DNC’s Ken Martin condemned for suppressing report for months and then admitting it ‘won’t meet your standards’ Democrats belatedly publish 2024 election autopsy Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, is facing mounting calls to resign over his shambolic handling of an autopsy report on Kamala Harris’s defeat by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Martin suppressed the document for months before finally bowing to internal pressure and releasing it on Thursday. The
Prewar US gas prices averaged about $3 a gallon nationally – kiss that number goodbye for 2026 Sorry, US drivers, but don’t expect pump prices to return to prewar levels any time soon, even if the US and Iran agree to a lasting peace deal tomorrow. As the war with Iran enters its third month, drivers have become infuriated by rising gas prices – and inflation – and Donald Trump is facing a historic backlash in the polls. The president promised recently that relief will be swift once the war ends
Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn says firms must offer more flexibility and mental health support An “anxious generation” of young people is struggling to adapt to the outdated world of work, according to the government’s jobs adviser. Alan Milburn, a former Labour health secretary, will say this week in a report that businesses must adapt by offering more flexibility and mental health support for young people to stave off an “economic catastrophe.” Continue reading...
Martin has faced criticism over the report, which was released this week.
Ex-foreign secretary urges reset at ‘higher dosage’ after officials revealed to have pitched single market for goods The UK needs a “national consensus” about rejoining the European Union, David Miliband has said, in response to revelations that the UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU to the bloc. The former foreign secretary, who is now president of the International Rescue Committee, said he thought the UK needed a reset of its relations with the EU at “
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Pastoral visit took in conversations with affected residents of polluted area around Naples seeking justice Pope Leo XIV has greeted families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, as many paused to share photographs and other mementos of children and young people who have died or are battling cancer – illnesses tied to a multi-billion criminal racket run by the mafia. Leo’s visit to the so-called Terra dei Fuochi, or Land of Fires, came on the eve of the 11th anniv
Guardian - World · Oct 8
As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggests Cuts to foreign aid budgets by the UK, France and Germany could contribute to more than 11.5 million preventable deaths by the end of the decade, according to a new report, which warns that Europe is abandoning its role as a pillar of global health and development. Three separate studies within the report reveal the extent to which the nations have slashed their foreign aid
NPR News · Oct 8
Chile digs desert trenches along its northern border as President José Antonio Kast pushes a hardline migration crackdown critics say may have little effect. (Image credit: John Bartlett)
