TODAY

Musk, Miller and a full-on frenzy

A tangled drama involving Elon Musk, former Trump staffer Katie Miller and her husband Stephen is provoking Washington whispers

The Intercept Sues for Records About Arizona’s Financial Surveillance Dragnet

The Transaction Record Analysis Center database logs millions of wire transfers sent to or from Mexico and U. S. border states.

Weapons Violations, Misconduct, and Whistleblower Retaliation at ICE

Allegations of long-running misconduct plague ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office, a hub for Trump’s deportation machine.

The resurgence of Benin sound

Musical traditions and language from Edo State have moved from the margins of Nigeria's national culture to the center.

Will Badenoch drive the Mail to Reform?

The Conservative leader is viewed as such a liability that one insider at the paper calls a switch to endorsing Reform “inevitable”

Whose National Security? OpenAI’s Vision for American Techno-Dominance

Sam Altman once framed artificial intelligence as a tool for a globalist utopia. Now OpenAI is trained on upholding American hegemony.

Can a Music Festival Really ‘Go Green’?

In an industry that profits from excess, a cohort of music festivals are doubling down on climate action.

Looking Back on Five Years: How the Sigma Awards Have Rallied and Inspired Data Journalism Excellence

After five years and 2,875 project entries from more than 100 countries, the Sigma Awards have become a catalyst for innovation and forever changed the face of data journalism.

Roehampton joins fossil fuel career boycott

Roehampton University becomes the twelfth higher education institution to ban fossil fuel companies from recruitment fairs.

YESTERDAY

Britain enters a new nuclear age

The government has decided that the country will rearm – this strategic review is just the beginning

How the FBI and Big Ag Started Treating Animal Rights Activists as Terrorists

“Animal rights and environmental groups have committed more acts of terrorism than Al Qaeda, ” warned an FBI agent who met with Big Ag groups.

Biden died and was replaced by a robot, claims Trump

The president took to his own Truth Social platform to share his latest unhinged theory

Another triumphant weekend for Liz Truss

The short-lived former PM palled around with Hungary’s far-right leader and plugged a whiskey being launched by a convicted thug

Farage unveils his DOGE squad: four Reform politicians and a 28-year-old

The party has unveiled the make-up of its elite unit set to probe Kent Council's finances

Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s MAGA president

Yet another had right opportunist has exploited the opening in European politics that the left continues to ignore

How The Korean Right Turned MAGA Ahead of Tomorrow's Election

As South Korea heads toward a snap presidential election on June 3, the far right is following the Trump playbook .

Fighting for the waste commons

A new documentary film examines the politics of waste work and discard infrastructures in Dakar.

Using Earth To Rebuild A Planet Scorched By Fire

The “SuperAdobe” homes of CalEarth are receiving lots of attention after LA's wildfires. Why aren’t we building them everywhere?

How They Did It: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Series Exposing Fentanyl’s Global Supply Routes

This seven-part Reuters series revealed how easily chemicals used to create fentanyl can be acquired — and the network of suppliers that make the illicit drug trade possible.

Unlevelling the land

The ten largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report.