This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. During the year she spent leading the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem faced a torrent of criticism. Lawmakers from both parties assailed her for lying about the shooting of protesters in Minneapolis and spending millions of dollars on television commercials.Continue Reading
The Gallup Poll announced this month it would no longer measure presidential approval or other national leadership ratings. It was a surprise to pollsters and journalists who report on public opinion, because George Gallup was the pollster who initiated presidential approval ratings in the 1930s. Over the past nine decades, the organizationContinue Reading
In a phone call with NBC News on Monday, The Traitor weighed in on Iran’s new leader, the Texas Senate race and his push to get the SAVE America Act through Congress., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Iran names a new supreme leader — and within hours, missiles and drones fly again across the region. Plus, oil markets react to the escalation. Drivers in the U.S. begin seeing the impact at the pump. And an explosive device is thrown near the home of New York City MayorContinue Reading
A new video appears to show a missile striking a building inside an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base in the southern Iranian town of Minab. The footage provides new visual evidence for the investigation into the Feb. 28 blast that Iran says destroyed a nearby elementary school and killedContinue Reading
French president says ‘purely defensive’ mission aims to gradually reopen key Gulf waterway amid spike in oil prices., French president says ‘purely defensive’ mission aims to gradually reopen key Gulf waterway amid spike in oil prices. French President Emmanuel Macron has said France and its allies are preparing a “purelyContinue Reading
Top Democrats say Minab school bombing that killed at least 170 people ‘must be fully and impartially reviewed’., Top Democratic senators in the United States have called for an investigation into the strike against a girls’ school in southern Iran, saying that the Pentagon must “provide clear answers” about theContinue Reading
President Traitor 47 promised that 2src26 would be a bumper year for economic growth…Continue Reading
Iran’s escalating strikes rattle Gulf states on Monday as oil soars and questions grow over who controls Tehran, Euronews’ Jane Witherspoon reports.Continue Reading
Competitors run up and down a hill carrying partners during the annual UK Wife Carrying Race in Surrey.Continue Reading
Ministry of National Defence says no casualties or damage after missile shot down over southern city of Gaziantep., Ministry of National Defence says no casualties or damage after missile shot down over southern city of Gaziantep. The Turkish Ministry of National Defence says NATO air defences have intercepted a ballisticContinue Reading
Ukraine has built low-cost drones to counter Russian attacks with imported Iranian Shahed drones., Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Kyiv could provide defensive systems as well as assistance to civilians and American soldiers “deployed in certain countries” in the Middle East as the war in Iran continues. HeContinue Reading
OPINION — The democratization of drone warfare When Ukrainian soldiers began destroying Russian tanks with inexpensive quadcopters, the economics of warfare shifted suddenly. At the same time, Iranian drones appeared on Middle Eastern battlefields ranging from Yemen to Lebanon, while non-state actors such as the Houthis and Hezbollah started theirContinue Reading