5+ hour, 20+ min ago  (465+ words) Youssef Salman: "My son is 8 years old. What wrong did he commit? He was leaving his school. He was leaving school. This is his bag with blood on it." In California, progressive Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman will advance…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago  (406+ words) President Trump on Monday attended the third game of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks, who hadn't lost a game since late April. The crowd booed…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (563+ words) This after the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency recently raised the counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to "critical" amid growing concerns that Israeli spy agencies are eavesdropping on American negotiators working on a ceasefire deal with Iran. Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut's…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (442+ words) Iran and Israel exchanged fire overnight in the most serious escalation since a U. S. -Iranian truce was reached in April. Iran launched a wave of missiles at northern Israel in retaliation for Israeli attacks near Beirut on Sunday. Israel responded with…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (623+ words) Voters are casting ballots in primary elections Tuesday in Maine, one of a handful of states that could decide which party controls the Senate after this year's midterm elections. Democrats believe they have their best shot in years to unseat…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (646+ words) Peru's presidential runoff is too close to call as ballots continue to be counted from Sunday's election between Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, and leftist lawmaker Roberto S'nchez. Peruvian election officials say final results could take up…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (767+ words) AMY GOODMAN: We begin today's show in New Jersey, where Dr. Adam Hamawy beat a crowded field Tuesday to win the Democratic Party's nomination in the race to succeed retiring Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman. Dr. Hamawy had the endorsement of…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (675+ words) Meanwhile, U. S. lawmakers have voted down a resolution seeking to block U. S. military support for Israel's assault on Lebanon. On Thursday, 91 House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in a vote of 324 to 92 to defeat the resolution authored by Michigan Congressmember Rashida Tlaib,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (641+ words) I find what the British government did here to be objectionable. I find it to be disgusting. I also find it to be terrifying," Piker tells Democracy Now! I think it's a sign that we're " headed down a very different…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (540+ words) Former U. S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led the Trump administration's militarized immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Bovino was eventually removed from his position in January after immigration agents under his command killed 37-year-old VA nurse Alex Pretti…...