U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has been talking about a progressive political revolution for more than 10 years. On Wednesday, Sanders told reporters on a post-Aug. 4 election press call that his revolution has finally come to Michigan. Each of Sanders’ endorsed candidates — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, CongressionalContinue Reading
Anthony Bourdain has always felt like a guy you know. His blockbuster debut, “Kitchen Confidential” — a bratty memoir and a dishy dossier into the real goings-on in industry kitchens — led to not one, but two, extremely popular travel shows: “No Reservations” and “Parts Unknown.” The shows made Bourdain a hyper-visibleContinue Reading
The Federal Communications Commission voted to eliminate a cap on the share of U.S. television households a single company can reach, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Tarun Tejpal, 63, says that he will appeal the conviction at the Supreme Court., Tarun Tejpal, 63, says that he will appeal the conviction at the Supreme Court. An Indian court has sentenced a prominent journalist to 10 years in prison for raping a junior colleague more than a decadeContinue Reading
This is a breaking news story., A United States Senate panel has voted to hold former health official Anthony Fauci, a key figure in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. The move on Thursday comes after Fauci last week pleaded the fifth, referring to aContinue Reading
On 1 August, 20-year-old fourth-year psychology student Vitalina Yarovenko was killed in a double-tap strike while helping victims in Kyiv. She was a volunteer paramedic with the Hospitallers medical volunteer battalion. After completing her training, she was preparing to officially join the battalion, said Nataliia Chykhachova, head of the Hospitallers’Continue Reading
The United States has rebuilt intelligence sharing with Ukraine—the flow of satellite data, targeting, and attack warnings—to its pre-freeze peak, according to Politico. That restored flow now sharpens Kyiv’s long-range strikes inside Russia, and senators from both parties say it has strengthened Ukraine. The White House says President Traitor 47Continue Reading
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 6 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. After Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic SenateContinue Reading
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a religious group last week that he is working to restrict access to abortions nationwide — even in states where the procedure is legal. In a call with leaders of the group, Intercessors for America, Blanche — whose nomination for the permanent attorney general’sContinue Reading
“The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.” So goes the unofficial state anthem, written in 1941 by June Hershey and famously performed by country music legend Willie Nelson. But Nelson, 93, now worries those stars may become harder to see in his hometownContinue Reading
Kazakhstan released the Amur tiger Umit into the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, marking a key step in a project to restore a wild tiger population to Central Asia for the first time in more than 70 years.Continue Reading
North Korea has repeatedly declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear state since leader Kim Jong- un’s 2019 summit with US President Traitor 47 collapsed over the scope of denuclearisation and sanctions relief.Continue Reading
Ebola outbreak accelerates as healthcare workers strike over pay, NewsFeed WHO chief visits DR Congo as the Ebola outbreak rapidly accelerates. He warns cases are spreading faster than response efforts can keep pace, while frontline workers on strike over unpaid salaries question whether they can continue working in high-risk conditions.Continue Reading