President Donald Trump’s escalating military campaign against Iran is achieving the “opposite” of its intended effect, according to a senior U.S. official cited in a New York Times report Saturday.“The official said the strikes have the opposite effect of what is intended, keeping Iran cohesive and …
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Faith leaders are calling on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately free a pair of pastors who advocates say were wrongfully detained by ICE agents in Texas on Thursday while traveling to a religious retreat.Pastor Nepthalí Zozaya Saucedo and his wife, pastor Cinthia Saraí Cardona Ote…
Elon Musk is facing fresh mockery after attacking Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes days after she pressed him on a series of contradictions during a combative interview.Musk sat down with Beddoes for an interview published Thursday that quickly turned tense. When Beddoes challenged Mus…
The State Department lashed out at Brazil Saturday after the country denied visas to two senior Trump administration officials over fears of a ploy to undermine its upcoming presidential election, The Wall Street Journal reported.Brazil’s October 4 election pits incumbent leftist President Luiz Inác…
President Donald Trump faced backlash Saturday after critics accused him of recycling a joke that had circulated online for decades during his speech Friday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.During the event, Trump joked about a text message a senator apparently received from his wife, who s…
Maine Democrats on Saturday overwhelmingly nominated Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president and logger by trade, as their party’s nominee to challenge longtime Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November’s high-stakes US Senate election.“Well, thank you, Maine,” Jackson, 58, said after sec…
President Donald Trump’s insistence that a Qatari-donated jumbo jet be ready to serve as a temporary Air Force One in time for the nation’s 250th birthday led to the omission of several key security features found on the current presidential fleet, a New York Times investigation revealed Friday.Trum…
President Donald Trump’s Forest Service chief, Tom Schultz, was exposed Saturday for having potentially lied during a congressional hearing earlier this week, a potential lie that may very well prove fatal.On Wednesday, Rep. Angie Craig (DFL-MN) pressed Schultz on whether the Department of Governmen…
A federal court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to limit the use of mail-in ballots for the upcoming midterm elections, sparking a chorus of celebration among Trump administration critics.On Saturday, The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s …
Congressional lawmakers are hitting the brakes on the Pentagon’s efforts to to quietly move forward with powering AI, per Politico.The Department of Defense is already leasing land to private companies to build data centers proposed for military bases, but the move is drawing scrutiny from members o…