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The Associated Press is facing backlash after publishing an interview with Laura Loomer, the far-right activist and close ally of US President Donald Trump, during her visit to Ukraine.

In this News Brief, we are joined by Kaleem Hawa to discuss David K Kirkpatrick’s 10,000 word PR job that feigns criticism of Biden officials, but ultimately serves to distance them from the horrors of Gaza.

The Israeli military was about to launch a nighttime strike on a group of men in southern Syria when the soldiers noticed the long curls dangling from the temples of their targets. The troops held their fire.

Leaked documents indicate that Shuliak was the last person Epstein spoke to by phone hours before his alleged suicide in prison. It also emerged that Epstein had amended his legal will just two days before his death, in a seemingly deliberate move to ensure the young dentist received the largest share of his remaining fortune.

Meanwhile, FIFA announced that it is planning to sell a major stake in the World Cup to a Kushner family firm.

But how can only one of the two victims in the stabbing coverage matter? While it has been a few years, Asian communities in the city have protested against waves of anti-Asian crimes.

eBay and three former executives agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement over a macabre campaign of cyberstalking and harassment that targeted two journalists in 2019.

eBay and three former executives agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement over a macabre campaign of cyberstalking and harassment that targeted two journalists in 2019.

Even if dude had meth, that’s no reason to murder somebody… Unless you’re some fash wacko (eg fox news host)….

Robin Andersen’s The Complicit Lens is a tour de force: not only does she focus on US legacy/mainstream/capitalist media coverage of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, but she examines their coverage in light of what was then-happening in Gaza between October 7, 2023 and late 2025, which she documents carefully with 942 footnotes, most linked by URLs. Andersen, a Professor Emerita of Media Studies at Fordham University, builds a very solid case through making claims and supporting them with strong evidence.

Understanding the narratives and learning from the valid critiques that draw people into feeling hesitant about vaccines offers a more nuanced way to understand these views—and may open the way for a more inclusive and respectful approach to healthcare.

A private company has cleared dozens of homeless encampments in Venice — with persistence, cash payments, and a team that includes former gang members. Clients love them. The people they move do not.

Immigrant defense groups and the families of other people killed or harmed by DHS agents across the U.S. are calling for DHS agents to be criminally charged, removed from public life, and stripped of federal funding.

… a 70-year old chief medical officer at the California-based firm Immix Biopharma was found to be a fugitive sex predator who disappeared during his 2005 trial. Though he went by Richard Graydon in the more than twenty years since, his real name turns out to be Ronald Fischer — an anesthesiologist accused of raping numerous women on his various yachts (yes, plural).

House Democrats who voted against cutting US aid to Israel received three times as much money from pro-Israel donors as those who voted in favor. (Median = 3.1 times as much.)

House Democrats who voted against cutting US aid to Israel received three times as much money from pro-Israel donors as those who voted in favor. (Median = 3.1 times as much.)

Only about 53% of U.S. adults own homes, far below the commonly cited 65% homeownership rate, according to new Federal Reserve research that paints a starker picture of access to homeownership.

Only about 53% of U.S. adults own homes, far below the commonly cited 65% homeownership rate, according to new Federal Reserve research that paints a starker picture of access to homeownership.