Geopolitics & international affairs
Iran launched missile and drone attacks on five Gulf nations Sunday and closed the Strait of Hormuz “until further notice,” escalating the war with the United States to a new and more dangerous level. Tehran claimed responsibility for strikes on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, and Oman, all countries hosting US military assets. The attacks were […]
The war in Gaza has become the defining issue in America’s midterm elections, cleaving the Democratic Party in two as progressives and moderates fight for control of the party’s future. Nowhere is the split more visible than in Michigan, where a bitter Senate primary is forcing Democratic candidates to choose sides. The state has a […]
Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina and one of Donald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress, is dead at 71. His office announced that he died Saturday evening following a “brief and sudden illness.” Graham had just returned from Kyiv on Friday, where he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to work on a […]
Long lines at gas stations have become a daily reality across Russia, as Ukraine’s relentless drone campaign against oil refineries and fuel depots triggers the worst fuel crisis the country has faced since the war began. Russia, one of the world’s largest oil producers, is now rationing gasoline. In Crimea, authorities restricted sales to 20 […]
The pattern repeats. The United States bombs Iran. Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz. The United States bombs again. Iran retaliates. Someone declares the ceasefire dead. Someone says talks will continue. And the cycle begins again. This week the loop tightened. On Friday, President Trump declared the US-Iran ceasefire “OVER”, his capitalization, while simultaneously saying […]
California congressman Ro Khanna was detained for 90 minutes by armed Israeli settlers during a fact-finding visit to the occupied West Bank this week, an incident he says revealed the true nature of the occupation and the complicity of the Israeli military. Khanna, 49, was visiting the ruins of Khirbet Zanuta, a Palestinian village in […]
Cuba has suffered its second island-wide blackout in a week, as the Trump administration’s fuel blockade starves the country of the oil it needs to keep its power grid running. The blackout hit on July 10, days after a previous collapse of the electrical grid plunged 11 million people into darkness. Hospitals canceled surgeries. Gasoline […]
A federal judge on Friday dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against the Proud Boys, granting the Trump administration’s request to unravel one of the most significant criminal prosecutions from the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. US District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, made clear he was acting under compulsion, not conviction. “I […]
The White House has launched Trump Accounts, a new savings scheme for American children, and is calling it a historic step toward giving every child a stake in the American dream. But critics say the plan is too complicated, benefits the wealthy, and does nothing for the families who need it most. Launched on July […]
A United States congressman was detained at gunpoint by armed Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank this week, and the Israeli military refused to intervene. Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, was visiting the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, on July 8 when settlers surrounded his van. The settlers were carrying […]
