President Trump is defending America’s tentative deal with Iran, claiming that the U.S. is not “investing any money.”
Trump told reporters at the G7 summit in France Tuesday morning that unlike with 2015 JCPOA agreement with Iran, the U.S. was not transferring cash to Iran, ignoring the fact that reports of the still-unpublished deal include Iranian access to $300 billion in reconstruction funds…
Let’s acknowledge this up front: It’s good to see that Senate Republicans have—for the time being, anyway—forced Donald Trump to back off plans for a $1.8 billion slush fund for allies and insurrectionists. Trump suspended the idea after Republicans made it clear that they won’t pass funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement without legislative language starkly limiting the fund or…
When the dead body of Timmy the humpback whale beached itself last week off the shores of the Danish island of Anholt, it was only a matter of time before Timmy would risk of the fate that befalls many a beached whale:
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The residents of Anholt, per the BBC, have watched Timmy slowly balloon in size as its guts and stomach begin to…
Minnesota State Senator John Marty was furious with the nonprofit National Council on Problem Gambling, so much so that he couldn’t wait until morning to fire off an angry email. “I am deeply disappointed to see this!” he wrote to an NCPG staffer one night in April 2025, after a Senate colleague shared the draft of an op-ed by Keith Whyte, NCPG’s longtime executive director and one of America’s…
Republicans are now trying to get $1 billion in taxpayer funding for President Trump’s ballroom.
Senator Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, included a request for the funds in a reconciliation package released Monday night. The $1 billion would go to the Secret Service for “security adjustments and upgrades” related to the ballroom’s construction. An additional $30.7…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro meets in Caracas today with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez , their first encounter since the US deposed Rodríguez’s former boss, Nicolás Maduro , and effectively installed Rodríguez as a viceroy. Petro, a left-winger who has clashed repeatedly with US President **Donald…
Over the weekend, the _New York Times_ published a fairly explosive investigation into the birth of the Supreme Court’s modern shadow docket. Traditionally used for procedural decision-making, the shadow docket has, over the last several years, acted as a back door for SCOTUS to make key policy decisions more or less on the fly—or at least without spending months or years considering briefs and…
Donald Trump is not happy as a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is on the verge of collapsing.
On Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, Trump expressed frustration that “Numerous Agreements, Lists, and Letters are being sent out by people that have absolutely nothing to do with the U.S.A. / Iran Negotiation, in many cases, they are total Fraudsters, Charlatans, and WORSE.”
“There is only one…
U.S. forces have blown through more than 850 Tomahawk missiles in the ongoing war in Iran, according to a new report by _The Washington Post_. The usage rate has led some Pentagon officials to raise concerns about America’s capabilities in the Middle East and future conflicts.
Trump’s Iran war has dragged on for four weeks, and the military is firing an average of 16 Tomahawks a day. One…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday declared Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan as ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February after his “stellar display with the bat” at the recent T20 World Cup.
In a press release, the global cricket body said, “Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan has grabbed the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2026 owing to a stunning ICC Men’s T20 World…
The past decade saw the Left fail to make major policy gains despite massive protest waves. Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics explains why. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images)
Review of _Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization Without…
Republicans in Congress want the Department of Justice to bring criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a White House aide in Donald Trump’s first administration who testified against the president during congressional hearings about the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.
CNN reports that Representative Barry Loudermilk referred Hutchinson to the DOJ just days ago, accusing her of lying…
The Punjab home department submitted a report to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday stating that 17 people died during the recent Basant festival in Lahore.
The three-day Basant festival was held in Lahore from February 6-8, following the Punjab government’s decision to lift a ban on the historic event after 18 years, with strict regulations.
However, despite the government’s emphasis on…
The civil-rights watchdog office charged with inspecting ICE detention facilities and investigating officers’ use of force has been…