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Iran warns of ‘further defeat’ after Trump ‘Economic D-Day’ announcement
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Aragachi on Thursday said President Trump’s pledged “economic D-Day” attack on Tehran will only result in “further defeat” for the United States as the national debt swells. “The so-called “Economic D-Day” is a diversion from America’s own crisis: unprecedented debt & surging interest costs,” Aragachi wrote in a post on…
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Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched
Cities that dropped surveillance contracts with Flock Safety are discovering they remain under similar monitoring, either because a rival vendor has stepped in or because the original cameras have not been removed. In Longmont, Colorado, campaigners celebrated when the city let its Flock contract lapse in December, only to see the council approve a new…
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Presidents sometimes defy Congress and the courts with executive orders
President Donald Trump has significantly increased the use of executive orders during his second term, challenging previous records for judicial pushback while navigating a period of legislative scarcity.
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Trump makes extraordinary intervention as glamorous blonde aide’s ‘dangerous’ secret is exposed in astonishing security leak
Donald Trump personally intervened to order his longtime personal secretary, Natalie Harp, to complete a security clearance process she had refused to cooperate with for more than a year, according to a report by MS NOW. The revelation is significant because Harp has near-unrestricted access to Trump as his personal aide, handling sensitive material throughout…
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Ossoff: ‘Amazing to watch this White House melt down’ over Harp remark
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) doubled down Wednesday on his criticism of President Trump’s relationship with longtime White House aide Natalie Harp, brushing off a wave of attacks from the president’s inner circle over his remarks. Ossoff, who is seeking reelection in Georgia against Trump-backed Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), came under fire by the White House…
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Semafor Taps Ashley Gold For Key Role Covering Technology
Semafor has hired Ashley Gold as its new senior technology correspondent, giving her a key role covering technology, artificial intelligence and global politics for the news outlet. The appointment strengthens Semafor’s Washington-based technology team, which has grown significantly since the outlet’s launch and is already known for breaking stories on major AI investments and government-tech…
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U.S. debt tops $40 trillion. And, new census report Trump is touting raises concerns
The U.S. debt has surpassed $40 trillion. And, a new census report on noncitizen voting that President Trump is touting has ties to a think tank aligned with him, raising concerns among experts.
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Ed Miliband lashes out at Israel for pushing ahead with controversial West Bank settlement project
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband criticised Israel for proceeding with a contentious settlement project in the occupied West Bank, describing the move as damaging to prospects for peace. The dispute matters because settlement expansion is widely seen as making a future Palestinian state harder to establish and worsening already strained international relations. The project concerns development…
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‘He must resign’: Fans’ petition calls for Infantino to quit as Fifa president
Fans’ organisations from around the world have launched a petition demanding the resignation of Fifa president Gianni Infantino, alongside sweeping reform of football’s global governing body. The move follows Infantino’s abandoned plan to bring in private investment to run Fifa tournaments, including the men’s and women’s World Cups, which prompted three continental confederations to accuse…
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Et tu, Fedorov? The betrayal of Volodymyr Zelensky.
Mykhailo Fedorov, the country’s former defense minister and a longtime political ally of Zelensky, called for a legal way to be found for Ukraine to hold wartime elections, even though the nation’s constitution forbids it.