Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been accused of a potential ethics violation over a major rare earth minerals deal announced by the US government that has links to his family-run financial firm ... read more
Paul Krugman's column on Trump ordering the Treasury to end all trade with Spain. read more
The robotaxi stopped, called 911, and waited for the San Mateo Police to show up. read more
The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy. read more
President Donald Trump denied disaster aid to four Democratic-led states in a move that is raising new questions about whether he's injecting political motivations into emergency management decisions. read more
Researchers Peter Allen, David Moon: Politics is the activity through which power and resources are allocated across society -- who gets what, when and how. Politics, and what it does to all of our lives, is consequential. Yet, despite this, many of those who pay the most attention to politics do so from the position of a fan, engaging with it in the way that others engage with entertainment forms like sport and television shows. Previous studies have paid attention to the fandoms and anti-fandoms that develop around individual politicians and movements - in other words, they maintain a focus on the behaviours and actions of these fans of politics. By contrast, in this paper we explore the construction of politics itself as an object of fandom, asking what happens to politics when it is treated in this way. The activity of politics can be socially constructed by humans to serve some purpose. Thus, who does the constructing and how they do this, affects what it becomes. Our claim is that constructing politics as an object of fandom (i.e. constructing it as 'the drama') affects politics itself. read more
Tesla CEO says work will soon be optional as AI takes over all labour. read more
A MAGA Congressman has received a sharp backlash for cutting his Indian-American wife out of a fundraising ad for his re-election campaign. read more
Another one of President Donald Trump's lawsuits against a news organization has fizzled out. read more
Fuel costs for U.S. airlines jumped 85% in May ... read more
A New York federal judge on Wednesday ordered that E. Jean Carroll be paid $5 million plus interest for damages from a jury verdict that held President Donald Trump civilly liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer. read more
In Michigan, two dinosaurs are trying to defeat one progressive in the campaign to replace retiring US Senator Gary Peters (D) ... read more
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had ordered his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain, calling Madrid a "terrible partner" in NATO. read more
President Donald Trump appeared to confuse Iran with Japan during a jaw-dropping verbal slip at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday ... read more
"Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the current state of your health and wellbeing, and ability to hold office in the United States Senate, As Governor, I request that you fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status of your health." read more
Russia has suffered as many as 450,000 deaths and 1.4 million total casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine ... read more
