news2shortsA reporter ponders on how to repair a religious structure long thought of as good but supported by an evil underside In 1965, just shy of my junior year at the Jesuit high school of New Orleans, with good potential as an offensive end, I had an epiphany in the muddy slog of August football … Read more
Kash Patel’s partying went viral and the US men’s team came to Washington. Now it’s all part of the culture war Ah, hockey. The most impish of sports. A bunch of blissfully beefy individuals wearing colorful sweaters zoom around in skates chasing a wee little object called, of all things, a “puck”. It’s adorable. It’s … Read more
Plumes of smoke rose above Tehran and explosions could be heard across the city on day two of US-Israeli strikes on Iran. In a statement the Israel Defense Forces said the country’s air force was striking targets ‘in the heart of Tehran’. The strikes came after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in … Read more
Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation All unaccompanied immigrant children who are pregnant, many by rape, are being moved to a single facility in Texas in order to avoid providing abortion services in a significant human rights violation, critics say. As detainees … Read more
Some of the top rumored Democratic potential candidates for president in 2028 are showing a united front in opposing U.S. strikes on Iran, with several high-profile figures accusing President Donald Trump of launching an unnecessary and unconstitutional war. Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Trump was “dragging the United States into a war the American … Read more
A halt on trade flows through the strait of Hormuz could spell trouble for many developed economies US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates The US-Israeli war on Iran has ignited fears that escalating military aggression in the Middle East could send oil prices soaring, push up prices at the pump and drive a global … Read more
The America First president who built his political brand on opposing foreign military adventures has unleashed a war of choice aimed at regime change It turns out that Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “candidate of peace,” is just as eager to start new wars. Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump pitched himself as the antithesis of … Read more
Strikes on Iran by the US and Israel, as well as Donald Trump’s announcement that the supreme leader Ali Khamenei had been killed lead the news pages US-Israel war on Iran: latest updates Full report: Trump claims Khamenei is dead At a glance: what we know so far on day two How the US-Israeli bid … Read more
The regime may now have to meet Trump’s demands merely to save itself. And he needs a coherent plan to deal with what he has unleashed The coordinated strikes on Iran launched by the United States and Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning formally reignited a conflict that had been simmering since last … Read more
US and Israel strike Iran; supreme leader confirmed killed; fierce domestic criticism of military action – key US politics stories from 28 February at a glance The US launched attacks against Iran on Saturday as part of a joint operation with Israel. Hours after the bombs started falling across Iran, Trump claimed the Iranian supreme … Read more
