White House Expected To Ask Congress for Extra $50 Billion for Iran War

Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Nationwide Access To Abortion Pill Update (05/04/2026): The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary order that restores full nationwide access to the abortion medication mifepristone, including through mail-order, telehealth prescriptions, and certified pharmacies, until at least May 11. The emergency ruling pauses a May 1 decision by the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that had reinstated a nationwide requirement for in-person dispensing only. That lower-court order had threatened to sharply restrict medication abortion access across the country, even in states where abortion remains...

Why, Oh Why Do They Do This? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Viral footage circulating online shows a British man methodically working his way along the streets of his own city with a wheeled bin and litter picker, clearing the rubbish left by others. He is not being paid and not making a political point. He is simply trying to prevent the area from descending into a tip. Remarkably, as he works, foreign shopkeepers and residents repeatedly emerge from their premises to instruct him to clear the mess outside...

The Washington Post spoke with US officials who said the Department of War is preparing for an invasion of Iran with American troops remaining on the ground for weeks.  US officials told the outlet that the thousands of soldiers and Marines arriving in the Middle East could be used in a ground invasion of Iran, […]