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Spain has called for the creation of a “European Army” to free the continent from American “coercion” and reliance on Washington for defence. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has called for the creation of a European Union army that would ensure that Europe is free from what he described as “coercion”. This continental army, the Minister argued, would also ensure that Russia or other forces are not tempted to “exploit doubts” over whether the U.S. would ride to the rescue in the event of a future conflict, the very basis of the NATO alliance’s founding agreement. Speaking at Tuesday’s Foreign Affairs…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) stated that tariffs on China “hurt Americans. There’s pain being realized by both sides,” and tariffs “probably didn’t do anything to help with affordability, but if we want to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States, we have to focus on manufacturing things in the United States.” Comer said, “I would support banning anything from China if they don’t stop their unfair trade practices of manipulating their currency, of stealing our intellectual property and our patents, and if they don’t start complying with basic environmental laws and regulations…

Far-left Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman in a recent interview bizarrely accused her opponent, former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, of representing “fascism.” “I think that Spencer Pratt is tapping into a lot of the frustrations that people have in Los Angeles,” Raman — who has been a member of the Democratic Socialists of America — said during an interview with progressive podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen. Watch Below: “And his Trumpian qualities is exactly why I think Angelenos should be taking this race seriously, but should also be grappling with the critiques,” she continued, before outlining reasons why “it feels like we…

Sure capitalism is driving us toward collapse on multiple fronts while everyone gets sicker, poorer, dumber, crazier, and more miserable, but hey look, McDonald’s is bringing back the McRib. Reading by Tim Foley: Sure plutocrats are killing our biosphere, but hey, at least they’re creating technology that lets you avoid the cognitive discomfort of writing your own words and thinking your own thoughts. Sure the empire is butchering human beings at horrifying scale around the world, but on the bright side it’s creating refugees who will move to your country and bring you treats that you can order from an…

The European Union (E.U.) is set to ban Brazilian meat imports on September 3 over the use of antibiotics to stimulate growth unless producers show compliance with safety regulations before the deadline — an announcement that comes roughly two weeks after the E.U. provisionally kicked off its controversial free trade deal with Mercosur. An E.U. committee group unanimously voted on Tuesday to remove Brazil from the list of countries authorized to export animal products intended for human consumption. The decision reportedly makes Brazil the first country to be removed from the list of states that complies with E.U. restrictions on…

A California-based data software company violated federal employment discrimination laws by importing foreign workers for high-paying tech jobs instead of hiring qualified Americans, Labor Department officials say. On Tuesday, officials announced that Cloudera Inc. has been suspended for 180 days from the federal government’s PERM program, which allows companies to import foreign workers on employment-based green cards. Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said Cloudera violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against qualified Americans in their job application process in favor of foreign workers. “Protecting the integrity of our immigration and labor systems requires employers to follow the…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary resigned from his position on Tuesday, amid reports that President Donald Trump was considering firing him. Makary’s resignation comes after NBC News reported on Friday that “a source familiar with the matter” shared that Trump was considering firing Makary. The report came as Makary had received criticism as he “had yet to release a promised safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone, something he told Republican senators he would pursue during his confirmation process last year,” the outlet reported. Makary was also described as having “struggled to manage the FDA’s bureaucracy…

House Republicans are aiming to finish before August another party-line bill that they hope will persuade voters to keep them in power in midterm elections. House GOP leaders and a group of GOP members in closed-door meetings Tuesday discussed passing a third reconciliation bill by the end of July, five people with direct knowledge of the conversations told POLITICO. The third party-line bill would be in addition to the current immigration enforcement spending bill moving through the Senate. Speaker Mike Johnson told POLITICO as he left the House floor Tuesday “I do” think Republicans can meet that timeline. Rep. August…

Rana Dasgupta maps the decay of Britain and America, but his vision of what comes next is far less convincing than his diagnosis It is apposite that ‘After Nations, The Making and Unmaking of a World Order’ – written by English novelist turned historian Rana Dasgupta – should be published as Donald Trump is desperately seeking to extract America from an ill-judged and calamitous war in Iran.‘After Nations’ is an analysis of the rise and fall of the modern nation state – which Dasgupta sees as a uniquely powerful, secular political entity that first emerged in Western Europe some 300…

Days of plotting against Britain’s lame-duck Prime Minister took a pause for a key part of Britain’s living constitution to be played out, with the pomp and ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament. The UK Parliament has been re-opened after a two week prorogation, the house sitting again and hearing The King’s Speech, the formal means by which the elected government presents its legislative plan for the coming year. His Majesty the King arrived at the Palace of Westminster, which contains both the House of Lords and the House of Commons, by coach from Buckingham Palace, and proceeded to…