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The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives. [...]
President Gustavo Petro is locked in a war of words with President Trump over Colombia’s major role in the global drug trade. The issue is complicated. [...]
An unusual partnership between an environmentalist and a Republican megadonor began with a fight on Twitter. It ended up in the creation of a $1 billion state fund to expand Texas park land. [...]
Marina Vance had an E.P.A. grant to help homeowners counter the impact of wildfire smoke, until the agency deemed the research “no longer consistent” with its priorities. [...]
At the same time as slavery came to an end in the British Empire, still harsher restrictions on working people were promulgated. That was not a coincidence. Image by William [...]
“People of this nation, please come to the National Assembly now. Protect the final bastion of our democracy!” —Lee Jae Myung, 3 December 2024 This urgent plea was livestreamed at [...]
On June 12, 2025, for the first time after more than twenty years, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors passed a resolution declaring that Tehran was breaching its non-proliferation [...]
Donald Trump often doesn’t know what he’s talking about and no one else does either. But when he talks, people still listen, trying to make sense out of streams of [...]
Another Lucy with the football moment has occurred in the United States. Less than 1% of the Epstein file information has been released, and what was offered to the public [...]