A gas venture that came up in President Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace talks had a hidden backer, according to its former boss. Polar LNG, a […]
Clock ticks on thousands of mail ballots as appeals court speeds Trump DOJ bid
A federal appeals court is moving at breakneck speed on the Trump Justice Department’s bid to sideline thousands of mail ballots before Election Day. The […]
A Rising Tide Floats Phil’s Boat
Gov. Phil Scott’s whingeing about VPIRG attack ads seems even more petty now that the Republican Governors Association has dumped another $550,000 into its local […]
What’s not on the ballot in Israel: Peace
Jamie Dettmer is associate editor and a foreign affairs columnist for POLITICO. The war in Gaza hasn’t figured much in campaigning for Israel’s upcoming election […]
Green batteries built on dirty dealings in Indonesia
A growing share of the world’s electric-vehicle batteries contains nickel from Obi, an Indonesian island where the mining company Harita Group has long paid for […]
China bets refitted destroyers can hold line in US numbers race
Recent midlife upgrades to China’s older surface combatants highlight an ongoing debate over whether preserving naval fleet mass provides an operational edge over purely qualitative […]
Palmer Luckey Just Announced a Genetically Engineered War Dog Startup
It is a truth universally acknowledged that rich people love a designer dog. TikTok influencers walk their viewers through the process of cloning their dearly […]
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We provide a lot of answers here, at Liberal Currents. How should we rebuild after the Trump years? We have a whole print product devoted […]
Jared Kushner’s Middle Eastern Spoils System
Dutch intelligence hacked Kushner’s phone and found bribes Yes, you read that correctly. Yesterday in Vanity Fair, Matthew Cole dropped a bombshell of a story, […]
In its push to subordinate women, the American right is embracing raunch
Conservatives long promoted a politics of sexual prohibition. Now such morals have been shed in favor of male domination Under Kash Patel, the FBI will […]
Revisiting the Gold Rush
Nathaniel Philbrick’s ‘The Rush’ expertly reflects on a period of U.S. history increasingly resonant in a new Gilded Age.
Deported to Liberia, Again
In 1816, a group of white people in the U.S. created the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States […]
Trump’s Gerrymander Has Backfired On Republicans In Texas And Florida
In 2025, with the Republican House majority shrinking, Donald Trump had an idea. What if Republicans in red states created more House seats for themselves […]
Russian espionage evolves from elite spies to gig operatives
Russian hostile activity costs the UK at least £2 billion (US$2.7 billion) annually, according to a recent report by Scottish MP Graeme Downie, who has […]
Mamdani on Trump, Floods, and the Fight Over Data Centers
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani joins Garrison Hayes on Stress Test to discuss his relationship with Donald Trump, the climate crisis, and the political fight over […]
Tell Congress: No War, No Embargo!
I just returned from Cuba, and I’m still processing what I witnessed. The situation is worse than the headlines convey. People are suffering. Cubans I spoke […]
Iran war could last another year, Trump ambassador says
On Thursday, President Donald Trump posted to his social media website a headline from the Wall Street Journal: “More oil is now coming out of […]
Clavicular’s charges show the real danger of MAGA manhood
It wasn’t long after Braden Peters, better known as “Clavicular,” was arrested on suspicion of raping a 17-year-old girl at his family’s home in Massachusetts […]
Inside the cyber flaw scramble that brought the AI threat to life
The exposure was immense, with AI multiplying the risks — and yet time-tested global cybersecurity procedures appeared to be functioning. Then suddenly, it all broke […]
Singapore to require certified HR professionals at firms with more than 200 staff from 2028
From 1 July 2028, organisations in Singapore with more than 200 employees will need at least one certified HR professional on staff, as part of […]