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CNN screenshot. A hate crime had struck close to home. On the TV screen, more than four dozen police cars, blue lights swirling in a cold, mechanical rhythm. The news ticker crawled across the bottom of the TV screen, sanitizing horror into a newsbreak: police responding to an “incident” in San Diego’s Clairemont Mesa neighborhood. An incident. I didn’t think much of it at first. Then my phone rang. A friend. I couldn’t bring myself to answer. Moments later, a text came through, cryptic, short, and to the point: “Check on the Imam, shooting at the Islamic Center.” The world…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that any renewed U.S.-Israel attack would trigger an Iranian response that would “extend beyond the region…in places you cannot even imagine,” as negotiations to end the war and re-open the Strait of Hormuz remained deadlocked.  At the White House on Tuesday, Vice President J.D. Vance said that “a lot of progress” has been made toward a deal with Iran. On the possibility that a deal cannot be reached, Vance said that “there’s an option B, and the option B is that we could restart the military campaign,” adding “but that’s not what the president wants,…

California’s ruling class turned decline into a business model, and Spencer Pratt’s insurgent campaign is finally speaking to voters in the only language the regime can’t ignore. Source link

If the main agenda was to reinforce the personal connection between the two leaders, to keep U.S.-China tensions under check and to choreograph a stable pathway forward, the visit seems to have served its purpose, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar. Donald Trump with Xi Jinping at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14. (White House Daniel Torok) By M.K. BhadrakumarIndian Punchline Narratives in international diplomacy are best formed through an organic process as the variables in any given situation get played out in the fulness of time and a “new normal” accrues as critical mass. Or else, they risk being false…

Sure, he’s not perfect, but on libraries, childcare and potholes, he’s getting the job done. Why can’t more politicians give a damn? Source link

The operation to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January was as successful as it could have been. U.S. operatives seized Maduro from his palace without losing a single man, and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has been completely compliant with U.S. demands since then. Earlier this week, she handed over former Industry Minister Alex Saab to face trial in the U.S. for financial crimes. U.S. President Donald Trump said publicly that he was expecting the same thing to happen when he attacked Iran alongside Israel, which assassinated Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in February. “What we did in Venezuela,…

Some boats of Global Sumud Flotilla at dock in Augusta, Sicily, Italy, April 2026. (Ann Wright) Samidoun called the sanctions — which freeze any of the targets’ U.S. assets and ban Americans from doing business with them — “the latest manifestation of the ongoing U.S. genocidal war on the Palestinian people” and pointed to Israel’s ongoing violent interception and seizure of GSF vessels on the high seas off the coast of Gaza. The organisers of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza say Israeli forces raided 41 of their boats in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, while 10 vessels continue to sail…

Photo by ダモ リ A recent report by energy think tank Ember put forward a spot of good news: renewables surpassed one-third of global electricity generation in 2025, surpassing coal power for the first time in a century. Combined, low-carbon sources (renewables, nuclear) grew faster than demand, resulting in a small fall in fossil fuel generation. Solar alone met 75 percent of the increase in global electricity demand. This was before the war in Iran, which would certainly seem to accelerate the transition. Of course, the Trump administration, through the Department of Defense, is holding back approval for about 165 onshore…

The surest sign that a MAGA leader knows they screwed up? When they try to pass off the stupid thing they said as a “joke.” But the right-wing podcaster Eric Metaxas was not joking at Sunday’s Rededicate 250 event on the National Mall when he said, “It’s hard to believe that it would take two centuries for the Lord to raise up a great man to bring that ballroom finally to stand where it needs to stand. It’s extraordinary.” Read Full Article ⟶ Source link

Today’s guest is Johan Norberg, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of Peak Human: What We Can Learn From the Rise and Fall of Golden Ages. He talks with Nick Gillespie about the historical patterns behind flourishing civilizations, from the Roman Republic to modern America. Norberg argues that societies thrive when they remain open to trade, immigration, experimentation, and new ideas, but begin to decay when fear and nostalgia push them toward protectionism, centralization, and tribal politics. They also discuss the resurgence of populism in the United States and Europe, why tariffs and anti-globalization politics keep…