President Donald Trump tried to ease some of the awkward tension at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner with a joke about the shooting that disrupted […]
‘Terrible waste’: DOJ spent big to hang banners with Trump’s face
A new report found that the Department of Justice spent hundreds of thousands and possibly more to hang banners with President Donald Trump‘s face. According […]
‘Hello ladies and sons of ladies’: women are using ‘microfeminisms’ to flip the gender script
The practice is not entirely serious – but it raises awareness of the many sexist tropes built into everyday life When Tori Dunlap writes a […]
Every Time the Tates Get Arrested, Their Media Empire Kicks Into Gear
On July 19, a day after brothers and accused sex traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by US Marshals outside a bare-knuckle boxing match […]
From Dublin to Brussels: European Newsroom meets upcoming Irish EU Presidency
Ireland will take over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union on July 1, 2026. In a background briefing for the European […]
Fast food key to farmers making more with their dairy calves
Dairy beef has caught the attention of fast food companies as farmers beef up bobby calves into viable assets…See More
H5N1 emerged in Asia 30 years ago. Here’s what happened next
Experts say Asia’s decades-long experience fighting bird flu has shown there is no magic bullet and that fragmented responses to the disease will fail…See More
Is Liberal Socialism a Contradiction in Terms? (Out of the Jaws #7, with Matthew McManus and Paul Crider)
Are liberalism and socialism completely incompatible? Ryan and Adam talk with University of Michigan lecturer in political science Matthew McManus and Liberal Currents co-founder and […]
Editor’s Notes: Trump Is a Crook, and the Concern Trolling Over Fraud Is Beneath Contempt
In May, the administration announced that it would be engaging in a “full-scale war on fraud,” which in practice means doing things like pausing $1 […]
A Warning in the Americas
The U.S. midterm elections are all but guaranteed to be chaotic and contentious, but no matter what their results portend for 2028 and beyond, recent […]
Trump’s EPA Wants Fewer People Asking Questions About Data Center Pollution
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is quietly considering a rule change that could make it […]
Russia’s ‘Axis Of Upheaval’ Is Built To Last Beyond Ukraine, Analyst Kendall-Taylor Says
Russia’s deepening partnerships with China, Iran, and North Korea represent one of the most significant geopolitical realignments driven by the war in Ukraine. Yet according […]
Trump Says Iran ‘Far More Serious’ In Talks, Even As Attacks Intensify, Widen In Region
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing […]
World chess chief steps aside after EU sanctions
Arkady Dvorkovich, Russia’s former deputy prime minister and president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), suspended his duties Thursday evening after the European Union sanctioned […]
EU signals relief over new US tariffs as Trump respects transatlantic truce
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Friday signaled it could live with new U.S. tariffs imposed over its alleged failure to ban imports made with […]
Japan’s fake fury over its free-falling yen
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s political fortunes are falling almost as fast as the yen these days — and the two are closely […]
Trump’s Iran War Is Going To Get Republicans Blown Out In The Midterms
On September 5, 2024 during a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Donald Trump said, “Energy is going to bring us back. That […]
I Shall Not Live in Fear
After a twelve-year struggle against military conscription in Thailand, Buddhist conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal faces potential incarceration in July. The following is an essay he […]
Phil Scott Slides Below 50%, John Rodgers Is in Trouble, and Other Notes from a New UNH Poll
After months of essentially ignoring the contested statewide primary races, our media outlets are suddenly starting to pay attention. It’s as if somebody glanced at […]
What is China’s Shenzhou-23 mission? Inside the year-long space experiment
The astronauts will be testing how a year in space affects their body and will be conducting more than 100 experiments, like growing embryos and […]