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Iran attacks vessels, US base in Jordan after tankers sunk

Iran said Wednesday that it targeted 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz, including two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers, after the U.S. military attacked and destroyed five Iranian oil tankers Tuesday. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck the vessels as

The House must turn the screws on Putin

The House of Representatives faces the decision to pass the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which would authorize the Trump administration to impose tariffs on nations importing Russian energy to help Ukraine prepare for a potentially deadly winter.

Supreme Court races against midterms clock

President Trump’s mail voting restrictions are on the emergency docket again, but ballots have already begun going out in one state. Justice Brett Kavanaugh declined to restore Missouri Republicans’ congressional map just ahead of the deadline to lock in the state’s ballot,

How companies quietly undercut dissent

In 2016, when Amazon workers began organizing at a warehouse in Chester, Virginia, the company tracked where employees gathered, posted anti-union messaging in bathroom stalls and held town halls to discourage them. The National Labor Relations Board forced Amazon to admit, in