1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (343+ words) A top economist estimated that Trump’s Iran war has already cost the average American household an extra $1,650. Houthi forces have reportedly seized the entirety of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, further solidifying the group’s control over its key waterway and sending…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (527+ words) Two federal statutes forbid paying people to vote, and the Constitution lists bribery as an impeachable offense. On Wednesday, during the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, President Donald Trump promised voters that if they deliver a GOP-controlled Congress in…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (477+ words) Diesel topped $5.90 per gallon, on average across the US, as of Monday, with regular gas above $4.15 per gallon. Diesel prices in the U.S. broke a new record high this past weekend, as the U.S. and Israel’s continued war on Iran has led…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (512+ words) Israel also reportedly swept aside an offer from Hamas days after the attack to release Israeli captives. More evidence has emerged showing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had prior knowledge of the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack but did nothing to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (461+ words) He cast doubt on the US’s responsibility for attacking the Iranian wedding party, despite mounting evidence. Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on and downplayed the U.S.’s strike on a wedding in Iran earlier this week that killed at…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (586+ words) In his apology, Lutnick awkwardly brings up his controversial history with the 9/11 attack. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was forced to apologize after falsely saying that zero U.S. servicemembers have died in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, in the latest instance of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (363+ words) The president claims that the strait is “under USA control,” but that assertion is widely disputed. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, President Donald Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself. The waterway that borders the western…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1141+ words) Southern Iran is facing a naval blockade, water stress, electricity blackouts, and disrupted livelihoods. Following weeks of relentless bombing, the U.S. military campaign against Iran’s southern regions prompted by the collapse of the June 17 memorandum of understanding continues with intermittent frequency…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (406+ words) Bomb remnants suggest the strike was carried out with a weapon once advertised as the Navy’s “most accurate” missile. The U.S. fatally bombed a wedding in southern Iran on Tuesday, killing at least four people, including children, prompting the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (187+ words) Two seemingly contradictory letters emerging from the AI industry point toward the same future. The letters seem to argue for opposite futures. One presents wider access and fewer restrictions as the route to security and prosperity. The other asks the…...