Trump heads to Saudi Arabia soon, looking for a repeat of his trip in 2017
President Trump says his first trip to Saudi Arabia in 2017 yielded big business deals. We look back to see how things worked out.
Day: May 10, 2025
Israel and Gaza: Unending heartbreak
Re: “Israel plans to seize Gaza under a new plan, officials say” (May 4, Nation & World): My wife, Mary Anne O’Neil, and I were recently in Israel for Holocaust Remembrance Day. We visited the heartbreaking scene at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. The…
Decade of planning, political resolve gave India combat edge against Pak – Tribune India
Decade of planning, political resolve gave India combat edge against Pak Tribune IndiaView Full Coverage on Google News
Trump officials consider suspending habeas corpus for detained migrants
A top Trump aide argues that suspending the constitutionally guaranteed right to challenge one’s detention is allowed in “a time of invasion.”
Shipbuilding: ‘Answer the call’
When America needed it most, the Puget Sound produced ships. During WWI, Seattle’s shipbuilding accounted for 20% of the nation’s wartime tonnage. In WWII, the Todd-Pacific Shipyards in Tacoma were a center of military shipbuilding, employing more than…
Pope Leo’s Creole Roots Evoke Sense of Connection From Some Catholics of Color
That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has brought joy to some Catholics.
Lab tests connect black bear killed by Florida wildlife officers to fatal attack on man and his dog
Officials say lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal attack on a man and his dog a day earlier.
Columbus statue removed from a Connecticut city in 2020 finally finds a home at a new museum
A Christopher Columbus statue removed in 2020 amid a climate of racial reckoning has finally found a home in a new museum dedicated to preserving the history of New Haven, Connecticut.
Crime: ‘Climate of fear’
As a University of Washington student studying Law, Societies, and Justice, I’ve learned how media and law enforcement narratives shape public perceptions of crime, often more than facts. Danny Westneat’s “Call me a nut — and they did — but we should b…
Pope Leo XIV warns of ‘desperate’ global loss of faith in inaugural mass
The newly elected leader of the Catholic Church urged the global institution to renew its missionary outreach and confront a cultural shift away from God and towards “technology, money, success, power, or pleasure”.