This story was originally published by ProPublica. President Donald Trump has pushed out the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the bipartisan […]
Every Maine Democrat Tested Against Susan Collins Could Beat Her
Maybe the key to Graham Platner’s popularity was that he was running against Susan Collins? When she was a candidate, Gov. Janet Mills was running […]
Lawsuit Accuses ICE and Private Prison Contractors of Abusing a Disabled Detainee
On Monday, Ulises Peña López, represented by Disability Law United and Pangea Legal Services, sued the US government and private prison contractors GeoGroup and CoreCivic […]
Hundreds of firefighters tackle deadly shoe factory fire in southeast China
A fire that broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian has killed at least 28 people…See More
40 Epstein-Tied Billionaires Have Injected $1.6B Into US Elections, Report Finds
Billionaires with ties to Jeffrey Epstein have spent nearly $1.6 billion on influencing U.S. elections since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision unleashed a deluge […]
Infant Formula Manufacturers Decide Whether to Inform FDA About Possible Harm
In September 2016, a distraught mother sent infant formula maker Mead Johnson a message: “REMOVE ME FROM YOUR LIST!!!! DO NOT EMAIL OR MAIL ME […]
“Where’s Mitch McConnell?” mystery exposes media failures
I interviewed Mitch McConnell for the first time when I was 17, and I was warned by my uncle who knew him well that he […]
Dinosaurs on Noah’s ark? A MAGA theme park clings to creationism
Creationism hasn’t generated much coverage in the mainstream media over the past decade. The days when fundamentalists challenged scientists to “debates” over evolution now seem […]
Watchdog blows the whistle on America’s biggest AI villains
With backlash against the artificial intelligence industry growing throughout the US, one government watchdog has created a database to help keep tabs on the people it describes […]
Indonesia is rewriting the emerging-market inflation playbook
For over three decades, the standard playbook for taming inflation has remained virtually unchanged. Faced with surging prices, central banks invariably resort to hiking interest […]
‘It would be weird not to show the sex’: Kit Connor and Joe Locke on Heartstopper’s queer teen curtain call
As Netflix’s quietly radical coming-of-age drama wraps up with a feature-length film, its stars discuss queer escapism, awkward love scenes and letting go of the […]
LGBTQ+ inclusion in film at a three-year low, Glaad survey suggests
The advocacy group’s study finds a decrease in queer people of color and zero trans characters in 2025 films LGBTQ+ characters are slowly disappearing from […]
‘Riding a fireball through atmosphere’: How Artemis II astronauts will return to Earth
The Orion spacecraft will fall over 120,000 metres in 13 minutes and travel to a special “splashdown” site off the coast of California.
Nature’s Ingenious Survival Strategies Are No Match for Human Destruction
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Life has colonized every corner of the planet by evolving ingenious survival […]
Spain shrugs off Trump’s claim it caved on defense spending
Madrid is rejecting the notion that it has bowed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand to increase its military spending. During this week’s NATO summit […]
‘Like madmen’: Dutch deputy leader slams Moroccan football fans after riots
Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius on Friday lambasted Moroccan football fans who clashed with police across the Netherlands following their team’s World Cup defeat […]
Cattle farmer plants 14,000 trees to help slow flow of flood water
Jeff Imeson has planted around 14,000 trees on his property near Nimbin in a bid to help slow the flow of future floods…See More
Wildlife carers fronting WA’s bird flu response left feeling let down
WA wildlife carers say the state government has forgotten them as PPE supplies and veterinary resources run dangerously low…See More
China Deepens Economic Integration with Central Asia
By: Emil Avdaliani The crisis in the Middle East has reinforced for China that, amid ongoing geopolitical fragmentation, economic resilience now depends on diversifying across […]
Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children
CERV-2026-DAPHNE. This is a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of gender-based violence under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Value Programme […]