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1+ min ago   (695+ words) Two facts about climate politics should not be able to coexist. The second: over the past year, I have documented 45 significant climate policy reversals and rollbacks across governments and international institutions. In a previous Forbes article: Climate Denial Didn't Disappear....

3+ hour, 3+ min ago   (194+ words) Published - August 16, 2026 09:51 pm IST - SEOUL ​South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said ‌on Sunday that warning shots ​had been fired when North ⁠Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation line between the countries, prompting them to ‌return. The Yonhap news…...

13+ min ago   (46+ words) Attorney General Todd Blanche made what some observers called an "amazing confession" during a major TV interview, proving again why his nomination should have been flatly rejected.Blanche, who served as Trump's personal attorney prior to joining the Justice Department,…...

18+ min ago   (440+ words) A federal judge in Massachusetts cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from 1,100 Somalis living in the United States on Aug. 14. The ruling from U.S. ‌District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston came down on Friday,…...

34+ min ago   (368+ words) Donald Trump may have pledged to make America great again, but record numbers of young Americans are voting with their feet and choosing Scotland over the US. Applications for British citizenship by US residents reached a record of 9,300 last year,…...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (252+ words) Local officials in a Texas town are facing a recall vote endorsed by a Republican congressman after officials approved the construction of a new Islamic center. Rep. Keith Self of Texas’s Third District announced that he would be signing onto…...

8+ min ago   (720+ words) Are we giving upon redemption? Over the last few days, news, both local and international, has provoked responses that suggest it’s heading that way. The wildfires on the mountains around our home in the Rhondda have been dangerous, frightening, and…...

20+ min ago   (667+ words) By Ewan Scott | Aug 16, 2026 | Featured, News & Analysis, Politics Far-left streamer Hasan Piker found himself at the center of a Democratic civil war this week as old controversies collided with new political ambitions. Shannon Watts, a Democratic political operative and gun…...

33+ min ago   (510+ words) To those who smugly celebrated the defeat of lunatic socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin: She still got over 300,000 votes and lost by a bare nubbins (“Socialism’s persona non-starter,” Isaac Schorr, Aug. 13). As November approaches, vigilance by those of us who…...

19+ min ago   (371+ words) Four major Arab nations and three other Muslim-majority powers are joining with President Trump to push for a US-backed Gaza peace deal — even as Israel rejected the plan and carried on with airstrikes in the Palestinian enclave. Special envoy Steve…...