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15+ min ago  (559+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Monday that Canada will purchase up to 12 submarines from German producer Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) with a price tag, when ongoing maintenance and modernization over future decades is included, of $100 billion. Carney made the submarine…...

23+ min ago  (49+ words) The Trump administration admitted it's worried that a nuclear deal with Iran is increasingly unlikely, the Wall Street Journal reported. Senior U. S. officials told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that a nuclear deal with Iran is "growing increasingly unlikely" in…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago  (540+ words) During an interview with NY1's Errol Lewis, the host noted that Platner's downfall had sparked a national conversation about whether progressives had moved too quickly to embrace a candidate who was "simply unfit" for office. SANDERS UNDER FIRE FOR PROPPING…...

35+ min ago  (575+ words) Graham Platner, Maine's Democratic nominee for Senate, is officially out of the race. The Maine Secretary of State said Platner filed the necessary paperwork to withdraw his candidacy two days after he announced he planned to do so following an…...

35+ min ago  (220+ words) MS NOW's Chris Hayes said he is concerned that President Donald Trump may fire FBI Director Kash Patel and replace him with a more competent director who will do his bidding. On Friday, MS NOW reported that Patel was summoned…...

44+ min ago  (45+ words) President Donald Trump is quietly backing off an aggressive trade posture against Canada, which some were suspicious was an under-the-table handout to major GOP donors. According to Politico, "Canada's Housing and Infrastructure Department and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (187+ words) Posted by REDIAL at 08: 32 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | New tarps are put up around the White House as crews work to repair the columns. [image or embed] Any doubt they will be painted gold? #1 | Posted by REDIAL…...

4+ hour, 34+ min ago  (365+ words) A Spectacle Shattered by Power Politics Only days ago, Brussels lit its skies with fireworks to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. The choreography was precise, the rhetoric familiar: unity, shared values, an alliance cast as both durable and indispensable....

58+ min ago  (417+ words) Sugarland lead singer Jennifer Nettles turns a Renaissance serial killer into a contemporary feminist heroine How many times has Nettles seen "Sweeney Todd" or listened to its recording? Obviously, not enough. "Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo" opened Friday at…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (54+ words) A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump agreed on Friday to dismiss the Justice Department's case against four Proud Boys tied to the Jan. 6 attack on the U. S. Capitol, but he took pains to separate the ruling from his own…...