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Iran will sign a deal on Friday as the winner, but...
Will historians judge Donald Trump as the man who destroyed America?
Iran, the presidency-killer: Is Trump being carterized?
Trump may be imprisoned in his own Rose Garden, helpless before a new round of Iranian hostage-taking, as a Blue Tsunami swells to take down large numbers of Republican House and Senate candidates.
How Iran won the Iran War
It is a pyrrhic victory in many ways, since Iran has new enemies among its neighbors and it has lost industrial capacity. But it is a victory of sorts.
Could Trump’s diversion of Venezuelan oil to US save the Iranian...
This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.
Global battle royale at COP30 between fossil fuel producers and green...
The battle royale between the two may prevent COP30, hosted by Brazil, from issuing any joint communiqué or “cover letter.”
Trump pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely...
How likely is it that these investments will rise by hundreds of billions of dollars in 4 years?
America may have invaded Iraq for its oil, but solar power...
The vogue for solar is sweeping other areas of Iraq, too, such as Kurdistan, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is also increasingly committed to solar.
Scientists prove extensive Viking silver trade with Abbasid Empire from British...
The team can now date the influx of silver coinage into Viking realms from the Muslim empires of the Middle East much earlier than had previously been thought.
Why did the Saudis invest $2 bn with Jared Kushner?
What do canny observers from the Middle East say about Saudi motives here?
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.