The war has killed thousands of people and led to one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world., Sudan’s army has launched an offensive to retake the capital, Khartoum, and surrounding areas from the Rapid Support Forces, a rival paramilitary. The assault comes more than a year into theContinue Reading
Experts: They lack the guts to invoke war powers, and are out of town through election anyway. The post Congress MIA on Possible U.S. War with Iran appeared first on The American Conservative…Continue Reading
A new report from The Sentencing Project, “Locked Out 2024: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction” found that 4 million Americans will be unable to vote in the upcoming 2024 election due to felony disenfranchisement laws. Despite recent reforms in several states that have reducedContinue Reading
A company is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry made at an Oklahoma plant because the products may be contaminated with listeria bacteria, Read MoreContinue Reading
The head of Africa’s top public health agency says that an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg fever in Rwanda is under control and that travel bans to the East African country are unnecessary, Read MoreContinue Reading
Hot off his Tony Award win for “Merrily We Roll Along,” actor Jonathan Groff has secured his next Broadway role. On Wednesday, it was announced that Groff will star as legendary singer Bobby Darin in the new musical “Just in Time,” directed by Alex Timbers and slated to open atContinue Reading
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Hurricane Milton has been a powerful force, fluctuating in intensity and sparking conversations about whether storms like this could one day be classified as a “Category 6.” The question is understandable, especially as Milton recently surged from a Category 4 to a Category 5 beforeContinue Reading
One of the nation’s largest guaranteed monthly income experiments for unhoused people helped Lewis Horton, Hunter Ambrose and Moriah Rodriguez secure shelter. It enabled several others to attend school and another person to create art in advance of their first show. They are among 807 participants in the Denver Basic IncomeContinue Reading
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. In his recent appearance on Ezra Klein’s podcast, Harvard economist and Obama administration enforcer of neoliberal consensus Jason Furman was teed up to express at least some remorse for the Americans who were devastated by deindustrialization. Klein noted that a number of economists haveContinue Reading
This September marked 25 years since the debut of Aaron Sorkin’s hugely popular NBC series, “The West Wing.” The anniversary’s arrival in the middle of an election season guaranteed it would get attention, but the extent, duration and intensity of its renaissance has been remarkable for a cable drama whoseContinue Reading
The plea deal includes imposition of an asset cap and other limitations to its business., Federal authorities began probing TD’s internal controls after agents discovered a Chinese criminal operation bribed employees and brought large bags of cash into branches to launder millions of dollars. Two TD Bank units have pleadedContinue Reading
At least five people died as Milton tore across the Florida peninsula causing major wind damage and flash floods., A house lies toppled off its stilts after the passage of Hurricane Milton, in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, Florida, Thursday [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo] Hurricane Milton is barreling into theContinue Reading
TD Bank pleaded guilty Thursday in a criminal money laundering case and agreed to pay a whopping $3 billion in fines and other penalties to the Department of Justice and federal financial regulators for failing to monitor money laundering by drug cartels., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading