Amnesty International warns Fifa World Cup risks becoming ‘stage for repression’

Human rights group says US is facing an ‘emergency’ ICE director said agency will play ‘key part’ at tournament Amnesty International has warned that the World Cup, spread across three North American countries, risks becoming a “stage for repression”. The human rights organisation published a report on Monday – “Humanity Must Win” – calling on … Read more

Usha Vance on New Podcast, Pregnancy, Life as the Second Lady

Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Kate Snow sits down with second lady Usha Vance for an exclusive interview about her growing family, the new world she finds herself in as the wife of Vice President J.D. Vance and her new audio and video podcast called “Storytime with the Second Lady.”

Demand for hydropower surges as Trump clamps down on clean energy

Home to one of the largest deposits of freshwater on the planet, the Great Lakes region will soon host next-generation tidal-powered generators – just as prices are being hiked across the US Submersible hydroelectric technology deployed across the Great Lakes could become a key cog in clean energy efforts, supporters say, amid surging electricity demand … Read more

Trump, Iran, and the Shadow of Suez

As Iran imposes a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, squeezing the global economy, Trump faces a crisis that echoes one of history’s most revealing strategic failures.