13+ hour, 22+ min ago   (433+ words) The Catholic Church in Italy has held a first-of-its-kind conference of its clergy to discuss how best to welcome LGBTQIA+ Christians into the church. The event took place in Rome on September 4 in the central auditorium of the General Curia…...

5+ hour, 29+ min ago   (84+ words) This cartoon depicts a map of North America and points north and is titled “Donald Trump’s Renamed America”. Trump is in a corner of the map drawing with a Sharpie. Some of the new names are “Walled-off-from-America” for Mexico, “Fake…...

8+ hour, 58+ min ago   (307+ words) Dario Amodei, who was the first to call for restraint on Saturday, warned that recent advances have begun to outpace the industry's ability to fully understand and control the technology. Posted by lamplighter at 10:31 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (52+ words) The White House lashed out at independent journalist Aaron Rupar Saturday night after he flagged who President Donald Trump brought with him during his trip to Ireland.“Look who made the trip to Ireland!” Rupar wrote Saturday in a social…...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (42+ words) An overlooked video clip recorded during the RNC midterm convention this week appears to show President Donald Trump exhibiting “potential seizure activity,” according to Georgia-based clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. John Paul Garrison.At 80 years old, Trump has faced mounting…...

10+ hour, 31+ min ago   (151+ words) ISTANBUL, Sept 13 — Accounts of more than a dozen Turkish LGBTQ organisations have been blocked on the X social media platform at the request of authorities advocating traditional family values, a watchdog said on Saturday. Among the blocked accounts are that…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (983+ words) “Mayun barely appears on the maps of power. But it is located in one of those places where geography can transform a few square kilometers of land into a piece capable of unsettling oil companies, shipping lines, governments, and markets....

12+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1589+ words) The new sanctions may be groundbreaking, but they’re also full of loopholes — including for certain weapons exports. The United Kingdom, joined by Canada and France, announced this week that they are taking action against Israeli settlements in the West Bank....

9+ hour, 23+ min ago   (136+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been wondering: What if we…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago   (294+ words) “Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them ‘finish the job,’” Politico reports. ”But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.” Think…...