Vice-president dog-whistled, exaggerated claims of success and echoed Trump talking points to excited audience JD Vance made a clear pitch that he should be the heir to Donald Trump on Thursday night, closing out the Republicans’ midterm convention with a blistering speech that featured exaggerated claims of success, criticism of Democrats as “lunatics” and an aggressive dismissal of a protester waving a Mexican flag. Speaking in Dallas, the vice-president showed he could channel the basest instincts of his boss, filling his remarks with dog whistles and echoing Trump’s false claims that Democrats “cheered” the 7 October massacre of Israelis. Continue reading...

The Trump administration’s 32nd corporate equity stake takes its opaque ownership spree to Venezuela, where Washington is now in business with a politically connected mogul whose legal troubles it hel...

Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices

Homeland Security investigators secretly recorded conversations, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records for labor unions and progressive groups as part of a wide-ranging surveillance…

A family member with loved ones serving aboard the USS Boxer reached out to us directly to describe a supply crisis unfolding on the amphibious assault ship,

Border walls, barriers and roads have been built without regard for the rule of law. Dozens of federal laws protecting land, air, water, wildlife, public health, religious freedom and more have been c...

* Confirmed deal values club as a whole at £5.5bn * Amit Bhatia will become club’s new vice-chairman Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, has confirmed it has agreed the sale of 30% of the club to a consortium including Amit Bhatia, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. The deal is understood to be worth £1.65bn, valuing Liverpool at £5.5bn, and will see Bhatia become the club’s new vice-chair on an expanded board. Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, initiated and led talks with FSG on behalf of the 1892 Holdings consortium, a reference to Liverpool’s founding year. The former co-owner of Queens Park Rangers has received financial backing from the Mittal Family Trust, the K5 Sports fund, of which Bezos is the lead investor, and EE Capital, the family office of Elaine and Eduardo Saverin. Continue reading...

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Trump’s vow to dismantle the international court will inaugurate a new era of impunity

Mutual aid groups that started giving out PPEs during COVID are now loaning air purifiers and distributing masks to fume-addled communities

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Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sig...