US protesters say Trump using ‘crime emergency’ to justify DC takeover
Trump takes control of police, deploys National Guard in a move DC-rights activist calls ‘just authoritarianism’.
Day: August 11, 2025
‘Massive and unpredictable’ swarm of jellyfish shuts down nuclear plant
Jellyfish have shut down four reactors at France’s largest nuclear power plant.
Vance is right to call out warped partisan representation
In one sense it is a full circle moment for the vice president to complain about gerrymandering considering it was a former vice president who started it.
Shipper cost pressures risk further fraying carrier relationships
US tariffs are fuel cost-cutting mandates, heaping pressure on cargo owners to push for lower ocean shipping rates even if at the expense of carrier relations.
German police make arrests at protest for slain Al Jazeera journalists
Berlin police arrested demonstrators protesting the Israeli assassination of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza.
How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 8/11/2025
U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights in Wall Street’s final moves before an upcoming update on inflation.
The deal that wasn’t – Meduza
The deal that wasn’t MeduzaPresident Trump Brokers Another Historic Peace Deal The White House (.gov)Azerbaijan, Armenia publish text of US-brokered peace deal ReutersDonald Trump brokers a peace plan in the Caucasus&nb…
Trump family’s World Liberty Financial is using a publicly listed company, ALT5 Sigma, to raise $1.5B for the purchase of its WLFI token (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Trump family’s World Liberty Financial is using a publicly listed company, ALT5 Sigma, to raise $1.5B for the purchase of its WLFI token — World Liberty Financial cofounders Zach Witkoff (left) and Eric Trump.&n…
Carmaker Portal Flaw Could Let Hackers Unlock Cars, Steal Data
A security vulnerability in a major carmaker’s online portal exposed customer data and could have let hackers remotely…
Indian Lawmakers Detained for Protesting ‘Electoral Irregularities’
Hundreds of opposition members were briefly detained in New Delhi on Monday after claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party and the election commission manipulated voter rolls.