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Congressman Ro Khanna joins Sreenivasan Jain., Congressman Ro Khanna joins Sreenivasan Jain. The United States’s alliance with Israel has become the defining test of its global credibility. Fresh from a visit to the occupied West Bank, Congressman Ro Khanna joins Sreenivasan Jain to debate whether real change is possible inContinue Reading

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Flash flooding in Texas has turned deadly, with at least two people killed since heavy rain began earlier this week.  Gov. Greg Abbott announced the deaths Thursday, saying one man died near Comfort, Texas, and another near Uvalde. He urged Texans to stay out of floodwaters and to move toContinue Reading

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Whatever distinctions may exist between the eight candidates to replace Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic nominee for the Senate, they weren’t on display in the first and likely only debate on Thursday night. The candidates ranged from political neophytes to longtime civil servants, but they all sounded like they wereContinue Reading

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Arguably the greatest all-rounder of the game, Sobers led the West Indies at his peak, breaking Test cricket records., Garfield Sobers, the graceful West Indian cricketer whose world-record Test innings of 365 not out as a 21-year-old set him on the path to becoming arguably the sport’s greatest allrounder, hasContinue Reading

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The Franco-German cooperation is not a move to replace NATO’s nuclear umbrella, stresses German Chancellor., The Franco-German cooperation is not a move to replace NATO’s nuclear umbrella, German Chancellor stressed. Germany’s military will take part in a French nuclear drill for the first time this year, as part of aContinue Reading

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The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. The future of Warner Bros is again up in the air. Following yet another corporate restructuring – after having been partners or a subsidiary of Time, AOL, AT&T, and Discovery – the legendary movie studio was put up for sale last fall.Continue Reading

shutting-down-federal-bee-labs-threatens-the-us-food-system

America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most. The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre agricultural research station in Maryland that is home to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis hub, the Beltsville Bee ResearchContinue Reading

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The real message to be drawn from The Traitor’s address to the nation Thursday night is that he will call into question the votes of every state and city that chooses a Democratic senator or representative in the 2026 midterm elections. He’ll push Republican governors and mayors not to certifyContinue Reading