Democrats Oppose Rule Change Allowing Crypto and Private Equity Investments in Pension Funds

Democratic lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to scrap a proposal making it easier for 401(k)s and other retirement plans to offer investments in cryptocurrency, private equity and ...

Pam Bondi Testified Todd Blanche “Was in Charge” of “Entire Release” of Epstein Files

The House Oversight Committee has released a transcript of Pam Bondi’s testimony from a closed-door interview with lawmakers last month, revealing that the former attorney general sought to lay ...

White House Announces $700 Million in Federal Funds for Coal Industry

The White House has announced funding for construction of what would be the first new U.S. coal plants in 13 years. On ...
Opinion

Hasan Piker on Being Banned from U.K., Traveling to Cuba & Supporting Candidates Critical of Israel

The British government earlier this week barred left-wing political commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the U.K. ahead of several speaking events. The Home Office said it was ...

Residents of Monterey Park, California, Vote to Ban Data Centers

In California, voters in the city of Monterey Park have approved a measure that permanently bans the construction of new data centers, defeating a proposal to build a massive new artificial ...

Trump Administration Scraps Ocean Sensors That Track Climate Change and Predict Storms

The Trump administration has begun dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of ocean floor sensors that ...

Peruvians March Against Keiko Fujimori Ahead of Presidential Vote, Warning of Return to Dictatorship

In Peru, voters head to the polls for a presidential election Sunday that pits a leftist lawmaker against the daughter of a former dictator. Keiko Fujimori is the daughter of Peru’s late ruler Alberto ...

Colorado Appeals Court Reverses Homicide Convictions of Paramedics in Elijah McClain’s Death

A Colorado appeals court has reversed the homicide convictions of two paramedics in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man. McClain had been walking home from a convenience ...

Marjane Satrapi, Author of Comic Memoir “Persepolis” About Life in Iran, Dies at 56

The French Iranian artist, filmmaker and graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi has died at the age of 56. In a statement, her relatives said she had “died of sadness” after the passing of her husband, ...

WFP Warns Strait of Hormuz Closure Has Pushed Millions More into Hunger

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says there will be no peace in the region until Israeli forces withdraw from Lebanon, and has reaffirmed its support for Hezbollah. This comes as the World ...

Israeli Strike on Gaza Leaves Family of Five Burned Alive in Their Home

In the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports a Palestinian family of five was burned alive as they slept in their beds when Israel ...

Hezbollah Rejects Extension of U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire Between Israel and Lebanon

Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed at least six people so far today, despite the announcement of an extension of the ...