A funeral for the country’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been postponed amid explosions., Israel has carried out air strikes targeting security forces across Iran on the fifth day of the US-Israeli assault, as the death toll surpassed 1,000 and Iran launched more counterattacks and warned of the destructionContinue Reading
The US-Israeli assassination of Iran’s top leadership has left a power vacuum in the country., Inside Story The US-Israeli assassination of Iran’s top leadership has left a power vacuum in the country. Iran stands at a crossroads. With its top leadership assassinated early in the joint United States-Israeli offensive, theContinue Reading
The reopenings are not limited to the Jussiyeh and Yabous crossings, but have been extended to the Masnaa border crossing in Lebanon’s Bekaa region, the main land crossing between the two countries., Read MoreContinue Reading
The DHS secretary is facing accusations of hindering other departments of the sprawling agency she leads Published March 4, 2026 5:15PM (EST) Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for her chaotic management of the agency (Al Drago/Getty Images) Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem‘s immigrationContinue Reading
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military is four days into Operation Epic Fury and “we have only just begun fighting.” He and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine provided an update on the operation Wednesday, saying strikes will continue and the military is “throttlingContinue Reading
Iran is expected to announce its new supreme leader as early as Wednesday. The nation’s top clerics met Tuesday to deliberate and multiple sources report slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is the frontrunner for the job. According to a report from the New York Times, some ofContinue Reading
The Traitor has launched strikes on Iran while Congress debates war powers., The Traitor has launched strikes on Iran while Congress debates war powers. Inside the Washington bubble, we look inside the chaos shaping the US-Israeli war on Iran, from celebrations at DC power dinners and the Secretary of StateContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of carrying out a ‘terrorist attack.’, Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of carrying out a ‘terrorist attack.’ A Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) has sunk in the Mediterranean between Libya and Malta, as Moscow accused Ukraine of attacking the vessel. TheContinue Reading
The Department of Homeland Security tapped a little-known ad firm to produce Kristi Noem’s multimillion-dollar ad campaign during the government shutdown last year. But when asked to explain her rationale before a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, Noem was practically speechless. Reading off of a DHS notice, Colorado Representative JoeContinue Reading
‘We already are in a scenario where the US has lost control of this war,’ argues political scientist Vali Nasr., ‘We already are in a scenario where the US has lost control of this war,’ argues political scientist Vali Nasr. Even though the joint United States-Israeli war on Iran isContinue Reading
Mojtaba Khamenei emerges as potential successor after death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in US-Israel attacks., Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has again emerged as a potential figure to succeed his father, who was killed on the first day of the war with the UnitedContinue Reading
The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . Barely two months on from Mark Carney’s widely discussed Davos address, the Canadian prime minister recently had this to say in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran — among the first victims of which appear to have been over 100 schoolgirls between theContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Grist and WBEZ . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Under the warm light of a hanging lamp, Marty Landorf carefully crumbled the dried flower head of a black-eyed Susan between her fingers, teasing apart the chaff to uncover its puny black seeds. Each oneContinue Reading