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The United States ruling class’s calculated and unempathetic stance on almost every policy is going to eventually be its downfall. The rulers are now demanding access to Africa’s critical minerals in exchange for medical care. The U.S. has already negotiated 28 international health agreements, most of them with African countries. Washington is refusing to disclose their full terms, triggering a widespread backlash, the Washington Post reported on Monday, according to a report by RT.  These deals are part of an “America First” overhaul of foreign health assistance, led by the State Department following the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development last year.…

Nate Morris, a candidate in the Kentucky Republican Senate primary to succeed the retiring Mitch McConnell, discusses being endorsed by Elon Musk and supporting President Trump on “Fox News Sunday.”NATE MORRIS, KENTUCKY SENATE GOP PRIMARY CANDIDATE: Before we get started, I just want to say, you know, it’s an absolute disgrace Ro Khanna this morning criticizing the president and all the success that we’re having in Iran. You know, I’m so tired of the liberal media downplaying what we’re accomplishing. This president brings peace to the Middle East. AISHA HASNIE, FOX NEWS: OK. Well, you have aligned yourself with the…

From the Standing Order in civil cases issued by Judge Ana Reyes (D.D.C.) The Court is mindful of the raging debate spaces between sentences engenders. See James Hamblin, The Scientific Case for Two Spaces After a Period, The Atlantic (May 11, 2018). Team Two Spaces champions improved readability and processing speed. See Rebecca L. Johnson, et al., Are two spaces better than one? The effect of spacing following periods and commas during reading, 80:6 Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1504–11 (2018). Team One Space questions the science and notes that two space use is the monospaced font relic of a bygone…

Mark Curtis reveals that Britain’s Ministry of Defence prepared for war with Russia after expanding NATO – 26 years before Moscow invaded Ukraine. Ministry of Defence, London, 2003. (Wikimedia, Creative Commons) By Mark CurtisDeclassified UK Formerly secret U.K. documents show that Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew that expanding NATO to admit new members could lead to war with Russia. U.K. Defence Intelligence prepared a NATO enlargement study in 1996 that produced scenarios in which war with Russia was envisaged after countries in central and eastern Europe joined NATO.  These declassified government files, available at the National Archives, challenge the notion that NATO’s…

President Donald Trump says that Iran must agree to halt its nuclear enrichment program for 20 years to end the war. The position is a climb-down from Trump’s prior demand that Tehran permanently end its enrichment program.  A US official told Axios that during talks in Pakistan, the US proposed a deal where Iran agreed to freeze its nuclear enrichment program. Sources explained to the outlet that Iranian mediators countered by halting their enrichment program for less than ten years.  Multiple Middle Eastern countries are attempting to mediate a resolution on this issue. It appears that both Washington and Tehran…

Cover art for the book Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century by Carl Jensen Fifty years ago, Carl Jensen founded Project Censored because he knew that journalism was the lifeblood of democracy. He argued that the news media, despite its increasingly corporate and commercial nature, can have a positive influence on the world, especially when it operates ethically and independently in the public interest. He encouraged journalism programs at colleges across the country to turn out “more muckrakers and fewer buck-takers.” Jensen championed the independent reporting of his contemporaries in his work with Project Censored, earning him accolades from…

A two-week ceasefire in the Iran War entered its sixth day Monday as President Donald Trump moved to impose a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after weekend peace talks in Islamabad failed to produce an agreement. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the blockade would take effect at 10 AM Eastern Time, covering the entirety of Iran’s coastline including ports and oil terminals. The order applies to vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports, regardless of their origin. China on Monday morning called for unobstructed navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo…

A PAC backing incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., portrayed leading challenger Rep. Seth Moulton as supportive of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland,” an ad from the Commonwealth Together PAC says. “He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and then killed citizens in broad daylight.” The ad includes a 2025 TV news clip captioned “ICE agents violently detain Worcester mom & daughter.” The footage came from NBC10 Boston’s coverage of a May 2025 incident in which ICE arrested a Brazilian woman and police arrested her teenage daughter. We…

From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) today in John “Farshid Do” v. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Plaintiff is a naturalized citizen who has resided in the United States for over four decades since fleeing Iran. He, along with his family, was allegedly targeted by the Islamic Republic of Iran because of his father’s role as a high-ranking official in the previous regime. He brings this action [under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act] against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Ministry of Intelligence and Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran (MOIS), and officials and agents of both groups, alleging…

Viktor Orban, the European Union’s only autocrat, has fallen. Source link