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“Unfathomable.” Hanukkah Massacre Shatters Australia’s Long-Held Pride on Guns and Safety.

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Phillip Abram is a lifelong resident of the Sydney, Australia, enclave Bondi Beach and a member of its world-famous surf club. The 59-year-old food sector worker starts every day, like many Sydney-siders, by plunging joyfully into the Pacific Ocean. “There are hundreds of Jewish people down there every morning that I know—middle-aged, elderly, young, community […]

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Trump’s National Security Strategy Is Pax Americana With a MAGA Twist

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“The stunning section devoted to Europe reads like a far-right pamphlet,” said a former French ambassador to the US.

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Pete Hegseth Is Finally Getting Investigated

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In a rare instance of bipartisan alarm, Republican-chaired committees in the House and Senate announced that they have launched inquiries into an explosive Washington Post report alleging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had given a spoken order to “kill everybody” aboard a vessel carrying suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean. The occupants included two people who […]

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Trump Has Abandoned Global Climate Efforts, so US Groups Are Stepping Up

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Despite historic environmental rollbacks under a president who pulled the United States from a key international climate treaty—and recently called global warming “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”—US civil society groups say they are gearing up to push for bold […]

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“Gringos, Go Home”: Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Expanding Military Campaign

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On Friday, the Trump administration escalated its military presence in the Caribbean and South America by announcing the deployment of an aircraft carrier group to the region. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the green light to send the USS Gerald R. Ford—described by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform […]

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God’s “Blank Check”: Christian Zionists Are Pouring Billions of Dollars Into Israeli Extremism

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By any measure, Yael Eckstein is an incredibly effective advocate for Israel. As the president and global CEO of a massive Israel-focused philanthropy, she oversees humanitarian relief, security programs, social services for elderly Holocaust survivors, and Jewish resettlement. On her weekly podcasts, she ties biblical teachings to modern Israel and personal stories from her own […]

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The Settlers’ Man in Washington

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This past summer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made headlines when he falsely claimed at a Christian conference in Jerusalem that there was “no starvation in Gaza.” A less noted, but also telling, moment came after Netanyahu’s remarks, when Yossi Dagan, a leading advocate for Israeli ambitions to annex Palestinian territory, presented evangelical minister Paula […]

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What Is a Far-Right Ideologue Going to Do With the U.S. Institute of Peace? 

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In February, President Trump included the U.S. Institute of Peace in an executive order targeting federal entities he deemed “unnecessary” and which he planned to cut as much as he legally could. In March, the USIP’s Washington D.C. offices were invaded by armed private security as part of a brute force takeover by Elon Musk’s […]

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“It’s Abhorrent”: A Whistleblower Contractor Speaks Out Amid Gaza Aid Chaos

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On June 6, Anthony Aguilar, a retired 25-year US Army veteran and Green Beret, found himself facing a daunting logistical problem. He had been recruited as a security contractor for UG Solutions, a partner of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation—the Israel-backed American nonprofit now overseeing food distribution in the devastated Palestinian territory. His challenge: finding a […]

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“This is Trump’s Famine”: How the US Is Complicit in Gaza’s Suffering

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After nearly two years of war between Israel and Hamas, Gaza is on the brink of mass starvation. Children are dying. Aid workers and doctors push through their own hunger to try to save lives. Journalists are too weak to document the unfolding horrors. There is not enough food or medical supplies entering to protect […]

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The Hague Just Upped the Stakes on Trump’s “Drill Baby, Drill” Agenda

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tuesday’s landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate change came as residents of some island nations are already “scraping barnacles off our grandfathers’ graves” as sea-level rise accelerates, said Julian Aguon, an Indigenous human rights lawyer and writer […]

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Trump Says He’ll Slap 30 Percent Tariffs on Mexico and the EU. Truth or TACO?

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On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump announced plans to hit the European Union and Mexico with 30 percent tariffs starting on August 1. If this gives you déjà vu, it is not without good reason. Trump has repeatedly announced, delayed, changed and rescinded major tariffs across the globe since he took office in January. The […]

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