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45+ min ago  (303+ words) There is a familiar Washington magic trick, and Missouri's U.S. senators perform it with unusual confidence: Spend years denouncing the bipartisan cult of stupid wars, then salute smartly when your own president lights the fuse. And then came Iran, the moment…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (591+ words) Jared Kushner and Donald Trump It bears repeating that Donald Trump's rationale for war against Iran keeps shifting because Trump himself does not believe his own rationales. The goal of this war has little to do with Iran. It has…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago  (680+ words) As the US-Israel imperialist war against Iran enters its second week, the risk of this criminal aggression expanding to include NATO member T'rkiye and its ally Azerbaijan is coming to the fore. According to a statement by the Ministry of…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (451+ words) Noem cut an especially clownish figure at the Department of Homeland Security -- with her constant costume changes, soap opera escapades, corrupt expenditures and abuse of Coast Guard aviation and residential facilities -- but her MAGA style of governance is all too…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (178+ words) President Donald Trump's pick to replace the fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is a longtime congressional ally of the president who is likely to be confirmed without much controversy due to his strong working relationships with so many in…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (841+ words) Donald Trump has offended us in so many ways, we should have built up immunity to his acrid tongue and distortive actions. Most react by calling whatever he's said or done now "a new low point," or asking, "Does it…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago  (301+ words) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), among the most outspoken pro-Israel lawmakers in Congress, issued a rare call for restraint Sunday after an Israeli attack targeting Iranian oil refineries sparked an outbreak of "toxic rain" that officials said could cause chemical burns…...

8+ hour, 24+ min ago  (999+ words) In a video posted by Chris Tonietto in early November 2025 on Instagram, the right-wing member of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies celebrated a vote that put a brake on a resolution that she claimed "facilitated abortion up to nine months…...

9+ hour, 30+ min ago  (417+ words) From Fred Itua, Abuja The Convention, seen as the most important gathering since the party's 2022 congress, governors elected on its platform are locked in bitter disagreements over the sharing of National Working Committee (NWC) positions, with zoning, presidential ambition and…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago  (454+ words) It also was the standard wisdom that we could reduce tariff barriers to manufactured goods without any substantial negative impact on employment and wages. Even when the data clearly showed that a soaring trade deficit was costing millions of manufacturing…...