It’s no stretch to say Americans are confused and upset over the war in Iran. Polling throughout the war has shown broad dissatisfaction with President Traitor 47’s handling of the conflict and a strong feeling that the administration never adequately explained why the U.S. was attacking Iran to begin with.Continue Reading
Something funny just happened in the U.S. economy, according to Bank of America after the nation’s number-two bank looked at credit- and debit-card use by its customers…Continue Reading
After bruising local election losses, Sir Keir Starmer is preparing a renewed push for closer ties with the European Union — but Brussels worries that his political weakness could stall or derail any meaningful post-Brexit reset.Continue Reading
Mount Dukono erupted in North Halmahera, Indonesia, sending a massive ash cloud 10 kilometres into the sky. Three hikers, including two foreigners, were killed and 10 remain missing. Rescue teams are searching for 20 people affected near the volcano, officials said.Continue Reading
Players’ union challenges French state’s failure to protect professional footballers from risks to health and safety., Players’ union challenge French state’s failure to protect professional footballers from the health and safety risks. Football players’ union FIFPRO is hailing a “landmark” legal win after a European rights body agreed to investigateContinue Reading
Keir Starmer’s Labour has suffered a humiliating blow as the hard right makes sweeping gains., Glasgow, United Kingdom – Voters in England’s local council elections have delivered a damning verdict of Labour as it took hundreds of seats from the UK’s governing party, in what is seen as another major blowContinue Reading
This investigation was reported in collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations . This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . BLACK HILLS, S.D.—Trina Lone Hill wasn’t surprised that miningContinue Reading
In the socio-economic underclasses around Nairobi, Kenya—a certain kind of market opens for business each day. It’s not a market for food or clothing, but for violence. The currency is desperation, and the commodities are young men whose bodies and futures are traded for quick cash. The brokers are politicians,Continue Reading
Last Thursday, populist Democratic candidate Graham Platner shook up the Democratic establishment when his primary competitor, Maine Governor Janet Mills, suspended her Senate campaign amid polls showing her badly trailing Platner, an oyster farmer who had come out of nowhere to win a national following. Platner is the latest exampleContinue Reading
Tennessee lawmakers approve map erasing Black district, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
The pollution spreading across southern Russia exposes environmental collapse under Putin’s system., Southern Russia is facing one of the largest environmental disasters in its modern history. In April, repeated Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure in Tuapse triggered massive refinery fires and oil spills along the Black Sea coast, includingContinue Reading
State TV releases a video of IRGC forces boarding and detaining the Barbados-flagged vessel, Ocean Koi., State TV releases a video of IRGC forces boarding and detaining the Barbados-flagged vessel, Ocean Koi. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have captured an oil tanker, Ocean Koi, in a “specialContinue Reading
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 8 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. The Washington Post is reporting thatContinue Reading