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Tánaiste Simon Harris has announced that Ireland will provide an additional €6m in humanitarian aid for people in Gaza.
Today’s contribution brings Ireland’s support for the people of Palestine since October 2023 to more than €89m.
Today’s contribution brings Ireland’s support for the people of Palestine since October 2023 to more than €89m.
October 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A conservative Christian group helped end the constitutional right to an abortion in the U.S. Now, it has taken its playbook to Britain. Here's how the Alliance Defending Freedom became an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and the Reform U.K. party. nyti.ms/3KLqGol
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and Britain’s ascendant Reform U.K. party.
nyti.ms
October 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The US president has reinstated Columbus Day as a national holiday to honour the explorer's legacy but the move has also reignited the debate about the origins of Columbus and the importance of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
'America's original hero': Trump makes Columbus Day a national holiday
The US president has reinstated Columbus Day as a national holiday to honour the explorer's legacy but the move has also reignited the debate about the origins of Columbus and the importance of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
l.euronews.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For years, John Alle complained to Los Angeles officials about homelessness. Now, fed up, he’s the unlikely architect of a hotline promising free tickets to people living on the streets who want to reunite with family members in different states.
How One Man Is Working to Solve Los Angeles’s Homelessness Problem on His Own
For years, John Alle complained to Los Angeles officials about homelessness. Now, fed up, he’s trying to make a dent in the problem on his own.
nyti.ms
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank.
Trump says he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Stuart Stevens wonders if Brett Kavaugh has stopped to consider that "all the Hispanic Bush campaign aides who helped get you your Supreme Court lifetime appointment will know if they drop by Home Depot to pick up a new drill, ICE can stop and detain them."
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September 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Plaintiffs Brian Driscoll, Steve Jensen, and Spencer Evans argue their dismissals stripped the FBI of decades of expertise.
Trump Loyalists Pam Bondi, Kash Patel Face Lawsuit Over FBI Purge
www.newsweek.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted of plotting a coup d'état and was sentenced to over 27 years in prison. https://cnn.it/4gqMnG8
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday fired the country’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://to.pbs.org/4pftN7T
U.K. fires ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson after publication of supportive emails to Jeffrey Epstein
On Wednesday, The Sun newspaper published emails that it said showed Mandelson telling Epstein to "fight for early release" shortly before Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
to.pbs.org
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW: A simple majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices voted to convict former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of leading a coup attempt following his electoral defeat in 2022.
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro convicted of coup attempt
A Supreme Court majority voted to convict the ex-leader for a plot to stay in power.
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Supreme Court left a lower court order standing, allowing a 14-year-old transgender student to use a school bathroom that aligns with his gender identity and turning aside an emergency appeal from South Carolina to lift the ruling.
Supreme Court won’t block transgender student’s use of school bathroom
The high court left standing a lower-court order allowing a 14-year-old transgender student to use a school bathroom that aligns with his gender identity, turning aside an emergency appeal from South ...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
While Perry acknowledged that his words “did hurt some folks” and said he was “sorry for that,” statements like Perry’s could be used in court to prove discriminatory intent behind the GOP’s mid-decade gerrymander.
Texas Senator Apologizes for RACIST Comments Unearthed by Democracy Docket
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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September 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
NEW: After Democracy Docket resurfaced a 2022 video of a Texas GOP lawmaker suggesting a way to deal with immigrants might be to “shoot, shovel and shut up,” he issues an apology on the Senate floor.
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From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
Texas Senator Apologizes for Racist Comments Unearthed by Democracy Docket
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
While publicly praising Trump for his efforts to end the war, the European leaders stressed that true peace must be built on a foundation of supporting Kyiv.
"If we want to reach peace and if we want to guarantee justice, we have to do it united,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.
"If we want to reach peace and if we want to guarantee justice, we have to do it united,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.
'We could reach an agreement that could deter any future aggression against Ukraine,' Trump tells European leaders
"And we will come to a resolution today, I think, on almost everything, including probably the security," Trump said in the East Room, speaking alongside Zelensky and European leaders.
kyivindependent.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Donald Trump said Monday he would lead a movement to eliminate mail-in ballots, despite no evidence ever showing that voting by mail is unreliable or unsafe.
Trump says he wants to get rid of mail-in ballots
Donald Trump said Monday he would lead a movement to eliminate mail-in ballots, despite no evidence ever showing that voting by mail is unreliable or unsafe.
www.sltrib.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The first lady did not attend the summit between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Melania Trump's message to Putin sparks AI claims
www.newsweek.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire as a condition for future negotiations: "Let's try to put pressure on Russia, because the credibility of these efforts we are undertaking today are depending on at least a ceasefire.”
'We could reach an agreement that could deter any future aggression against Ukraine,' Trump tells European leaders
"And we will come to a resolution today, I think, on almost everything, including probably the security," Trump said in the East Room, speaking alongside Zelensky and European leaders.
kyivindependent.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"People need healthcare, treatment, and support — not military posturing and strikes.”
Can Congress Stop Trump From Starting a War in Mexico?
More than 30 human rights groups urge congressional leaders to block Trump’s attempt to target Mexican cartels.
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August 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Leaked audio recordings broadcast Friday reveal remarks by Israel's former chief of military intelligence about the price he believed Palestinians should pay for Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
Ex-Israel military intelligence chief said 50,000 Gaza deaths 'necessary'
Leaked audio recordings broadcast Friday reveal remarks by Israel's former chief of military intelligence about the price he believed Palestinians should pay for Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
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August 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Antoni was nominated for the role of BLS commissioner after Trump fired Erika McEntarfer on August 1, claiming without evidence that she had purportedly “rigged” an updated jobs report that suggested the US economy was not as hot as Trump has repeatedly claimed.
An Account Using the Same Name as Trump's BLS Pick Posted Red-Pilled Conspiracy Theories
A WIRED review of a now-deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein.
www.wired.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A WIRED review of a now-deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein. www.wired.com/story/twitte...
An Account Using the Same Name as Trump's BLS Pick Posted Red-Pilled Conspiracy Theories
A WIRED review of a now-deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein.
www.wired.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Kenneth Stern, the lead author of a broad definition of antisemitism that’s been used widely by Donald Trump, says that its use to suppress political speech “poses one of the most significant threats to the campus today.”
The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing
By adopting an overly broad and controversial definition of antisemitism, the university is putting both academic freedom and its Jewish students at risk.
www.newyorker.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Twenty Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over its decision to withhold grant money to states that refuse to implement the president’s aggressive immigration and deportation policies.
Democratic-led states sue Trump administration over tying grant money to immigration
The lawsuit takes aim specifically at the administration’s recent threat to withhold more than $1 billion in crime victim grants in the next fiscal year.
wapo.st
August 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus — making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps.” — Ann Burroughs, CEO of the Japanese American National Museum
LA Museum Condemns US Border Patrol Presence on Its Grounds
“We are outraged and deeply distressed,” said the Japanese American National Museum, noting the “stark” parallels to the arrests of Japanese Americans on the site in 1942.
hyperallergic.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
An ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilised egg, instead of implanting in the uterus, implants outside of it, commonly in the fallopian tube
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All you need to know about: ectopic pregnancies
Learn about ectopic pregnancies, a rare and potentially life-threatening condition affecting women's reproductive health globally.
www.thehindu.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM