A recent memo claiming executive privilege over communications with private advisers invites corruption A recent office of legal counsel memo on executive privilege maintains that private advisers to a president can avoid responding to a subpoena by asserting the president’s executive privilege. The ability of presidents to shield communications from ...
Day: August 25, 2026
‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret
If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources – a case unsettling press freedom organizations For 18 days this summer, veteran journalist Catherine Herridge walked to her Washington DC mailbox and dropped off a ...
I once saw Enes Kanter speak truth to power. Now he only punches down | Bryan Armen GrahamI once saw Enes Kanter speak truth to power. Now he only punches down | Bryan Armen Graham
Nearly a decade after I watched him defy Erdoğan at great personal cost, the ex-NBA player is using his hard-won freedom to turn transgender people into a punchline Nine years ago, I watched Enes Kanter ask America to take him in. It was May 2017, inside the National Basketball Players ...
‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground
New documentary To Use a Mountain spotlights the pain and triumph of resisting government efforts to turn parts of rural US into disposal sites Nuclear energy was supposed to be our salvation, humanity’s chance to retool technology first conceived as a weapon of mass destruction into an engine of limitless ...
Canadians do not seek a trade war – but nor will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen GersonCanadians do not seek a trade war – but nor will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away: this is a warning to the western alliance The Canadians are exceedingly angry. I realise this can sometimes be difficult for foreigners to deduce, given our national struggle to express ...
China warns it will safeguard its interests after US widens sanctions against IranChina warns it will safeguard its interests after US widens sanctions against Iran
The US has threatened to isolate nations that continue to do business with Tehran, which sells much of its oil to Beijing. ...
Man dies in crash after police pursuitMan dies in crash after police pursuit
A woman is also seriously injured and remains in hospital in critical condition. ...
Yellow weather warnings issued as thunderstorms and flooding forecastYellow weather warnings issued as thunderstorms and flooding forecast
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast to move northwards across the UK on Wednesday. ...
Young care leavers dying early a ‘national tragedy’Young care leavers dying early a ‘national tragedy’
Those leaving care have a death rate around four times higher than the general population, a new review reveals. ...
Moment tornado tears through southern FranceMoment tornado tears through southern France
The tornado has injured more than 40 people and destroyed homes in villages. ...