On August 24, the Dominican government adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, infamous for equating opposition to Israeli apartheid and […]
Year: 2026
RFK Jr. and MAHA’s measles reckoning
By most metrics, measles in the U.S. is out of control. Last week alone, cases jumped by 8%, with 330 infections reported, outpacing the entire […]
How Hegseth shattered the world Eisenhower made
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was not buff, at least to our knowledge. He didn’t exercise in public or show off his abs, and there is […]
Idaho’s Abortion Fight Has Become a Fight Over Voter Power
Lauren Korth is a surgical nurse in the Magic Valley region of south-central Idaho. A recent graduate of Idaho State University’s nurse practitioner program, she […]
Starlink connection restored at high speed in Ukraine, defense minister says
SpaceX’s Starlink and Starshield satellite communications services have been restored in Ukraine, allowing the country’s forces to operate drones at high speed, Defense Minister Yevhenii […]
Why ultra‑Orthodox parties will decide Netanyahu’s electoral fate
On October 20, 2026, a week before Israel’s elections, dozens of men were detained on suspicion of evading the draft – arrests that Prime Minister […]
Nelson Mandela Bay to get a nuclear power station?
Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Babalwa Lobishe has welcomed a key step forward for Eskom’s proposed 5 200-megawatt nuclear power station at Thyspunt…See More
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Urged to Rethink Social Protection Funding Amid Rising Needs
263Chat] Zimbabwe needs sustainable and inclusive financing models to protect vulnerable households from poverty, unemployment and climate-related shocks, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare […]
Whistleblower CEO quits over hidden Russian cash behind gas deal in Trump peace talks: NYT
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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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 […]