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There is a kind of confession that arrives dressed as a boast, the type that has become all too common under the USA’s current president Donald Trump. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice gave us yet another one. Meryl Kornfield, a Washington Post reporter, had noticed the
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In the early hours of Sunday, an Israeli strike hit an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, as Israel continues to disregard the ceasefire agreement. It killed Mohammad Abu Mallouh, his wife Alaa Zaqlan, and their six-month-old son, Osama. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir
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Iran’s army shot down a drone over the southern province of Hormozgan on Sunday, and recovered the wreckage of an Orbiter, an airframe built by the Israeli firm Aeronautics, footage of which the state broadcaster aired from Bandar Abbas. It came as Tehran and Washington reportedly edge towards a
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The sound of gunfire was reported near the White House on the evening of May 23. Secret Service agents came onto the North Lawn with weapons drawn, and the press corps was made to run for the James S. Brady briefing room. Reporters on the grounds described what sounded like
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On the night of Thursday 21 May, Stephen Colbert walked out onto the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater for the last time. After 33 years, The Late Show is finished. He did not dwell on why his show was being taken off the air, mentioning the situation with CBS
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The Government deported a man by mistake, fought every court that ordered him back, and when it finally lost, went looking for a crime. Today a federal judge has dismissed all charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and called out the abuse of power on display from the U.S. ruling
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The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has withdrawn Ambassador Riyad Mansour’s candidacy for one of the General Assembly’s twenty-one vice president posts. The withdrawal came after the Trump regime threatened to revoke the visas of the entire Palestinian delegation unless Mansour stepped aside. The Palestinian U.
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Donald Trump announced Friday that his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, had resigned, citing her husband Abraham’s diagnosis with a rare bone cancer. Trump thanked her, said she’d done an incredible job, and named her deputy Aaron Lukas acting director. According to Reuters, the illness may not
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In three weeks, four billion people will tune in to watch the largest sporting event in the world unfold across Mexico, Canada and the USA. There is a lot of talk about the safety of attendees in one of the countries, and the concern is a serious one. The USA
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Update, May 22, 2026: Since this article was published, the Palestinian delegation has withdrawn Mansour's candidacy. The delegation relayed through an Arab country that he would refrain from running for a vice president post for the next two years, and Lebanon's ambassador will run for the
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Over forty-eight hours since the Israeli regime kidnapped Dr Margaret Connolly, sister of the President of Ireland, from a boat in international waters off Cyprus. She remains in Israeli detention. The Associated Press has, since our original piece, run a wire that mentions “the sister of Irish President Catherine
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In January, Donald Trump sued the United States government for $10 billion over the 2020 leak of his tax returns, tax returns he had kept private, despite the precedent that Presidential tax returns be transparent. On Monday, the Department of Justice, who have been appointed by Trump, settled with him.