THE WAR ROOM: Saudi Arabia shut down a critical oil pipeline across the Arabian peninsula following a drone attack on the pipe, causing the barrel price of oil to briefly jump to $110.   The attack came from Iraqi territory but is …

25 YEARS: Those who were alive and old enough at the time remember where they were and what they were doing just as they did the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Today marks 25 years since the September 11th  terrorist …

BUY THE VOTE: President Trump declared last night that if the Republicans maintain control of both the House and Senate in the mid-term elections, “I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.” …

UNSETTLING DEVELOPMENT: Britain, Canada, and France announced the placement of sanctions on Israeli “settlements” in the occupied West Bank, with Britain saying Israel had “turned a blind eye” to violence against Palestinians.   So-called “settlers” have been kicking Palestinians off their land …

MAIL CALL: The Trump administration on Sunday filed another emergency appeal to the Supreme Court asking that the Postal Service be allowed to implement new restrictions on voting by mail in time for November’s mid-term elections. The government argues without proof …

RACE WAR:  Firing another missile at elite education, The Trump administration published new rules that would revoke tax-exempt status from any private university or school offering targeted support to Black or other minority students.    President Trump and his administration say that …

THINK FOR YOURSELF: In a growing challenge to technology in schools, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s public school system banned the use of artificial intelligence in elementary and middle school instruction for at least one year. The ban will …

BLUSTER BOMBS: Announcing further strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump on his Truth Social threatened: “If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and …

RESIGNED TO IT: After clashing with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the firings of senior military leaders in line for promotion, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, the service’s top civilian leader, resigned yesterday.   The NY Times has described the military as “rudderless” …

WASHED AWAY: Unable to identify many of the remains, Nepal has begun mass burials of the dead from last week’s flood. There is little hope of finding all the bodies in the flood rubble and some of the remains cannot be …