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11+ min ago   (255+ words) Federal prosecutors in Chicago face the threat of criminal contempt charges in a case stemming from President Donald Trump's Chicago immigration crackdown, and the Justice Department is begging the judge to back off, according to court records and reports. U.S. District…...

28+ min ago   (259+ words) The White House just gave Nicole Kidman's famous AMC theater ad a political makeover. On Monday, official White House social accounts released a roughly one-minute video... White House Parodies Nicole Kidman's AMC Ad The White House just gave Nicole Kidman's…...

16+ min ago   (169+ words) European AIDS Treatment Group The Guardian: Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are on the rise across west Africa, campaigners warn A growing number of west African countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+ laws, amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ…...

52+ min ago   (24+ words) Tel Aviv’s latest attacks killed at least one and injured several others, after Hebrew reports said a deadly blast hit occupation forces in Lebanon...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago   (681+ words) In Missouri, Congressmember Wesley Bell defeated former Congressmember Cori Bush for the second straight election. Pro-Israel outside groups spent heavily against Bush in both races. In Michigan’s 7th District, Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence won the Democratic primary and will face…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (522+ words) Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been declared the winner of Michigan’s closely watched Democratic Senate primary, narrowly beating out Congressmember Haley Stevens, according to the Associated Press and other news agencies. AIPAC and its affiliated groups spent as much as…...

22+ min ago   (302+ words) I’ve been watching a growing number of organizations explore collaborations between journalists and creators with great interest. In March, the Lenfest Institute and the Google News Initiative announced the creation of the News Creator Summit Series. Project C offers “insight,…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago   (132+ words) “A deadline that could have determined Sen. Mitch McConnell’s future in the Senate has come and gone as the timeline for the Kentucky Republican’s return remains in the air,” Fox News reports. “Speculation swirled over Aug. 3 and its ramifications for…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (126+ words) Bloomberg: “U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta wrote that he was ‘reluctantly’ granting the government’s request to dismiss the indictments. Mehta, who had presided over the Oath Keepers cases, explained that although he didn’t have the authority to override the Justice…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (124+ words) “President Donald Trump panned Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a social media post, calling the progressive Democrat a ‘Communist, who is not liked in Detroit,’ while alleging without evidence rampant voter fraud in the state,” Politico reports. Wrote Trump…...