The far-right former president is accused of using Brazil’s intelligence agency to conduct illegal spying., The far-right former president is accused of using Brazil’s intelligence agency to conduct illegal spying. Brazil’s federal police have formally accused far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro of involvement in an illegal spying network that allegedlyContinue Reading
Iowa state Rep. JD Scholten has launched a challenge against Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, after she mocked constituents who were concerned about people dying from the GOP’s planned cuts to Medicaid, saying, “We’re all going to die.” Scholten, a minor league baseball pitcher for the Sioux City Explorers, is pitchingContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, she had the dubious honor of issuing the state’s first ever official heatContinue Reading
Some leading Democrats are now engaged in what’s being called the “Great Un-awokening.” Former Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel calls Democrats “weak and woke.” Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who is Black, vetoes a bill passed by his Democratic-dominated state legislature that took steps toward reparations. Democratic California Gov. GavinContinue Reading
“I Was Born This Way” will be released on June 20. If Carl Bean had only recorded the 1977 hit, “I Was Born This Way,” it would have been enough to secure him a place in the disco hall of fame. Not only did the gay anthem reach No. 15Continue Reading
Mehrdad Imani and his wife left Iran two years ago to start a family in “peace” in Canada., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Video of an Iranian attack on and near Israeli intelligence buildings near Tel Aviv has been circulating online., Israeli intelligence buildings targeted as Iran claims direct hit NewsFeed Video of an Iranian attack on and near Israeli intelligence buildings near Tel Aviv has been circulating online, despite restrictions by theContinue Reading
Demonstrations against police violence erupted after 31-year-old Albert Ojwang died in custody., Demonstrations against police violence erupted after 31-year-old Albert Ojwang died in custody. Hundreds of men on motorbikes, armed with whips and clubs, have attacked protesters in downtown Nairobi while they were demonstrating against alleged extrajudicial killings, following theContinue Reading
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 17 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Repub lic, produced and presented by the DSR network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. After a man named VanceContinue Reading
The violence in Khan Younis adds to a string of attacks that have killed hundreds of desperate people seeking food., The violence in Khan Younis adds to a string of attacks that have killed hundreds of desperate people seeking food. Israeli soldiers have killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded hundredsContinue Reading
Ugandan soldiers said they ‘occupied’ two DRC towns as the Rwandan-backed M23 continues to hold territory elsewhere., Kampala, Uganda – It was June 5 when Ugandan soldiers arrived in Kasenyi, a town on the shores of Lake Albert in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Uganda’sContinue Reading
The Enhanced Games don’t just allow performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), but celebrate their use in targeting world records in a quest ‘redefine superhumanity.’, Read MoreContinue Reading
“This is a play, this is a farce.” Palestinians we spoke to in Gaza have decried the US- and Israeli-backed aid system, NewsFeed “This is a play, this is a farce.” Palestinians we spoke to in Gaza have decried the US- and Israeli-backed aid system that has forcibly displaced theContinue Reading