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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the European Parliament podium in Strasbourg as MEPs applaud

What Did Canada’s Mark Carney Ask Europe For in His Free-World Speech to the European Parliament?

Mark Carney walked into the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday to a far-right…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 17

Rows of empty curved delegate desks beneath the colorful stalactite ceiling of the UN Human Rights Council chamber in Geneva

Investigators from the UN Say the U.S. Aimed at the Iranian School Where 120 Children Died

A United Nations (UN) fact-finding mission reported on Thursday that it has reasonable grounds…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 17

Illustration of a gray U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry radar plane on a desert air base apron with its rear fuselage and tail torn apart, debris and a burned truck nearby

$3.7 Billion in Losses: New Photos Show Iranian Strikes Wrecked U.S. Bases Across the Gulf

Troops' photos show a wrecked E-3 and gutted barracks. The Pentagon IG already put…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 17

A large data center campus lit at blue hour with high-voltage transmission towers and an electrical substation, with modest single-family homes in the foreground

The House Voted 417 to 3 to Make Data Centers Pay for Their Own Power, and the Bill Requires Nobody to Pay Anything

The House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act on Wednesday by a margin of 417…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 17

Karl Rove, in a charcoal suit and green tie, gestures while speaking in a wood-paneled Austin dining room, with seated lunch guests around him and the Texas State Capitol dome through the window

Karl Rove Is Voting for a Texas Democrat Because the GOP Nominee Called Asian UT Students a ‘Problem’

Karl Rove will vote for a Democrat in November, only the second of his…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 17

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh at a lectern in front of a navy curtain and American flag, with a lit gas station at dusk blended into the background

Trump’s Handpicked Fed Chair Delivered a Rate Hike, Not the Cut He Was Hired For

The Fed raised rates for the first time since 2023 over Trump's objections. The…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 16

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in front of the European Parliament rostrum in Strasbourg as lawmakers applaud

EU Invites Canada to Become Its First Associate Member – Trump Calls it a ‘Hostile Act’

Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the Union address in Strasbourg on…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 16

Cooling towers releasing steam plumes lit amber by a low sun behind a lattice of high-voltage transmission lines

The EPA’s $310 Billion Repeal Is the Visible Half, Not the Half That Decides Power Plant Carbon

Lee Zeldin signed two things on Monday at a G20 energy summit in Houston,…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 16

Representative Thomas Massie, grey-bearded in an olive tweed jacket and dark red tie, speaks into a microphone at the wooden House of Representatives lectern while holding papers

After a Republican Read Eight Impeachment Articles Aloud, the House Must Vote on Hegseth by Thursday

Thomas Massie read eight articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth on the House floor,…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 15

Mark Carney gestures toward a quadcopter and a fixed-wing drone on a display table as Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on, with Canadian and Ukrainian flags behind them

Canada’s Carney Pledges Millions of Drones With a Third for Ukraine, a Plan Funded So Far at $50 Million

Prime Minister Mark Carney stood next to Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Calgary last Thursday and…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 15

Donald Trump Jr. in a navy blazer holding a champagne flute on a wooden island dock at dusk, with fireworks bursting over a lit villa and palm trees behind him

A Putin Ally Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Celebrations. The Money Came Through a Gazprom-Funded Boxing Group.

“It was an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend.” Bettina Trump, on Instagram,…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 15

The Senate wing of the US Capitol and the lit dome at blue hour, storm clouds overhead, a strip of sunset on the horizon and lights reflected on wet pavement

Nate Silver’s Forecast Now Makes Democrats Favorites to Win the Senate. Five Toss-Ups Decide Whether It Holds.

Nate Silver's model puts Democrats at 58.6% to win the Senate. Treat the five…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 15

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An empty phone-booth-sized steel mesh enclosure with a keypad-locked door standing on artificial turf beneath a tent canopy, with razor-wire-topped chain-link fencing and white detention tents behind it

DHS Watchdog Confirms Alligator Alcatraz Held 79 Detainees in Phone-Booth-Sized Metal Cages

Stacks of ballot return envelopes in gray postal sorting trays moving along a conveyor inside a United States Postal Service processing facility

The Supreme Court Left Trump’s Mail Ballot Rule Blocked Through the November Midterms

Rows of empty workstations with dark monitors in an emergency operations center, a wall screen showing a satellite image of a swirling storm

The FEMA Ruling Is a Win on the Law, Not a Rescue for Hurricane Season

A roadside gas station price sign glowing at dusk beside red and blue campaign yard signs on an empty two-lane highway through flat plains

As Trump’s Approval Hits 32%, Democrats Lead Senate Polls in Texas and Alaska

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After Winning an Emmy for Mocking Trump, South Park Is Renaming Itself South America

Aerial view of an idle oil pumping station and above-ground pipeline in the desert at dusk, with smoke rising from scorched ground as workers inspect the line

Saudi Arabia Shut Its Hormuz Bypass Pipeline After Drones From Iraq, and Oil Is Climbing Again

A white V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza sits half-submerged in dark lake water at night, lit by a rescue boat spotlight, with red and blue emergency lights reflecting on the water from the wooded shoreline

Wisconsin Governor Candidate Tom Tiffany Swam Out of a Sinking Plane on Lake Wausau

A laden crude oil tanker transits a narrow sea strait at sunset between arid brown headlands, with a small rocky island silhouetted at the channel mouth

Iran-Backed Houthis Seize Yemen’s Entire Red Sea Coast in an Eight-Day Sweep

Empty workplace break room before dawn with a wall-mounted time clock and a rack of blank timecards beside an unoccupied table and chair

170,000 Salvadorans Keep Their Status Because a 1990 Law Fired When DHS Said Nothing

Aerial view at sunset of a crude oil tanker transiting a narrow sea strait beside a rocky volcanic island, arid coastline on both sides and a column of smoke on the horizon

The Pipeline Saudi Arabia Built to Escape Hormuz Now Ends at a Houthi Checkpoint

A woman with a suitcase stands at a floor to ceiling airport gate window watching a parked jet at sunrise, with a security checkpoint visible in the background

TSA’s New Gate Passes Are a PreCheck Perk, Not the Return of Pre-9/11 Airport Access

An open cardboard archive box of yellowed documents and a worn firefighter helmet on a steel table in a dim municipal records storage room

The 9/11 Air Records Are Out. The Program That Treats the People Who Breathed It Is Down to 85 Staff.

An elderly man in a dark pinstripe suit and red tie stands alone holding a brown leather briefcase in an empty federal courthouse corridor, an American flag blurred behind him

Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Prosecutor Promised Charges in 30 Days, Not a Resignation Letter

Donald Trump pointing while speaking at a lectern in front of a packed arena crowd lit in blue and red stage light

Trump Is Promising $5,000 Checks Funded by Tariffs the Supreme Court Struck Down in February

Rows of empty delegate desks in a tiered assembly chamber, with a small group of officials talking beside a line of national flags and a city skyline through tall windows

The IAEA Referred Iran to a Security Council That Reimposed Every Sanction a Year Ago

The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City at dusk, its limestone dome and columned portico lit from within on the bluff above the Missouri River.

Missouri’s Map Fell to 300,000 Signatures, a Veto the Elections Clause Could Not Reach

Empty semicircular plenary chamber of a German state parliament, rows of blue seats and pale wooden desks facing a raised presidium bench beneath chandeliers and tall arched windows

Blocking the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt Now Takes All Five Remaining Parties

Empty long-term care facility hallway at dawn with an unoccupied wheelchair against the handrail and grey light from a window at the end of the corridor

13,000 Nursing Assistants Lost Their Work Permits in July. There Is No Visa Category That Can Replace Them.