AI-generated Lego videos and Trump’s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars | Mark Alfano and Michał Klincewicz for the Conversation

When it’s hard or impossible to identify trustworthy sources, you can choose to believe whatever you find comforting, invigorating or infuriating In early March, a week after the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the White House posted a video of real American attacks mixed with clips from popular movies, television series, video games and anime. … Read more

Trump news at a glance: president steps back from threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ after ceasefire deal reached

Trump announces two-week conditional ceasefire after last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan – key US politics stories from Tuesday 7 April at a glance It appears Iran’s whole civilization will not die tonight. With less than two hours before his self-imposed deadline for Iran to surrender or face annihilation, Donald Trump announced that the US … Read more

Swalwell campaign rejects ‘outrageous’ allegations of sexual misconduct as Dem activists issue viral warning

California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell’s, D-Calif., campaign broke their silence on allegations circulated by Cheyenne Hunt, a former Capitol Hill staffer and a political media personality, fiercely denying any sexual misconduct towards former staffers or interns. “This false, outrageous rumor is being spread 27 days before an election begins by flailing opponents who have … Read more

ICE agents shoot man in car in northern California

Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez hospitalized after shooting in rural Patterson as officials say investigation under way Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a man in a vehicle in northern California on Tuesday. ICE agents conducted a vehicle stop in Patterson, a rural agricultural town in California’s Central Valley about 80 miles east of San Jose, … Read more

Pope Leo calls out Trump’s Iran rhetoric before last-minute ceasefire emerges

Hours before President Donald Trump announced a two-week delay in attacking Iran, Pope Leo issued a rare and pointed condemnation, denouncing Trump’s Tuesday morning threat against the country as “truly unacceptable.” Speaking to journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics spoke out against the escalating war … Read more