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Sep 5, 2026 - World

Latest data from Gallup, showing 49% leaning Democrat and 39% Republican, marks sharp reversal from 2024More voters are identifying as Democrats and shying away from calling themselves Republican, according to the latest quarterly data published by Gallup.Some 49% of voters surveyed leaned Democrat, including independent voters asked to pick one party or the other. Only 39% of respondents leaned Republican. Continue reading...

Sep 5, 2026 - World

Canada slapped back at President Donald Trump as he made bizarre threats about trade deficits, a new report shows.Canada will no longer discuss sharing critical minerals as an asset with the United States, Politico reported Saturday.“I don’t get mad," Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson reportedly said. "I get even."Hodgson — referencing the drunken frat-boy classic "Animal House" — was referring to the North Coast Transmission Line, slated to go live by 2032 and double electricity capacity in British Columbia, according to the report. The transmission line will power new critical mineral mines near the Alaskan border — which Hodgson was reportedly quick to point out. "Nothing would make me happier than just saying, ‘You know what, we’re going to use all our electricity here,'" he said. "We’re going to build new mines, new processing facilities."Meanwhile, Trump has been mounting threats against Canada, claiming Friday he could cut trade off entirely and cause Canada's economy to collapse. "Canada would be in a heap of trouble," said Trump. "If I say, 'We're not going to trade,' that means 95 percent of their trade gets wiped out."His comment was subjected to multiple fact checks from critics who argued Trump didn't understand trade deficits and noted Mexico does not provide the U.S. with Hot Tamales, a candy produced in Pennsylvania. Politico accused Trump of a similar misrepresentation."Although Trump keeps insisting otherwise, the U.S. relies heavily on Canadian resources," the news outlet reported. "Washington views Canada’s stockpiles as a bulwark against Chinese dominance of the global market in critical minerals essential to defense, quantum computing, artificial intelligence and virtually every piece of tech."

Sep 5, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump's envoy sparked outrage for "sucking up" to Russian leader Vladimir Putin with plans to reminisce about their meeting.On Saturday, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to meet with Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. At one point during their meeting, Witkoff told Putin that their meeting would be a special memory later in life."President Putin, thank you so much for having us. We were sitting outside just now," Witkoff said, referring to himself, Kushner and their Russian counterparts. "We were talking about, when we retire, we'll have all these incredible stories and memories, and yours will be right at the top of it all."The remarks were met with condemnation on X as people pointed out Putin's record as Russian leader and what's going on in Ukraine."This to a man launching ballistic missiles at maternity hospitals and stealing Ukrainian children en masse," wrote former National Security Council spokesman and political podcaster Tommy Vietor. "Humiliating bootlicking.""I never thought I'd see the day where America acted so weak," reacted Ukraine-based journalist Jay Beecher. "But here they are, sucking up to a mass-murdering Russian dictator who happens to also be helping Iran to kill American troops.""Steve Witkoff addresses his true love, the war criminal," summed up economist Michael MacKay.Economist Lars Christensen called Witkoff's comments a "disgrace."Military tech blogger and Kash Patel-foe Jim Stewartson called the meeting between Witkoff, Kushner, and Putin a "combination of treason, conflict of interest, and sheer corruption never seen at this level of geopolitics," in his reaction to the comments."It'll be an incredible memory for us all," joked British war studies lecturer Ruth Deyermond. "The time the US president sent two of his closest, if least competent, aides to flatter the autocrat responsible for an unprovoked war against a neighbour and the murder of many thousands of its citizens. In front of the world's cameras."

Sep 5, 2026 - World

Leading second-wave feminist co-founded Women’s Media Center with Jane Fonda and Gloria SteinemRobin Morgan, a child star of the 1940s and 50s who grew up to become an all-American radical as a poet, essayist, editor and second-wave feminist, has died. She was 85.Morgan’s death was confirmed Saturday by the Women’s Media Center, an organization she co-founded with Jane Fonda and the celebrated author and activist Gloria Steinem, who died Wednesday. Continue reading...

Sep 5, 2026 - World

Sarah Khalifa, 39, charged with forming organised criminal gang to manufacture and traffic drugsAn Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in a sprawling drug case, official media reported on Saturday.The presenter, Sarah Khalifa, 39, is best known for her programme Mission Impossible, which dealt with issues concerning security and crime. Continue reading...