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United States and Iran back away from imminent conflict as Trump says he is ready for peace ‘with all who seek it’

washingtonpost.com - President Trump addresses the nation from the Grand Foyer at the White House on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) By Anne Gearan, close Anne Gearan White House reporter Email EmailBio B…

Trump Backs Away from Threats to Retaliate for Iranian Missile Strikes, Promises New Sanctions

mintpressnews.com - WASHINGTON DC — In a statement delivered late Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump made it clear that the U.S. would not militarily respond to the missile strikes launched by Iran on U.S. milita…

'Insulting and demeaning': Two GOP lawmakers rip Trump administration after Iran briefing

nbcnews.com - WASHINGTON — Lawmakers came away with vastly different interpretations of two classified briefings that top Trump administration officials held Wednesday about the airstrike last week that killed top…

GOP Sen. Mike Lee furious after an 'insulting' Senate briefing on Trump's Iran strike: 'The worst briefing ... on a military issue I've seen in 9 years'

businessinsider.com - Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah was furious on Wednesday after a Senate briefing on President Donald Trump's decision to order an airstrike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, which brou…

Trump Administration Fails to Prove Suleimani’s Assassination Was Justified

theintercept.com - This was the Trump administration’s first briefing to all members of Congress on the operation, which was carried out last Thursday. It comes after Iran retaliated Tuesday night by firing ballistic m…

The Media Is Waking Up to a Possible Bernie Victory. Get Ready for the Backlash.

jacobinmag.com - For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, something unusual occurred in the final weeks of 2019. As the Democratic nomination race finally spluttered towards Iowa and New Hampshire the media’s posture …

Iran probe finds Ukrainian plane turned back after 'problem'

news.yahoo.com - Iranian experts begin their investigation into why a Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran with the loss of all 176 people on board (AFP Photo/Akbar TAVAKOLI) Tehran (AFP) - A …

Questions Surround Mysterious Plane Crash in Iran That Left 176 Dead

mintpressnews.com - A Kiev-bound Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, Iran, early Wednesday morning, killing all 176 passengers and nine crew members on board. The hea…

Ukraine investigators considering possibility missile brought down passenger plane over Tehran

washingtonpost.com - Debris of a plane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines that crashed after taking off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, Jan. 8, 2020. (Wana News Agency/Via Reuters) By Isabelle Khurshudyan clo…

It Sure Looks Like the Ukrainian Airliner May Have Been Accidentally Shot Down

nymag.com - In the wake of the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 in Tehran this morning, two schools of thought quickly emerged. The first accepted the explanation given by Iranian authorities…

Iraq, China launch 'oil for reconstruction' agreement

al-monitor.com - When Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi led a delegation to China in September, Baghdad and Beijing activated an "oil for reconstruction" and investment program. Under the arrangement, Chinese fir…

The Strategy Behind Trump’s Incoherent Iran Address

nymag.com - On the morning after Iranian missile attacks on Iraqi bases where U.S. forces are stationed, President Trump delivered a televised address from the White House that offered a condensed version of eve…

‘What drugs is he on?’ Trump sparks concern by slurring and sniffling through Iran remarks

rawstory.com - … then let us make a small request. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism. Raw Story readers power David Cay Johnston’s DCReport, which we've expanded to keep …

Authorities prepared to hand over Roger Stone records to media: report

thehill.com - Officials are prepared to hand over sealed records from Roger StoneRoger Jason StoneAuthorities prepared to hand over Roger Stone records to media: report Bannon: 'We need the Republican establishmen…

Mike Bloomberg Says He’s Immune to Corporate Influence. His Campaign Is Managed by Lobbyists.

theintercept.com - Bloomberg spokesperson Stu Loeser, before joining the campaign, was retained by Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin, to combat widespread criticism that the company had fueled the opioid addiction cri…

Australian fires: Victorians urged to leave amid fears 'heat spike' will cause bushfires to merge

theguardian.com - Residents in large areas of Victoria have again been advised to leave their homes before a day of “extreme” fire conditions throughout south-eastern Australia that could see the merging of at least t…

In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi's Policies

mintpressnews.com - An estimated quarter billion Indians – roughly three percent of the world’s entire population – went on strike today across the subcontinent, protesting the government of Narendra Modi’s racist and “…

Boeing 737 Max Case is Latest Example of Why Industry Can’t Regulate Itself

mintpressnews.com - CHICAGO — The fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, just months after the Lion Air Flight 610 crash in Indonesia, has led to governments and airlines around the world grounding their Boeing 7…

Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction

mintpressnews.com - At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that “all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for th…

Opinion | When Politicians Get a License to Lie

nytimes.com - For example, Mr. Trump’s 2017 tweets provoking North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and calling him “Rocket Man" were deemed “a declaration of war” by a North Korean foreign minister. Despite Twitter’s…

Liberalism and Empire | Current Affairs

currentaffairs.org - Paul Krugman had a column a few weeks ago called “Fall of the American Empire” about Donald Trump’s repudiation of “the values that actually made America great.” It is worth analyzing, because it is …

Of Two Minds - Was Marx Right about Capitalism Destroying Itself from Within?

oftwominds.com - What are the internal contradictions that could unravel capitalism from within? One of the core tenets of Marx's work is that capitalism will be undone by internal contradictions that would manifest …

Imperial Oil, Canada’s Exxon Subsidiary, Ignored Its Own Climate Change Research for Decades, Archive Shows

theintercept.com - Record droughts, raging forest fires, crop failures, and disappearing glaciers: It has become undeniable that the planet is in the early stages of a climate crisis with dire implications. As terrifyi…

Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online

buzzfeednews.com - This story was reported in partnership with the Reporter, an investigative news site in Taiwan. Peng Kuan Chin pulled out his phone, eager to show the future of online manipulation. Unseen servers be…

Smirking All the Way to the Bank: Nick Sandmann Settles Lawsuit With CNN

theroot.com - If you thought 2020 was shaping up to be one hell of a year (in the literal sense), here’s another case to add to the file: Nick Sandmann, the Covington, Ky. prep school student perceived to be mocki…


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