Author: nick

[ad_1] As the weather heats up, we’re asking readers to heat up donations to our Summer Fund Drive to back the oldest and most trusted independent news site. New York City, 1943. (Roger Smith/Library of Congress/Public Domain) Consortium News has been a hot source of information ever since its founding in 1995 by Robert Parry, the hottest investigative reporter of his day. He began by breaking the biggest Iran-Contra stories for the Associated Press. Bob started CN 31 years ago when his stories were too hot for his editors to handle. Since then, Consortium News has been in the forefront…

Read More

[ad_1] Professor Robert Pape joins the show for the first time. Prof Robert Pape is a leading global expert on military strategy, international security, and geopolitical conflict. A Professor at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, he has spent over 40 years analyzing how bombing campaigns, air power, and foreign interventions shape international relations. Patrick Henningsen of 21st Century Wire also comes on to discuss the latest developments regarding Iran’s surge to global prominence and the massive $300 billion dollar defeat facing the Trump administration and US empire. Host Danny Haiphong discusses these latest developments with…

Read More

[ad_1] The implications of U.N. inquiry into the Israeli military’s deliberate targeting of children reach far beyond Gaza. They raise fundamental questions about the future of international law itself. Mural on one of the bombed buildings on Al Thawra Street in Gaza. (Hla.bashbash /Wikimedia Commons /CC BY 4.0) By Vijay PrashadZ Network The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel has released one of the most devastating reports ever produced by a U.N. investigative body on the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Its title is almost unbearable to read: “The Essence of Childhood…

Read More

[ad_1] Indirect negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, facilitated by Qatari mediators in Doha, were reported to have started Tuesday night and continued on Wednesday, the 14th day of a 60-day negotiation period to end the Iran War. President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning told reporters that the U.S. and Iran are “getting along very well,” saying that Iran has “come a long way.” Trump also said “the denuclearization of ​Iran is moving along well.” The memorandum of understanding signed by Trump and Iran’s president last month had alluded to Iran’s “nuclear needs” and created a framework for the two…

Read More

[ad_1] On Monday, President Donald Trump renewed his threats to the oil and gas industry, telling gasoline retailers they “must get their Prices down, IMMEDIATELY!” to around $2.50 per gallon. The president first threatened the “big Oil Companies” last Wednesday, when he ordered the Justice Department to investigate whether they were engaged in price gouging.  It’s unclear how the president arrived at his asking price. When he first railed against higher prices last week, he estimated that gas prices should be “$2.25 right now at the pump,” an unrealistic expectation based on the market data. (The average price for regular…

Read More

[ad_1] I am happy to pass along this impressive volume from my friends at the Civitas Institute: The contributors have strived to evaluate the Declaration in its entirety, a document whose excellence serves as the foundation of American political life. We also recognize that the legacy and principles of the Declaration are being questioned in this, the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary year. What the reader should understand is that the authors featured in this volume are not in doubt about the principles of the Declaration and their meaning for American citizens and politics. With essays on the Declaration’s teachings on natural rights,…

Read More

[ad_1] On Tuesday, AI company Anthropic announced that the U.S. government had lifted export controls on its newest models, following a more than two-week suspension prompted by cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic said that Claude Fable 5 would be available to consumers worldwide starting on Wednesday, although use of the more capable Claude Mythos 5 will remain limited to certain approved organizations. Access to both models had been blocked since June 12, when the Trump Administration imposed restrictions on their use by foreign nationals. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox The White House was concerned that Anthropic’s safeguards…

Read More