Former president stays quiet on possible 2024 White House runThe silence of Trump: how Twitter’s ban is cramping his styleDonald Trump was set to return to Iowa on Saturday for a campaign-style rally, on the heels of a poll showing strong support in th…
Facebook is ‘biased against facts’, says Nobel prize winner
Philippines journalist Maria Ressa says social media firm is threat to democracy and failing to halt spread of misinformationThe campaigning Philippines journalist Maria Ressa, who was last week awarded the Nobel peace prize, has launched a stinging at…
Stop calling Joe Manchin ‘moderate’ – he’s just a greedy reactionary | Arwa Mahdawi
Contrary to what the senator says, there’s absolutely nothing ‘entitled’ about expecting a government to care about the people it representsJoe Manchin is on a mission to save the United States from becoming an “entitlement society”. The West Virginia …
Why California’s enormous oil spill won’t be its last
The state’s ageing oil infrastructure means more disasters are likely as companies move away from fossil fuelsA gash in an underwater pipeline sent tens of thousands of gallons of oil rushing into the waters near Los Angeles last weekend, blackening be…
Progressive Democrats draw strength from muscle-flexing in Congress
The left of the party is celebrating holding firm on insisting on both parts of Biden’s domestic agenda over centrist objectionsWhen House Democrats were forced to delay their planned vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill earlier this month, the r…
US to hold talks with Taliban over easing evacuations
Focus of talks in Qatar will be allowing foreigners and at-risk Afghans to leave Afghanistan, says US officialUS officials will meet senior Taliban figures this weekend for talks aimed at easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and at-risk Afghans fr…
Texas’ restrictive abortion law temporarily reinstated one day after being blocked
A New Orleans-based appeals court quickly granted the state’s request to set aside a suspension until the case is reviewedA federal appeals court on Friday night allowed Texas to temporarily resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics acr…
Biden overrules Trump effort to keep White House files from 6 January panel
The National Archives told to give documents to House committee despite ex-president’s attempt assert executive privilege Joe Biden has blocked an attempt by former US president Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the 6 January …
No federal charges against officer who shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake
Rusten Sheskey, a white police officer, shot Jacob Blake, who is Black, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last yearFederal prosecutors will not file charges against a white police officer who shot and paralyzed a Black man, Jacob Blake, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, las…
Germany investigates possible ‘sonic weapon attack’ against US embassy staff
Police have been investigating possible cases of ‘Havana Syndrome’ associated with the diplomatic mission since AugustGerman police are investigating an “alleged sonic weapon attack” against staff of the US embassy in Berlin, in the latest in a growing…