WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board today closed the book on its investigation of Union Pacific’s record use of congestion-related embargoes in 2022 – but not before scolding the railroad for failing to comply with board orders and requests for information. “UP’s conduct in this regard bordered on the contumacious and cannot be viewed as []Read More
Father Tony Neusch at St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral reported on social media that he was reportedly pepper sprayed on Wednesday by a person "dealing with mental health issues" while he was hearing confessions.
Pictures show how an underpass in Sheffield is under police guard today after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed. South Yorkshire Police says two teenagers, both aged 17, were walking through the underpass on St Mary’s Gate, off London Road and Cemetery Road, when they were attacked by two unknown offenders at around 6.45am this morning (April 8). One of the victims suffered life-threatening stab wounds to his lower back while the other was injured using an unspecified weapon. The road remains under...
The following piece by Harold Meyerson appeared in The American Prospect. For left-of-center policy wonks, this is shaping up as a banner week. Here in Washington, the journal Democracy is holding a “Middle-Out Economics” conference, featuring a host of progressive economists, Biden administration appointees, union think-tankers, and political consultants who grapple with the conundrum of how to… Source
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency David Petraeus talks to CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union about the significance Iran’s attack on Israel will have in the region.
Today on TAP: With big money counting on the courts, progressives are taking the fight to the court of public opinion.
“The ball is now in Israel's court.”
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel.
The Middle East has, for some time, been a powder keg where degrees of violence are tolerated with ceremonial mania and a calculus of restraint. Assassinations can take place at a moment’s notice. Revenge killings follow with dashing speed. Suicide bombings of immolating power are carried out. Drone strikes of devastating, collective punishment are ordered, all padded by the More
After a full day of intense discussion, Israel’s war cabinet has yet to reach a decision on how and when to respond to Iran’s missile and drone attack. Ministers suspended their discussions Sunday evening without a conclusion, but are expected to reconvene soon. According to Hebrew media reports, War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz and his […]
Though at a technological disadvantage, Iran’s military is thought to have a significant stockpile of missiles and cheap drones.
How Iran’s major assault with drones and missiles unfolded - and how Israel successfully repelled almost all of it