Featured News

Al Jazeera: Israel pushes further into Gaza City, killing and displacing Palestinians

Common Dreams: DNC Votes Down Resolution Calling for Israeli Arms Embargo to Halt US Complicity in Gaza Genocide

NBC News: Trump says he wants to seek the death penalty in D.C. for murder cases

The Associated Press: Mass evacuations in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers

The Canadian Press: In Riga, Carney extends Canadian military mission in Latvia by three years to 2029

Canada & USA

Canada news:

• Canada takes next step in submarine procurement project as PM tours one of two ‘qualified suppliers’

• City of Ottawa orders workers back to office five days a week

• Innergex, yet another controversial investment by the Quebec government

• LeBlanc has 'constructive' meeting with U.S. counterpart as trade talks continue

• Threat of oxygen-poor 'dead zones' surfacing on BC central coast

• Touting ‘enormous’ LNG opportunities, Carney says Canada to unveil new port infrastructure investments within two weeks

• 'Who let her in??!' Minister's staff accidentally text deliberations about 15 per cent spending cut to reporter

Trump administration news:

• Court tosses Trump lawsuit against Maryland judges over US deportations

• Trump admin threatens to cut US state funds over trucker English rules

• Trump says he wants ‘nothing less than $500m’ from Harvard as feud continues

• Trump tells Fed’s Lisa Cook she’s fired; she says ‘he has no authority to do so’

• Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Migration” Explains Targeting of DC, LA, Mexico, Venezuela

Other US news:

• 2 more pharmaceutical groups sue North Dakota over new law

• Federal judge denies motion to dismiss charges against Judge Hannah Dugan

• Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow Colors

• Haboob slams Phoenix with a towering wall of dust, causing damage, airport delays and power outages

• Judge orders Utah Legislature to draw new congressional maps

• The construction industry has a suicide crisis

• University of Michigan Health ends gender-affirming care after DOJ subpoena

World News

Palestinian genocide and other Israeli & US aggressions in West Asia:

• 77 Palestinian prisoners killed in Israeli prisons since October 7

• ‘Act civilized’: US envoy berates Lebanese journalists during press conference

• Israel Misses Its Own Deadline to Respond to Ceasefire Deal Accepted by Hamas

• 'Israel' to occupy Mount Hermon, pursue security deal with Syria

Other world news:

• At least 34 Colombian soldiers kidnapped after clashes with FARC dissidents

• Australia accuses Iran of being behind two antisemitic attacks, orders ambassador to leave

• Botswana Declares Public Health Emergency as Medicine Supplies Collapse

• China decouples from US energy as key exports crash to zero (Thanks JM Hatch for the submission)

• DR Congo, M23 rebels resume talks in Qatar after renewed violence in east

• Lithuanian Parliament Approves New Prime Minister Ruginiene

• Lula denounces US decision to revoke visa from Brazilian justice minister

• Mexico to Invest $800 Million in Two Solar Thermal Power Plants

• Sri Lanka Ex-President Gets Bail 4 Days After Arrest In State Funds' Misuse Case

• Typhoon death toll rises in Vietnam as downed trees hamper rescuers

What I’m Reading

• Abortion is an economic issue: Reflections from the federal election

• Ground the choppers

• Olive Trees Tie Palestinians to Our Homeland. Israel Treats Them as a Threat.

• Those Who Condemn Hamas Lack Empathy And Humility

• Why Are Conservatives So Destructive? It’s Everyone Else’s Fault

• Why We Don't Have Libraries of Everything