Search focused on Liberal Politics

38+ min ago   (278+ words) “An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, and Tehran postponed a plan to brief neighboring countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping in the strait,” the…...

30+ min ago   (143+ words) “The Trump administration plans to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas,” the New York Times reports. “The shift by the Environmental…...

25+ min ago   (132+ words) “The 2028 race for the White House will give new political clout to a long-overlooked constituency: Native American voters,” Axios reports. “Driving the news_ New Mexico now holds an influential early spot as one of the first states to vote in the…...

20+ min ago   (131+ words) Washington Post: “The three-hour-and-forty-five minute ‘Musk’ (plus a 10-minute intermission) hits theaters on Oct. 16, but it’s already causing a stir.” ”The documentary, which spans from his early Silicon Valley days through his Department of Government Efficiency dalliances and Twitter acquisition…...

34+ min ago   (202+ words) “Yemen is the latest domino to fall in the chain of instability set off by the U.S. war with Iran, a development that deepens the risk to global energy supplies and complicates efforts to find a diplomatic off-ramp to the…...

23+ min ago   (143+ words) “The Serious Newsperson cast of correspondents was different — goodbye, Scott Pelley; hello, Ross Douthat — and the production values seemed glossier, a little more Vice News than Huntley-Brinkley Report,” the New York Times reports. “But for all the Sturm und Drang…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (409+ words) The federal government is conducting a criminal investigation related to Gov. Gavin Newsom's international travel and its funding, according to subpoenas reviewed by The Standard. Posted by lfthndthrds at 09:30 PM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Federal investigators seek six…...

55+ min ago   (197+ words) A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half. Posted by LampLighter at 10:31 PM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | US judge rules that Trump…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (290+ words) Makati City Police Station confirmed the viral street fight involving an elderly man and LGBTQ members outside a convenience store in Barangay Poblacion. According to the Makati City Police Station, the incident happened at around 5 a.m. on Saturday (September 12, 2026), along Villena…...

11+ hour, 25+ min ago   (362+ words) Police in Turkey have detained 47 people in a series of raids on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ+ activists, officials say. Raids took place in 12 provinces over the weekend as part of a campaign dubbed "My Family is Safe…...