This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. When the Delaware Valley School District board voted unanimously last month to reverse policies protecting transgender students that it had adopted a decade ago, some in the audience cried, “Shame!” Others said the board didn’t go farContinue Reading
As soon as the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran ended without an agreement, President Traitor 47 fired a volley of angry social media posts venting his frustration. As a concrete step to force Iranian concessions, he announced a blockade of Iranian ports along the Persian Gulf. Cut off Tehran’s oil exports, the logic goes, and theContinue Reading
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An initial round of talks aimed at permanently ending the conflict failed to produce an agreement last weekend. The White House said Iran’s nuclear ambitions were a central sticking point.Continue Reading
The fallout from the war is disrupting shipping and energy flows, pushing Gulf states to work more closely together and support diplomatic efforts to prevent further escalation and stabilise the region.Continue Reading
NASA will roll the largest section of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, which will launch the second crewed Artemis mission, out of the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Monday, April 20. What’s called the top four-fifths of the SLS core stage – the section containing the liquid hydrogen tank, liquidContinue Reading
Editor’s Note: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was originally enacted as a post 9/11surveillance program that allows the government to collect electronic communications of foreign nationals located outside the United States without needing a warrant for each target. Supporters have called it ‘indispensable’ and critics worry aboutContinue Reading
OPINION — “After a rigorous, data-driven analysis, we’ve made the tough but necessary decision to inactivate the USS Boise. This strategic move allows us to reallocate America’s highly-skilled workforce to our highest priorities: delivering new Virginia [attack] and Columbia [strategic ballistic missile] – class submarines and improving the readiness ofContinue Reading
Sudan’s war has displaced millions and caused thousands of deaths, with no clear end in sight to the ongoing violence., As Sudan’s civil war enters its fourth year, the country remains mired in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, and there is no end in sight. Millions of displacedContinue Reading
The Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States arrived for their countries’ first direct talks in decades., Lebanese, Israeli ambassadors begin direct talks in US NewsFeed The Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States arrived at the State Department in Washington for their countries’ first direct talks inContinue Reading
Turns out the Hungarian government has been bankrolling the Conservative Political Action Conference for years. Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, told reporters Monday that the outbound leader had diverted Hungarian taxpayer funds toward financing the American Republican conference. Magyar noted that hisContinue Reading
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The push for peace in the Middle East continues. Multiple countries are now trying broker a deal as the U.S. blockades the Strait of Hormuz. China is openly pushing back on the blockade. A foreign ministry spokesperson called it “dangerous and irresponsible.” And President Xi Jinping vowed Tuesday to play a “constructive role” in promoting peace talks inContinue Reading