Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Nearly all U.S. Senate Republicans and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania on Friday evening blocked a resolution that reiterated Congress’ authority to declare war and would have ordered President Donald Trump to stop taking military action against...
After last night’s strikes on Iran, Democrat politicians reached screeching levels of hypocrisy over Donald Trump’s decision to act rather than wait for an Iranian nuclear weapon deployment. Chuck Schumer demanded action from Congress, as did Hakeem Jeffries. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led calls for impeachment. Practically every Democrat on Capitol Hill — with the notable exception...
This comes a day after Trump floated the possibility of deeper US involvement in the intensifying war. Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Warning against “another endless conflict” in the Middle East, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine on Monday introduced...
Getty Images Juvenile ravens – like this one pictured on a hilltop in Orkney – could be shot in areas where attacks become a problem New powers to shoot young ravens in Orkney are being drawn up by Scotland’s natural heritage agency following a spate of attacks on livestock. Farmers say the birds have killed...
Guy Lambert Society reporter BBC Police chiefs will be able to automatically sack officers who fail background checks, under new government measures to boost confidence in policing. Calls for a change to police vetting procedures began after an independent report into the murder of Sarah Everard by police officer Wayne Couzens in 2021. The new...
Brian Wheeler Political reporter House of Commons The UK government is taking control of Chinese-owned British Steel after emergency legislation was rushed through Parliament in a single day. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told MPs the government’s likely next step would be to nationalise the Scunthorpe plant, which employs 2,700 people. But he said he was...
World number one Aryna Sabalenka claimed her second title of the year by beating Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 in the women’s Miami Open final. There were seven breaks of serve in a hard-fought first set, which swung the way of both players, before the Belarusian won a game to love on Pegula’s serve. Sabalenka’s power...
