State department warns of ‘ideological conditioning’ in social media post offering condolences to student’s family The US state department has criticised “two-tiered policing” in Britain in a social media post offering condolences to the family of the murder victim Henry Nowak, in a thinly veiled rebuke of the UK government. The 18-year-old student’s murder has … Read more
In today’s newsletter: Global powers are focused on oil markets and elections but those living through conflict in the Middle East feel abandoned Good morning. It’s been another week of brinkmanship via Truth Social and ceasefires broken before they’ve been announced. While US president Donald Trump claims an agreement with Iran could happen soon, for … Read more
For the Democratic Party, the road to Maine’s Senate primary is paved in dread.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio put U.S. organizations on notice: they can no longer do business with a key Cuban organization that has spent over six decades – since the launch of Fidel Castro’s communist revolution in 1959 – cultivating relationships with U.S. activists and groups, many of them now funded by communist American tycoon … Read more
Seth Jarvis scores 3:56 into overtime to seal win Hurricanes erase two-goal third-period deficit Failed Vegas challenge leads to crucial power play Seth Jarvis scored on a power play in overtime after Carolina erased a deficit in regulation only to gave up a late tying goal, and the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 … Read more
Trump’s plan for an ‘anti-weaponization’ fund that could issue financial settlements to people connected to the January 6 insurrection has sparked dissent in his party – key US politics stories from Thursday 4 June at a glance Senate Republicans on Thursday narrowly scuttled an attempt by Democrats to stop Donald Trump from creating a $1.8bn … Read more
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will hold a massive rally in Washington, D.C., later this month to kick off the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration. Trump said in a Truth Social post that the event would feature guest speakers and musical performances as part of what he described as a “rally to end all … Read more
Workers say they deserve a greater share of the windfall and want protection from ICE and invasive data collection Workers at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, are voting on whether to authorize a strike one week before World Cup soccer games are slated to begin in the Los Angeles area. Unite Here Local 11’s strike … Read more
Trump says he will attend NBA finals game at MSG NBA believes visit would be first for sitting president Zohran Mamdani also expected at Monday’s Game 3 Donald Trump, a longtime New York Knicks fan, said he plans to attend an NBA finals game at Madison Square Garden next week at the invitation of the … Read more
The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a sweeping security package providing new military aid to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia, delivering a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, who opposed the measure. Eighteen Republicans crossed party lines to support the Democrat-authored legislation in a vote of 226-195. California Rep. Kevin Kiley, an independent who … Read more
