When the Bully Gets the Nuclear Button
Bullying relies on a basic calculus: find someone who threatens you, knock them down, and feel powerful in the process. It works in middle school. The question becomes far more complicated when the...
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Trump dumps the playbook: why unmasked war rhetoric is more dangerous than military doublespeak
For decades, American military leaders wrapped brutal realities in sanitized language. "Collateral damage" obscured civilian deaths. "Surgical strikes" made destruction sound precise and curative. ...
New AI tool raises alarm over digital system vulnerabilities
A cyberattack on a London pathology services company in June 2024 exposed how fragile critical infrastructure has become. The breach forced the cancellation of more than 10,000 hospital appointment...
Iran's Nuclear Gambit Hardens as Former US Envoys Warn of Shifting Power Dynamics
Former American negotiators of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord say recent military confrontations have fundamentally altered Tehran's strategic position, giving it new reasons to resist international ...
Trump appointee holds up CDC study showing vaccine protection
A CDC research report documenting significant protective benefits from Covid vaccines has stalled under review by the agency's acting director, sparking alarm among public health officials about po...
Court Orders US Must Let Deported Men See Lawyers
Four men deported to Eswatini by the United States have won a court fight to access legal representation after spending nine months locked up without in-person counsel.The men, originally from Camb...
Starmer Tells Trump: NATO Exit Would Hurt America
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushed back against Donald Trump's threats to withdraw from NATO, arguing that remaining in the alliance serves American interests.Speaking from the Gulf region,...
Epstein Survivors Blast Melania Trump for Putting Onus on Victims
A coalition of Epstein survivors has sharply rebuked the first lady for her recent call to congressional action, accusing her of dodging accountability and placing additional pressure on people who...
Seven Dead in Fireworks Warehouse Blast; Murder Charges Filed
Authorities have filed murder charges against multiple defendants in connection with a catastrophic explosion at a California fireworks warehouse that killed seven people and left two others injure...
Swalwell's California Governor Bid Crumbles as Staff Flees Over Sex Assault Claims
Eric Swalwell's Democratic campaign for California governor collapsed under the weight of sexual misconduct allegations Friday, as staffers abandoned ship and political allies rushed to distance th...
Wyoming Hunter Escapes Jail for Wolf's Death, Public Fury Continues
A Wyoming judge has sentenced a man to 18 months probation for killing a gray wolf in a case that sparked widespread condemnation over the animal's treatment.Cody Roberts, 44, struck the wolf with ...
Former NYPD Sergeant Gets Prison Time After Cooler Toss Kills Fleeing Suspect
A retired New York police sergeant will spend three to nine years in prison after a split-second decision during a 2023 incident left a man dead.Erik Duran, 38, threw a cooler filled with ice and b...
Warehouse arson suspect drew parallel to Mangione in messages to coworkers
A California warehouse worker accused of torching a massive facility worth hundreds of thousands of dollars invoked Luigi Mangione's name in communications with colleagues after the fire, authoriti...
Eric Adams Gets Albanian Passport Via Presidential Decree
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has secured citizenship and a passport from Albania through a special presidential decree, according to reports emerging Friday from the Balkan nation.The Alba...
Trump's Grip on GOP Primaries Proves Iron Even Without His Name on Ballot
Donald Trump is nowhere near a ballot this election cycle, yet Republican congressional candidates are behaving as though he's the only thing voters care about. His endorsement has become the centr...
Harris Signals Fresh 2028 White House Bid
Kamala Harris is actively weighing another presidential run, she revealed Friday at a civil rights conference in New York, keeping alive the possibility of a comeback after her 2024 loss.Speaking t...
Every Democrat Is Now a 'Fighter': Party's New Universal Brand
The word "fighter" has become the Democratic Party's lingua franca in 2024. From progressive upstarts to establishment moderates, nearly every candidate running in party primaries is adopting the l...
Vance heads to Pakistan for nuclear showdown with Iran as Trump watches from sidelines
Vice President JD Vance boarded a flight Friday bound for Islamabad to lead the most consequential diplomatic mission of his political career: negotiating an end to the nuclear standoff with Iran a...
California coffee chain reverses course on Pride flag removal after customer revolt
Philz Coffee, a San Francisco-based chain with outlets throughout California, is scrambling to contain damage after announcing plans to strip Pride flags from its stores, drawing swift backlash fro...
Melania breaks silence on Epstein as Trump faces mounting pressure
Melania Trump took an unexpected turn at the White House on Thursday, publicly denying any connection to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The first lady's statement reasserted that she "never...
Epstein Survivors Reject First Lady's Call for Public Hearings
More than a dozen survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse have pushed back sharply against Melania Trump's recent statement urging Congress to hold public hearings featuring victims of the deceased fi...
Death Row Inmate Freed After Nearly 50 Years: Court Overturns Sentence for Man Never Executed
A Texas appeals court has vacated the death sentence of Clarence Curtis Jordan, a 70-year-old man with intellectual disabilities who spent nearly five decades on death row without legal representat...
Canadian Mom Describes Horror of ICE Detention with Young Daughter
A Canadian mother who spent nearly three weeks in ICE custody alongside her seven-year-old daughter is speaking out about the conditions families endure in U.S. immigration detention facilities. Ta...
Trump holds NATO hostage without leaving the door
President Trump cannot unilaterally pull America out of NATO. A 2023 law requiring congressional approval blocks that exit. But experts warn he has already weaponized his power to cripple the allia...
Pakistan braces for US-Iran talks as Trump blasts Tehran over oil corridor
Pakistan deployed military forces in Islamabad on Thursday as the country prepared to host direct negotiations between American and Iranian officials, even as the fragile ceasefire between the two ...
Silicon Valley's Grand AI Plans Hit Washington Reality
Artificial intelligence executives are pitching sweeping policy overhauls to shape how their technology gets regulated, but they may be vastly overestimating Washington's appetite for fundamental c...
Oil War Could Shatter the Global Energy Market
A conflict centered on Middle Eastern oil supplies threatens to permanently remake how the world's energy markets function, potentially upending decades of relative stability in a system worth tril...
Inside the Pentagon's spiritual war room: how Christian theology shaped the Iran strike
A monthlong series of Christian worship services at the Department of Defense has become a window into the religious worldview driving military decisions under Pete Hegseth's leadership as defense ...
Epstein survivors push back against Melania Trump's sudden denial
Melania Trump's unexpected statement distancing herself from Jeffrey Epstein has drawn sharp criticism from survivors of the late financier's crimes, who say it amounts to deflection rather than ac...
Western silence on Gaza paved the way for wider Middle East conflict
The U.S. president this week invoked genocide language toward Iran as Israeli forces continued bombing Lebanon, killing over 200 people in a single day. The escalation reveals the consequences of h...
Stone's behind-the-scenes plea saves Gabbard from Trump's firing plans
Roger Stone, the longtime Trump confidant, stepped in last week to persuade the president against firing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to sources with knowledge of inte...
Israel's Lebanon strikes threaten to detonate fragile US-Iran truce
Pakistan's prime minister announced a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran late Tuesday, explicitly stating the truce covered "everywhere including Lebanon." Within hours, Israel rejected th...
Democrats quietly shelve Trump impeachment push for now
Democratic lawmakers are facing a familiar bind: their base demands aggressive action against Trump, but the math on Capitol Hill makes such efforts futile. Even party members who have publicly cal...
Democrats block attempt to censure pro-Israel lobby group
The Democratic National Committee's resolutions committee rejected a proposal Thursday that would have condemned the influence of Aipac, the major pro-Israel advocacy organization, in Democratic po...
Judge Orders Pentagon to Comply with Press Access Ruling
A federal judge has found the Pentagon in violation of his own order, forcing the military's leadership to restore press credentials and reverse restrictions on journalist access that were implemen...
Trump shares brutal video of Florida killing to refocus immigration debate
Donald Trump posted a graphic surveillance video on Truth Social showing a woman's fatal beating in Fort Myers, Florida, attributing the attack to a Haitian immigrant and reigniting his focus on im...
California Charges 21 in Massive $267M Hospice Scam Using Stolen Identities
Prosecutors in California have charged 21 people with felonies in connection with what authorities describe as an elaborate hospice fraud operation that drained nearly a quarter-billion dollars fro...
Melania's Epstein denial leaves even Trump allies scrambling
Melania Trump's unexpected statement denying any connection to Jeffrey Epstein has left political observers, including sympathetic media figures, struggling to understand why the first lady felt co...
Kilauea explodes: Hawaii's volcano sends lava 200 meters skyward
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park shuttered its gates Thursday as Kilauea, one of Earth's most relentless volcanic systems, roared back to life on the Big Island.The eruption began after 11 a.m. local...
Melania breaks silence on Epstein: 'Never had a relationship'
Melania Trump took to a podium Thursday to publicly deny any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, marking an unusual moment for the first lady to address speculation about her p...
Guggenheim taps Smithsonian director Chiu for top job
Melissa Chiu, who has steered the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for over a decade, is departing the Smithsonian Institution to become director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.Chiu, 54,...
2028 hopefuls make their pitch at Sharpton's New York gathering
The Democratic party's most ambitious figures showed up in New York this week to talk midterms, but everyone in the room understood the real conversation: who runs in 2028.Illinois Governor JB Prit...
Melania breaks silence on Epstein, reviving Trump's toughest liability
Melania Trump made an unexpected public statement Thursday addressing the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, a move that thrust one of her husband's most damaging political vulnerabilities back into the spot...
Shot by ICE, Man Denies Gang Ties and Challenges Officers' Actions
A 36-year-old California man wounded during a traffic stop by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is disputing the agency's characterization of him as a gang member and contending that offic...
EPA moves to loosen coal ash dumping safeguards
The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a proposal Thursday to weaken federal protections against toxic coal ash disposal, reversing course from stricter standards put in place during the Bide...
Melania breaks silence: 'I'm not Epstein's victim'
First lady Melania Trump took the unusual step of directly addressing conspiracy theories linking her to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, flatly denying any friendship with the convicted sex offender o...
Melania Trump Denies Any Ties to Epstein
First Lady Melania Trump publicly stated Thursday that she maintained no personal relationship with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, pushing back against unspe...
Netanyahu Opens Door to Lebanon Talks, But Airstrikes Show No Signs of Stopping
Benjamin Netanyahu called for negotiations with Lebanon on Wednesday, appearing to shift slightly after a devastating bombing campaign that killed more than 200 people and drew international critic...