Make Money Not War: Trump's Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine  —  The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business.  To Europe's dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.  —  Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month …

None Dare Call It Treason: The Republican Party Is Compromised  —  Republican Senators understand the grave threat Russia poses.  Yet they refuse to uphold their oath of office due to their fealty to Trump.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The Republican Party is compromised and is now a functional asset of the Russian Federation.

Media Offenders  —  Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable.  False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies.  Stay informed, stay accurate.

In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions  —  President Trump's statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.  —  President Trump and his top aides …

Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage  —  The confrontation appeared to foil a possible ICE raid nearby, underscoring the numerous challenges the federal government faces in trying to stage raids in a dense city like New York.

Experts say top FDA official's claim that Covid vaccines caused kids' deaths requires more evidence  —  Vinay Prasad ties 10 deaths to the shots, calls for stricter vaccine regulation, in leaked memo  —  The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine regulator asserted in an email …

Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88  —  Sir Tom Stoppard, one of the UK's best-known playwrights, has died aged 88, his agents have announced.  —  Sir Tom, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, “died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family”.

“The Order Was to Kill Everybody.”  —  Pete Hegseth's murders.  And our War Crimes President.  —  Before the first Caribbean boat strike on September 2, Secretary of War Defense, Pete Hegseth reportedly issued a blunt order: Kill them all.  According to the Washington Post …

France's far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack  —  'I'm relieved:' Blind Ontario man awarded $28,000 for facing discrimination  —  17-year-old in hospital following stabbing in Scarborough  —  Crash seriously injures pedestrian in Langley, RCMP say

Northwestern to pay $75 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding  —  Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.

Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence  —  David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.  —  President Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less …

As Epstein files release looms, questions abound on what happens next: ‘Possibilities are endless’  —  People implicated in the late sex offender's crimes might face criminal charges or, at the very least, social ostracism  —  As the clock ticks toward the congressionally mandated deadline …

We Have Descended into Utter Madness  —  A new sense of urgency is needed.  Our national crisis has grown much more acute.  —  We have descended into utter madness.  —  We knew we were at risk of it.  We struggled against it as it was happening.  We called out the warning signs and its first manifestations.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, suspect in deadly National Guard shooting, expected to survive  —  The suspect in the horrific shooting of two National Guard members in DC is expected to recover from his own injuries — while the surviving guardsman is still fighting for his life.  —  “I think the guy's going to live.