.
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Miroslav KloseDEGerman striker whose 16-goal World Cup record (2002-2014) was surpassed by Messi and Mbappe.
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Mitchell NobelCantor Fitzgerald employee and finance director of Fellowship PAC, which claims $100m unfiled.
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Mitch McConnellUSFormer Senate Republican Leader; voted against the SAVE Act motion on 23 April 2026.
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Mohamed AbushahabAEUAE Ambassador to the UN; invoked Article 51 self-defence at the UNSC Barakah emergency session, 19 May 2026.