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Family of Woman Who Died in Seattle Heat Wave Sues Oil and Gas Companies for Wrongful Death
The daughter of a woman who died during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave is suing seven oil and gas companies for her ...
Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Trump’s Power to Impose Sweeping Tariffs
A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily reinstated Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, staying a decision by a trade ...
Two Canadian Provinces Declare States of Emergency as Wildfires Grow Rapidly
In Canada, authorities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have declared states of emergency and ordered residents to evacuate as ...
Haitian Government Enlists Blackwater Founder Erik Prince to Battle Gangs
The founder of the private mercenary firm Blackwater is working with Haiti’s interim government on a plan to conduct lethal ...
Judge Shields Columbia Student Yunseo Chung from Deportation Ahead of June 5 Hearing
Here in New York, a judge extended a temporary restraining order protecting Columbia University student Yunseo Chung from ...
As Courts Battle Trump on Tariffs, Will Right-Wing Supreme Court Rescue the President’s Trade Agenda?
President Donald Trump has vowed to go to the Supreme Court to keep his tariffs in place after a whirlwind 24 hours that saw a court temporarily reinstate the measures, soon after two courts blocked ...
Ongoing Israeli Strikes, Gunfire on Lebanon Kill Two as Israel Repeatedly Violates Ceasefire
Israel’s military has intensified its airstrikes on southern Lebanon, in further violations of a ceasefire deal agreed to in November. On Thursday, an Israeli drone strike killed a municipal worker ...
Saudi Prince to Iran’s Leaders: Negotiate New Nuclear Deal with U.S. or Face Israeli Strikes
Saudi Arabia’s defense minister warned leaders of Iran last month that they should accept President Trump’s offer to negotiate a new nuclear agreement with the U.S. — or face military action by Israel ...
Trump’s Abuse of Pardons Undermines Entire Justice System: Reagan Official Bruce Fein
President Donald Trump has signed a wave of pardons for people convicted of fraud, including a Virginia sheriff who took tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and a reality TV couple who evaded ...
Opinion
“Worse Than McCarthyism”: Historian Ellen Schrecker on Trump’s War Against Universities & Students
We speak with esteemed historian scholar Ellen Schrecker about the Trump administration’s assault on universities and the crackdown on dissent, a climate of fear and censorship she describes as “worse ...
Renowned Kenyan Author and Academic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Dies at 87
The renowned Kenyan author, playwright and professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has died at the age of 87. Over six decades, he chronicled Kenya’s transition from a British colony to independence. Thiong’o’s ...
U.S. Flagged Raised Over Embassy in Syria as Countries Move to Reestablish Ties
President Trump’s newly named envoy to Syria raised the U.S. flag over the ambassador’s residence in Damascus Thursday for the first time since its closure in 2012. Thomas Barrack’s visit to the ...