President Donald Trump’s new Iran framework is drawing warnings from nuclear experts who say the deal could leave Tehran too much control over its uranium stockpile unless inspectors first locate, secure and verify the material. The concern centers on language in the reported U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) saying the two sides will resolve the fate of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile through a still-to-be-negotiated process. The MOU identifies on-site "downblending," which means di
The dramatic tilt to the left on the broadcast networks starts with their relentless loathing of President Donald Trump . It was obvious in their lying prostrate at former President Barack Obama's feet from the moment he announced his first campaign for president on Feb. 10, 2007. They didn’t sound like reporters. They sounded like paid butlers and maids. All that fervor returned this week at the dedication and opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. There was no controversy over wh
For years, Richmond, Calif., has served as a testing ground in the debate over whether democratic socialist policies can be successful in the U.S. Much of the city's politics have been shaped by the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA), a powerful progressive coalition whose members and allies have championed policies associated with the democratic socialist movement. Supporters say Richmond is demonstrating how ordinary citizens can challenge corporate influence and build a more community-focuse
Colombians will choose on Sunday between two men whose lives have been very differently shaped by the militias, and whose visions for the country are poles apart Whoever wins Sunday’s presidential runoff vote in Colombia, the country’s next leader will have a personal history intertwined with one of the criminal forces at the heart of a decades-long armed conflict that claimed nearly half a million lives. The lives of Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella have, in very different ways, been sh
President Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million investment and a coating of "American flag blue." (Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein)
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Figures including Jared Kushner and Scott Bessent named in directory of Dialog participants that was exposed online A website leak has exposed participants in the secretive, Peter Thiel-founded Dialog retreats which includes top politicians from across the American divide, officials from foreign countries, other titans of the tech industry world and prominent media figures. The annual Dialog retreats, which have been compared to other quasi-secret elite conferences like the Bilderberg Group and
Fox News · Oct 8
Every few years, we get a truly great hot mic moment in Major League Baseball . A lot of things have to line up perfectly. The broadcast has to be in the right place, at the right time. The stadium can't be going insane. The microphones have to be positioned perfectly. The manager who is presumably getting tossed, and the umpire who presumably tossed him, have to both be willing to play ball and give the people a show. See? A lot of factors go into a perfect hot mic moment. It's why we so rarely
NBC News · Oct 8
Smoke rises from the town of Shweikin and the Ali al-Tahir hill area in the Nabatieh Governorate of southern Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes on June 20.
ABC News · Oct 8
Two freight trains collided on a railway bridge in Germany overnight
