Spain’s election frontrunners plan U-turn in nuclear power phase-out
The future of Spain’s nuclear power industry hinges on next month’s election, with the opposition party that now leads the polls campaigning to extend the use of the plants that…
June 2023
Saving the news from Big Tech
(Photo: Matthew Tempest) As Big Tech arose, the news declined. It’s not controversial to assume that these two facts are related, but there is no consensus on how the decline…
Audio of Trump Suggests He Discussed Classified Iran Document: Listen Now
A recording of a meeting in 2021 in which the former president described a sensitive document in front of him appears to contradict his recent assertion that the material was…
Biden and Putin Have Dueling Messages on the Mutiny in Russia
The White House concluded that it had to get ahead of any argument by Vladimir V. Putin that the uprising was serving the interests of Russia’s adversaries. Give this articleShare…
Biden Expresses Confidence on the Economy. Voters May Be Skeptical.
President Biden believes that focusing on the economy will help his campaign for a second term, despite inflation and high interest rates. Give this articleShare full article President Biden has…
Judge Denies Request to Seal Witness List in Trump Documents Case
The order by Judge Aileen Cannon means the identities of some or all of the Justice Department’s 84 potential witnesses in the case against the former president could become public.…
Conditions at Guantánamo Are Cruel and Inhuman, U.N. Investigation Finds
The report was the result of the first visit by an independent human rights investigator to the prison in its two-decade history. Give this articleShare full article A U.N. report…
Ron DeSantis Calls for ‘Deadly Force’ Against Suspected Drug Traffickers
Campaigning in a Texas border city, the Florida governor laid out a series of hard-right immigration proposals, including some that would face legal roadblocks or test the limits of presidential…
Germans elect far-right candidate for district administrator for first time
The AfD’s Robert Sesselmann was elected district administrator of Sonneberg in the federal region of Thuringia in a run-off election on Sunday, making it the first time a far-right party…
Italian FM: we are not against Russia
The clash between the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and Vladimir Putin’s generals has left many fearing the worst, but Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stated Italy…