news2shortsSenate Republicans are gearing up for a floor battle over Trump-backed voter ID legislation, but another GOP senator plans to oppose it. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., won’t support the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a decision that could throw a wrench into the GOP’s plan to force Senate Democrats into tough vote after … Read more
TSA employees have been working in US airports without pay since the partial shutdown began in February A rising number of US airports are asking for donations to support employees affected by the partial government shutdown with airport security officials missing their first full paychecks Friday. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees have been working in … Read more
The Trump administration downplays concerns about Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz with gas and oil prices rising and as 5,000 U.S. service members are being deployed to the region. NBC News correspondents Monica Alba, Courtney Kube, Andrea Mitchell and Keir Simmons report on the state of the war.
A federal judge blocked the Justice Department’s efforts to issue a pair of grand jury subpoenas sent to the Federal Reserve Board after concluding they were merely a “pretext” to pressure Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell into lowering interest rates or resigning. In the ruling, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said there “is abundant evidence … Read more
The Pentagon said Friday it has opened a formal command investigation into the Feb. 28 strike in Minab, Iran, where Iranian regime officials claim dozens of children were killed in a strike at a school beside a military compound. Questions continue to mount about possible U.S. involvement in the strike, the intelligence used before it … Read more
White House contends with reality of shoddy preparations for war and unclear conditions for victory Middle East crisis – live updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email As US and Israeli jets descended to deliver the opening salvos of the war in Iran, Donald Trump’s back-of-the-envelope plan for regime change in Tehran … Read more
Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse It’s not easy, but let’s try to look at this war in the best, most charitable light. Let’s try to see the US-Israel conflict with Iran as its prosecutors and advocates would … Read more
Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and Israeli aggression and the killing of civilians When Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the international condemnation from Europe and elsewhere was loud and clear. Leaders did not expect legal threats to shift Vladimir Putin … Read more
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses social media’s “subversion of the ability to pay attention on a species-wide level,” how policymakers are intervening, and what more we should be doing to protect children.
Will Donald Trump sustain Benjamin Netanyahu’s preëmptive wars?
