Timothy Snyder: A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or "federalize" the coming Congressional elections. read more
Republican Senator Thom Tillis said Sunday: "We've lost the debate over immigration and deportations. I believe that we should deport everyone that we can find that came across the borders during the Biden administration. But we've got to be smart, use our limited resources, go after the most dangerous first ... It didn't look like that happened under Noem." read more
Oil prices on Sunday crossed into triple digits for the first time since 2022 " a stark sign of how the Iran war is throttling global supplies and raising consumers' costs. read more
The woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13 provided several verifiable details about her life in interviews with the FBI, according to a new report. The woman detailed her alleged abuse by Trump and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein over four interviews in 2019, the Epstein files revealed. The interviews were initially kept secret by the DOJ. The Post and Courier reported that the woman gave FBI agents details about her family background and legal history which the paper was able to verify as true. read more
When asked if he believes the map of Iran will "look the same after all this is done," Trump said initially, "I can't tell you," but quickly added, "Probably not." read more
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is taking all the credit for pushing President Trump to launch his unauthorized war with Iran. read more
Donald Trump wore a campaign baseball hat that sells for $40 on his website to the dignified transfer of six US military members who were killed in the war with Iran. read more
President Donald Trump on Saturday denied U.S. involvement in a strike that killed more than 165 people at a girls' elementary school in Southern Iran, instead placing the blame on Iran. read more
U.S. military investigators reportedly believe American forces were likely responsible for a strike on an Iranian school in Minab, in what analysts and human rights officials believe is the deadliest incident for civilian casualties since Donald Trump's administration and Israeli forces began attacking the country. read more
Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. read more
Fishing crews face horrifying burns from dredging the dumped chemical weapons. read more
[Danbury Fire Department Capt. Kevin Lunnie] noticed a big jump in his heart rate when the alerts went off, which isn't a good thing in a profession where heart problems are the leading cause of on-duty deaths.
Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago: "As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes from popular action movies spliced with actual strike footage from their war on Iran. The clip was captioned: "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY." A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it's a video game " it's sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made the fatal mistake of going to school that day. Six U.S. soldiers have been killed. They are also dishonored by that social media post. Hundreds of thousands displaced, and many millions more are terrified across the Middle East." read more
"Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death," he says. read more
The US Customs and Border Protection says it currently can't comply with an order to process billions of dollars in refunds stemming from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In a filing on Friday, CBP executive director Brandon Lord says the agency's digital import processing system is "not well suited to a task of this scale," as reported earlier by CNBC. read more
"On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021. Their heroism will never be forgotten," the plaque reads. read more
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