Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
Shutdown fight descends on DC
Senators in both parties want to see a bipartisan funding deal for less controversial government functions and a stopgap spending bill for the rest.
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Semafor • Aug 28, 2025
UK, EU furious over Kyiv strikes
The barrage is the deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Semafor • Aug 28, 2025
Europe moves to reimpose Iran sanctions
The countries accused Tehran of reneging on its 2015 nuclear deal, triggering “snapback” provisions effective in 30 days.
Semafor • Aug 28, 2025
Mexico suspends parcel shipments to US over ‘de minimis’ rule ending
The end of the “de minimis” exemption, which applies to packages valued under $800, has sparked concern and confusion among international exporters and mail carriers.
Current Affairs • Aug 28, 2025
How Hurricane Katrina Paved the Way for American Fascism
“It was a turning point to the right,” Malik Rahim says of Hurricane Katrina. “It was when the right saw they had the ability to create justice… If we had stood up for justice after Katrina, there may not have been a Jena.1 If there wouldn’t have been a Jena, then maybe there wouldn’t have been a Ferguson. All of it was the ripple effects of what did not happen after Katrina.”
Lever News • Aug 28, 2025
The Decades-Long Plan To Rob FEMA To Pay ICE
Trump is using regulatory tricks to funnel disaster-relief funds to immigration enforcement, even as climate disasters threaten millions.
Drop Site News • Aug 28, 2025
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
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Drop Site News • Aug 27, 2025
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
“No one is spared—no old person, no child, no woman. No human being is spared.”
Current Affairs • Aug 27, 2025
Theatre Against Fascism
Weeks before Luigi Mangione allegedly shot and killed healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan, I found myself part of an angry mob clamoring for murder.
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Justin Bieber’s Coachella Livestream Was Fine But Have You Seen These Birds
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New England Has Become a Mecca for Enormous Grid Storage Batteries
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Data center growth threatens air quality and progress toward cleaner energy grid
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The Earth Is Worth Saving. Here’s How We Do It.
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Biden Official: Biden Was Preparing To Bomb Iran If Re-Elected
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No Peace, Only Escalation: The Push Toward Total War With Iran
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Virginia Dems Just Won a Major Battle in Trump’s Redistricting War
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