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Conservative Dark Money Secretly Poured $48 Million Into Democratic Primaries to Pick Easier Opponents
Conservative Dark Money Secretly Poured $48 Million Into Democratic Primaries to Pick Easier Opponents Federal Election Commission filings published Saturday reveal that a network of conservative-backed super PACs with deliberately misleading liberal-sounding names covertly injected tens of millions of dollars into Democratic primary races across the country, strategically boosting candidates they calculated would be easier…
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The Iran War Bill Comes Due: $40 Billion Spent, 13 Dead, Oil Reserves at 1983 Lows, and Trump at 37%
The Iran War Bill Comes Due: $40 Billion Spent, 13 Dead, Oil Reserves at 1983 Lows, and Trump at 37% A comprehensive accounting published Sunday reveals the full scope of the 100-day U.S. military campaign against Iran: the Pentagon officially reported $29 billion in operational costs, while independent analysts put the figure between $35 billion…
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Vance Flies to Switzerland for Iran Nuclear Talks as Trump Threatens to “Hit Iran Very Hard Again”
Vance Flies to Switzerland for Iran Nuclear Talks as Trump Threatens to “Hit Iran Very Hard Again” Vice President JD Vance arrived at a mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland on Sunday to hold the first direct high-level talks under a memorandum of understanding that paused a 100-day military conflict between the United States and…
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Colombia’s Election Goes to the Far Right by a Razor’s Edge — and the Losing Side Is Already Calling Foul
Colombia’s Election Goes to the Far Right by a Razor’s Edge — and the Losing Side Is Already Calling Foul Colombia held its presidential runoff on Sunday, June 21, pitting right-wing businessman and criminal defense attorney Abelardo de la Espriella — known by his nickname “El Tigre” — against left-wing senator Iván Cepeda, a close…
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Ukraine Cuts Crimea’s Fuel Supply — Drone Strikes Trigger Occupied Peninsula’s Worst Energy Crisis Since 2014
Ukraine Cuts Crimea’s Fuel Supply — Drone Strikes Trigger Occupied Peninsula’s Worst Energy Crisis Since 2014 Ukrainian forces carried out a series of drone strikes targeting fuel storage and transport infrastructure in Russian-occupied Crimea and Russia’s Krasnodar region overnight on June 21, 2026. Kremlin-appointed governor Sergey Aksyonov announced at 9 a.m. local time that all…
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Trump Torches His Own Iran Talks: Social Media Threats Nearly Derail Vance’s Switzerland Summit
Trump Torches His Own Iran Talks: Social Media Threats Nearly Derail Vance’s Switzerland Summit Vice President JD Vance arrived at a Swiss mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne on Sunday, June 21, for the second round of direct U.S.-Iran negotiations. Vance sat across from Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in…
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House of the Dragon Season 3 Premieres to a Franchise-Record Critics Score—and a Fan Revolt Over Shock Deaths
House of the Dragon Season 3 Premieres to a Franchise-Record Critics Score—and a Fan Revolt Over Shock Deaths House of the Dragon Season 3 premiered on HBO and Max on Sunday, June 21, 2026, with its 72-minute opening episode “Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood,” depicting the Battle of the Gullet from George R.R. Martin’s…
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Toy Story 5 Shatters the Franchise Box Office Record—Then Immediately Gets Hit With Plagiarism Accusations
Toy Story 5 Shatters the Franchise Box Office Record—Then Immediately Gets Hit With Plagiarism Accusations Pixar’s Toy Story 5, directed by Andrew Stanton, debuted to $160 million at the North American box office over its opening weekend, making it the single largest domestic debut of 2026 and the biggest opening in franchise history—surpassing Toy Story…
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The Base Is Breaking: Trump’s Rural Approval Craters 32 Points as Farm Bankruptcies Surge 46%
The Base Is Breaking: Trump’s Rural Approval Craters 32 Points as Farm Bankruptcies Surge 46% A new NBC News poll conducted May 29 through June 7, 2026 shows President Donald Trump’s overall job approval at 42 percent among registered voters — 39 percent among all adults — the lowest mark of his second term in…
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Trump Said Meloni “Begged” for a Photo With Him. Italy’s Response: Cancel the Secretary of State Meeting.
Trump Said Meloni “Begged” for a Photo With Him. Italy’s Response: Cancel the Secretary of State Meeting. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni posted a video to social media on Friday, June 19, calling claims by U.S. President Donald Trump “completely fabricated” after Trump stated at a recent G7 summit that Meloni had “begged” to have…