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5+ hour, 36+ min ago   (103+ words) Aaron Blake: “President Donald Trump has dropped another clunker in the laps of his fellow Republicans in the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections.” “His new trade war with Canada and his related move to change the name of Lake Ontario…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (81+ words) “The powerful Teamsters union is backing Republican candidates in the 2026 election cycle even after members have voted to support their Democrat opponents,” The Guardian reports. “The 1.3 million-strong union’s president, Sean O’Brien, angered many members and union leaders in 2024 when he…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (91+ words) “Iranian hackers have targeted not only U.S. water systems but also America’s telecommunications, energy and other infrastructure in recent weeks,” NBC News reports. “The attempted cyberattacks have focused on automated systems connected to the internet and so far have not…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (129+ words) “Donald Trump returned to the White House promising to get the United States’ financial house in order by slashing the scope of the federal government, ending costly ‘forever wars’ and spurring economic growth to tame spiraling deficits,” Reuters reports. “Instead,…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (118+ words) “Chevron plans to significantly expand its operations in Venezuela, the U.S. oil giant said on Wednesday, taking yet another step to broaden the U.S. sphere of influence in the South American country,” the New York Times reports. “The Houston-based company,…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (112+ words) “Top aides to President Donald Trump are pushing to keep the Iran war from escalating before November’s midterm elections to staunch Republican electoral losses, a strategy that is already under strain ​as the United States and Iran resume their back-and-forth…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (88+ words) “As President Donald Trump’s war with Iran drags on, a growing number of House Republicans are sounding the alarm about top-level turnover at the Pentagon — with some of the GOP’s most prominent national security voices openly criticizing the recent departures,…...

15+ min ago   (145+ words) Paul Krugman warns that while the U.S. economy has survived Trump’s relentless "chaos," cascading trade conflicts and military shocks mean it is running on borrowed time....

13+ hour, 16+ min ago   (969+ words) Donald Trump this month announced plans to rescind a landmark rule that has protected old-growth forests in the US for 25 years. If finalized, the rollback is expected to benefit the companies that Tom Schultz, chief of the US Forest Service,…...

56+ min ago   (44+ words) A new University of Massachusetts-Amherst opinion poll, conducted August 21-26, finds profound American disillusionment with President Donald Trump, with his Iran War, and with its economic fallout in their lives.Apparently the Ellison family’s attempt to drum up support for Donald…...