A summary of the most important social, economic and political news of the week.
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The United States and Israel launched what the Pentagon dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” in the early hours of Saturday morning, striking targets across Iran with the stated aim of destroying the country's military capabilities, dismantling its nuclear program, and fostering regime change. President Trump announced the operation in
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In a landmark decision on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Trump had exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 — a law that doesn't explicitly mention tariffs. Chief Justice John
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Something has shifted in the AI world, and the people closest to the technology are the ones most unsettled by it. Top safety experts at OpenAI, Anthropic, and other leading AI companies are warning — loudly and publicly — that the technology they're building is advancing faster than anyone anticipated.
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President Trump said Friday that the U.S. and Iran had “very good talks” in Oman and claimed Iran's position is more favorable regarding a nuclear deal than before last June's 12-day war. Iran, for their part, flatly refused to cease uranium enrichment, but looked forward
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Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti during an encounter last weekend in Minneapolis‘s Whittier neighborhood. Pretti was a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital. Various video angles were unclear and inconclusive, and the agents retained counsel and have not
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The World Economic Forum met in Davos this past week, and, as anticipated, the conversation centered around Greenland. President Trump emerged from a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to say that they had reached a preliminary framework for a deal. The arrangement, which Trump says “gives us everything we
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Anti-government protests have swept across Iran over the past few weeks, beginning in Tehran's historic bazaars after the Iranian rial collapsed to new lows against the dollar. The demonstrations have since evolved into a broader revolt against the country's clerical rulers, spreading from the capital to
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Minneapolis finds itself at the center of another national controversy following a deadly encounter between a protestor and immigration enforcement officers. The incident unfolded in a south Minneapolis neighborhood when Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman using her car to block immigration enforcement activities, was shot and killed by an ICE
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After a months-long pressure campaign against Maduro’s regime, President Trump confirmed that the Venezuelan dictator had been captured by U.S. Special Forces on Friday night and extradited to the U.S., where he will be tried on charges related to narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation, and weapons offenses. Maduro
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Christmas day brought unseasonably warm heat across much of the South, with highs in the 80s in parts of Texas. Houston hit 81°F, and Dallas tied its second-warmest Christmas on record at 80°F. 🇳🇬 U.S. strikes ISIS in Nigeria: Amid reports of escalated attacks in Nigeria against Christians
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Bondi Beach Massacre Two gunmen opened fire on families celebrating the first night of Hanukkah at Sydney, Australia's Bondi Beach last Sunday, killing at least 15 people. The father-and-son attackers used long guns to target the gathering, with the elder suspect dying at the scene after being shot
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The Ukraine/Russia peace agreement that the Trump administration has been working hit a roadblock: territorial concessions. Trump advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are meeting with Zelensky and European leaders in Berlin next weekend to push the U.S. peace plan, which includes Russia's demand for full