President Donald Trump's allies have questioned the integrity of the Brazilian election. But if Trump were to intervene, it would threaten a fragile trade detente between the two countries.
During a Democratic Party POTUS debate on 27 June 2019, Kamala Harris (D-CA) tagged former VPOTUS Joe Biden (D-DE) for his abysmal 1970s record on racial desegregation. The attack came after Biden came under harsh criticism for boasting about his ability to form personal relationships with race-baiting former Senators James Eastland (D-MS) and Herman Talmadge (D-GA). "It was hurtful," Harris said, to hear Biden speak of his bonds with those racist senators. Senator Harris then related the story of a little girl who was in an early wave of children to integrate schools in California, ending the anecdote with these words: "That little girl was me." To better understand the bigoted white Catholic milieu that Joe Biden grew up with in Scranton, PA (before his family moved to Claymont, DE in 1953), watch That Championship Season (1982) starring Robert Mitchum, Stacy Keach, Bruce Dern, Martin Sheen, and Paul Sorvino (71% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes).
During the Algerian 132-year struggle for independence from France (1830-1962), by 1875 the French military, security services, and Foreign Legion had liquidated an estimated 500,000 " 1,000,000 Algerians; 1.5 million people were killed in the 1954 " 1962 independence war. On 7 May 1945, when the guns finally fell silent all over Europe, the French military borrowed British warplanes to bomb Algerian freedom fighters. In 1962 when President Charles DeGaulle decided to grant Algeria independence, the French far-right (OAS) conspired to assassinate him, fictionalized in the novel The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth, 1971). An important film depicting French police brutality and oppression against the Algerians was The Battle of Algiers (1966), which starred one of the former FLN guerrillas tortured by les condes.
The Battle of Algiers
The Trumpster is coming back to Kansas again on Halloween. Seems Roger Marshall is not doing well. Adam Hamilton all the way.
'It's offensively cheap'
After defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.
Oil companies will "be held accountable" if they import any barrels of Russian diesel fuel under the deal that President Donald Trump struck with the Kremlin, House Judiciary ranking member Jamie Raskin said in a letter to industry heads Monday.
Democratic strategist James Carville doubled down Wednesday on his prediction that President Trump will leave office by Easter next year. Read more
Ohio venues are pulling out of hosting Republican campaign events featuring gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, as backlash grows over his advert featuring his Democratic opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother. The Old Dog Ale House & Brewery in Delaware, Ohio, canceled a GOP event featuring Ramaswamy last Friday, according to USA Today reporter Jessie Balmert. The Ohio GOP said they had selected a new location for the event. Meanwhile, Elliot's Wood Fired Kitchen in Newark said in the comments section of a recent Facebook post that it would not host the Ohio GOP's planned event on Tuesday. The Ohio Republican Party's bus tour website now lists the location of the event as "to be announced." Several Ohio venues that hosted GOP events over the weekend have received a wave of one-star Google reviews following the events, including Kick-N-Ax in Zanesville, Izzy's in Monroe, and The Local Bar Strongsville. Some reviewers included photos of Ramaswamy at the venues.
A judge ruled that the Department of Justice's firing of assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey in July 2025 was unlawful.
Judge Jesse Furman ordered that Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, be retroactively reinstated to her job.
Maurene Comey had been involved with prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and Sean "Diddy" Combs.
In 1970, the average American weighed 30 pounds less than today. No diets. No gym culture. No calorie counting. So what exactly happened?
In this video, we explore the real reasons why nobody was fat in 1970s America " from the way families cooked and ate, to the way children played, to the size of a dinner plate, to the moment everything quietly began to change.
This is not a story about willpower. It is a story about a world that made willpower unnecessary.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) pushed back on former first lady Michelle Obama's remarks that the U.S. was not ready to elect a woman president. Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," about Obama's past comments, Whitmer responded, saying, "Listen, I have got a lot of colleagues who I think are probably interested in running for president, and I've heard everyone say you can't have this person' or that person.'"
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. " Voltaire
Two Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Donald Trump. Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob, in a statement titled "A Public Apology," said Sunday that he had received many questions and comments " some of them distraught " about the meeting on Thursday which he and 11 other bishops attended. He said the meeting was speedily publicized by the White House with photos and a video, without consent of the participants, and less than two weeks away from the midterm elections. "I feel a heavy sadness, not only over the pain I caused, but also for the fact that something so sacred to a group of religious leaders, prayer to our Heavenly Father, would be manipulated in that way," Grob said. The bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, William Joensen, also issued a statement making clear he felt the White House had taken advantage of the bishops.
Yemen's Houthi rebels launch a barrage of missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. Read more
You may be thinking: That is so Idaho.
Whether that's good or bad is up to voters.
The Gem State will become the 11th state to designate an official state gun. Utah was the first, choosing the M1911 in 2011.
In Idaho, House Bill 932 is the reason voters will get to make their pick on the ballot. The bill passed unanimously in both the Idaho House and Senate during the 2026 legislative session.
The official ballot question asks voters: "Which of the following guns should be designated as the state gun of Idaho?" Voters are instructed to choose only one. The six choices are the Winchester Model 1894 (.30-30); Winchester Model 1873 "Gun that Won the West" (.44-40); 1873 Colt Single Action Army Revolver "Peacemaker" (.45 Colt); M1 Garand rifle (.30-06); Colt M1911 .45 automatic Colt pistol (.45 ACP); and Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle (.30-06).
