This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It lives in a glass castle deep under the sea. It’s not a character from The Little Mermaid but a very real, very mysterious marine worm. Known as Dalhousiella yabukii, the worm resides inside a glass sea sponge—a simple marine animal that forms a […]
Two hundred fifty years ago this summer, our Founding Fathers created a new nation, as President Abraham Lincoln put it, “conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” This Memorial Day, we should remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice and made its unlikely existence possible. America’s success wasn’t […]
Miguel Loo, who turned 31 Sunday, and his wife-to-be Brittany Guibert were settling in for a long weekend when disaster struck.
In a joint statement from the city of Westminster and the Westminster Police Department, officials described the situation as “critically positive.”
Donald Trump announced a potential deal with Iran Sunday, citing successful negotiations with Middle Eastern nations, and the reaction from hawks, analysts, and even some Trump allies was immediate and withering.Trump posted on Truth Social that he would work out a better deal than Obama had done, but was vague on the details. For many onlookers, the negotiation itself was enough to condemn the development.Former Bush White House press secretary Ari Fleischer was among the first to raise a red flag — and he pointed to recent history. "On April 7, the President announced a double-sided, two-week ceasefire subject to the complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait," Fleischer wrote. "Iran didn't comply. They gave their word and didn't keep it. I don't know what's different now. Iran never keeps its word."Conservative Atlantic contributor Tom Nichols was bleaker still. "In other words, the war is over, we're stumbling toward some version of the JCPOA, America is out billions of dollars and lots of weapons that we didn't need to waste, and the United States is now weaker and Iran in a strategically stronger position," he wrote. "And for what?"Geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert was dismissive of the deal's substance entirely. "Of course there is no deal," he wrote. "We've barely got a patch to get us through Hajj."Conservative commentator Erick Erickson took a more cautious tone, responding to a post suggesting Trump had walked back elements of the deal after public backlash. "I hope this is the case," Erickson wrote, "or at least the President understood the reaction."Perhaps the most incendiary response came from far-right activist Laura Loomer, who offered her own verdict on the prospects for peace in three brutal sentences: "Peace talks going great. No such thing as peace with Muslims. It's very simple."The announcement comes after days of growing unrest within Trump's own coalition over his Iran diplomacy — with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, retired General Mike Flynn, and scores of Trump's own Truth Social followers all warning this weekend that the president was being played by a regime that cannot be trusted.
Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner described the Army as "absolute trash" and "full of fat, lazy trash" in deleted Reddit posts.
Top GOP foreign policy hawks openly grumbled over rumors about the delicate deal with Iran that President Trump is believed to be close to signing.
Update: The Busch family released a statement on the cause of death, saying a medical evaluation “concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and […]
