Politics

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg—why all the billionaires around Trump are such losers.

May 9, 2025

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. To the extent that the various creeps surrounding Mad King Donald have a coherent program of social change, it looks something like this: 1) Decapitate the institutions of elite American culture, 2) install skeezy […]

How India’s and Pakistan’s Armed Forces Compare, as Nuclear Fears Grow

May 9, 2025

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Simmering tensions between India and Pakistan are fueling concerns about the potential for a nuclear conflict between the two South Asian nations. Here […]

CIA releases videos coaxing Chinese officials to leak secrets to US

May 9, 2025

Social media campaign depicts fictional scenes of officials becoming disillusioned with ruling Chinese Communist Party. The CIA has launched a Chinese-language social media campaign calling on government officials in China to switch sides and leak secrets to the United States. The two videos released on Thursday depict fictional scenes involving Chinese officials who approach the […]

How VE Day and Putin’s war are forcing Ukrainians to relive their painful past

May 9, 2025

Mariia Sinhayevska was 11 when the Germans occupied her village, near Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She can still remember some German words from the year she spent in school under occupation. The soldiers were friendly, she said, though not if you were suspected of being a Communist or a […]

In California’s Central Valley, immigrant Catholics hope the next pope sees them

May 9, 2025

What Catholic immigrants in the U.S. want in their next pope What Catholic immigrants want in next pope What Catholic immigrants want in next pope In America's largest Catholic parish, you can feel the intimacy of grief left after the death of Pope Francis. "All eyes are on holy mother church. Her shepherd is gone […]

USA Fencing clarifies chairman’s photo which caused frenzy before hearing

May 9, 2025

NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! USA Fencing chairman Damien Lehfeldt clarified a photo posted on his private Instagram account on Wednesday, showing that he was holding up two fingers. Lehfeldt’s initial photo appeared to show him holding up a middle finger ahead of a hearing in front of Congressional lawmakers on […]

“If Missiles Are Going To Rain…”: Experts On “Cost” Of India-Pak War

May 9, 2025

As emotions run high in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, a former diplomat has warned that public mood should not dictate a war with Pakistan. Ajay Bisaria, former high commissioner to Pakistan, highlighted the key aspects of such an action and said its timing should not be based on what the people feel. […]

Chicago faithful pray for cardinals in conclave during Holy Name Cathedral Mass

May 9, 2025

Cardinals with ties to Chicago area voting in papal conclave as 1st day concludes Chicago faithful pray for cardinals in conclave during Holy Name Cathedral Mass In Chicago Wednesday, there were prayers for the papal process. In Chicago Wednesday, there were prayers for the papal process. In Chicago Wednesday, there were prayers for the papal […]

Could Cardinal Robert Prevost, originally from Chicago, become first American pope?

May 9, 2025

Cardinal Prevost, originally from Chicago, could be candidate for pope Cardinal Prevost, originally from Chicago, could be candidate for pope Cardinal Prevost, originally from Chicago, could be candidate for pope Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, but now, one name has been coming up as a […]

Could Alberta Leave Canada? What to Know

May 8, 2025

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney won election just over a week ago amid backlash to U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of annexing the country. But now, a threat to Canada’s sovereignty is coming from within. Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, said in a livestream Monday that she would hold a referendum on the province’s […]