Trump and Putin talk for nearly an hour - "Perhaps with a few good jokes at the expense of world order"
Washington/Moscow – US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation lasting about an hour on July 3. This was confirmed by Putin’s foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov to the Russian news ...
Trump’s Salary List Revealed – Who Earns What in the White House
Washington – On Tuesday, the White House released the full salary list of President Donald Trump’s staff. The document, submitted annually to the U.S. Congress, includes more than 400 individuals working ...
When Will Friedrich Merz Get the Orange Toupee? – Germany in the Shadow of a Republican Dream
A country that intends to cut its development aid by one billion euros, with the parliamentary decision scheduled for July 9, that relativizes human rights and deports critically ill individuals without wheelchairs ...
First Detainees Arrive at “Alligator Alcatraz” – Trump’s Deterrence Camp Begins Operations
Deep in the shimmering swamp of the Everglades, where mosquitoes fly thicker than morning fog and alligators lurk between reeds, a place has officially begun operations that some already describe as a symbol of a new America ...
Trump’s Monster Bill Under Fire - Hakeem Jeffries Blocks Vote with Hours-Long Protest Speech
Washington - It was a spectacle that will likely go down in the annals of resistance: In the early morning hours of July 3, 2025, Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, took the floor ...
More Expensive Than Ever – We Analyzed Trump’s Vietnam Deal: What Lies Behind It Mainly Hurts Consumers
Donald Trump calls it a new "beautiful" trade agreement – but anyone who takes a closer look at the deal with Vietnam announced on Wednesday will see: this agreement is neither finalized nor beneficial, ...
When Even the Water Has to Save – Berlin Halts New Drinking Fountains in the Height of Summer
It is a summer that burns – literally. While meteorologists are forecasting temperatures beyond 95 degrees Fahrenheit for the coming weeks and health experts are urgently recommending regular hydration, Berlin ...
A Dark Beat of the City – Four Dead and at Least 14 Injured in Chicago Nighttime Shooting
Chicago – It was a summer evening like many in this city, hot, vibrant, pulsing with music – and it ended in blood. Four people are dead, ...
The Great Greed of the Little People – What Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel Really Earn
When people in the Bundestag rant about “those at the top,” it often comes from the right – from a party that presents itself as the defender ...
Shattered by Tariffs – How Donald Trump Brought a Food Empire Like Del Monte to Its Knees
It is the end of an era – and at the same time a harbinger of a policy that does not protect but destroys. Del Monte Foods, a giant of the American food industry ...
Deportations, Fear, and Rejection - Trump’s Immigration Policy Drives Approval Ratings to New Lows
Washington – It was a calculated show of force by the Trump administration, but it threatens to become a political boomerang. For weeks now, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been conducting aggressive mass raids ...
Regression by Decree – How Trump’s Administration Infantilizes Teenagers
Washington – It is a return to prudishness and a political signal with far-reaching consequences. On Wednesday, the administration under President Donald Trump ...
The Human Image of Beasts – How Right-Wing Rhetoric Stages Death
Laura Loomer wasn't making a joke. Her statement was not sarcasm, not exaggeration, but a calculated act of dehumanization. "Alligator lives matter," wrote the far-right commentator on June 30 - and added: ...
The Signal in the Shadows – Trump's Job Market Turns Negative
Washington – It was just a number, but it cast a shadow over the Trump administration’s optimistic narrative: for the first time in nearly a year, the number of private-sector jobs in the US has declined ...
"Armed to Death – How Putin’s Army Is Breaking on Western Spare Parts" - Investigations into the Depths of Russia
It does not begin with explosions, but with lawsuits. Not on the front lines, but in the chambers of Russian arbitration courts, whose dry transcripts reveal more than any military press conference ...
Medicaid Activists in Wheelchairs Arrested During Protest at US Senate
Washington, D.C. – In a powerful act of protest against looming cuts to the healthcare system, several activists were arrested on Tuesday after staging a sit-in at the Russell Senate Office Building ...
America’s 1933 - The Abolition of the Republic
In March 1933, under pressure from the streets, the German Reichstag passed a law that still makes the world shudder: the so-called Enabling Act. It stripped parliament of its legislative power ...
"A big, ugly cut" – Trump’s monster bill passes the House of Representatives
It is a law of gigantic proportions - 887 pages long, filled with tax cuts, spending reductions, new billions for the military and the deportation machinery. But what President Donald J. Trump calls the "One Big Beautiful Bill" ...
The New Red Line - How Trump Is Weaponizing Citizenship
It began with a letter. On June 26, 2025, Republican Congressman Andy Ogles called on the United States Department of Justice to investigate the naturalization of Zohran Mamdani - a Democratic lawmaker ...
“I Hated That Dog” – The Story of Kristi Noem and the Shooting of Cricket
It is a story that reads like something from a dark Southern novel – yet it comes from the pen of a politician who presents herself as an “unshakable patriot” and, until recently, was considered a strong contender for Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick. In her book No Going Back ...
Secret Honorarium in a Horse’s Name - How Kristi Noem Enriched Herself With Political Donations
From the very beginning, everything seemed discreet - perhaps too discreet. A shell company in Delaware, named after one of her horses. A dubious nonprofit organization with barely any discernible purpose. And finally: $80,000 that flowed directly to Kristi Noem’s ...
Custom-Made Art - Trump Replaces the “Worst Portrait Ever” With an Approved Self-Copy
It is a move that stands out even in the long history of narcissistic state art: Donald Trump had his official portrait at the Colorado State Capitol swiftly replaced - because it did not flatter him enough ...
USA Accuse Iranian Hackers of Targeted Disinformation Campaign
Washington once again finds itself facing a targeted digital provocation that affects not only national security but also carries explosive political implications. Pro-Iranian hackers claim ...
Self-Consumption in a State of Emergency - America Loses Its Last Sense of Shame
It was a sentence fit for a dystopian novel - only it didn’t fall in fiction but during a press tour through a real internment camp in the state of Florida. Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary under Donald Trump, ...
USAID is dead - up to 14 million could follow
It was a moment of self-congratulation in Washington. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State under Donald Trump, stood before the cameras and announced with a satisfied look the end of USAID ...
Applause, Disgust, and Alaska - How Lisa Murkowski First Saved and Then Scolded Trump’s Monster Bill
Washington - It was a political performance of rare ambiguity, staged in the solemn marble of the U.S. Senate. On Tuesday afternoon, precisely at 2:42 p.m., Lisa Murkowski cast her vote - “Yes.” ...
The Silent Subsidy Model - How the Government Rewards Corporations and Punishes Workers
There is a quiet truth about America’s labor market that is never spoken in campaign ads or stump speeches: The most successful, most profitable companies in the country are having their workforces subsidized by the government - through Medicaid, ...
A Triumph Full of Fractures – Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Passes the Senate
Washington, July 1, 2025 – In the midst of a stifling July heat, after a sleepless night of legislative wrangling, the US Senate today passed President Donald Trump’s central legislative project of tax breaks ...
The Shadows of the Lie – Pam Bondi, Epstein, and the Promise of Horror
Washington, summer 2025. The world has grown accustomed to many impositions. But sometimes there are sentences that appear out of nowhere and carve themselves into the public consciousness like a scratch on glass ...
California's Fields Lie Empty - Trump's Raids Drive Farmworkers to Flee and Farmers to Ruin
Oxnard, California - Lisa Tate stands at the edge of her strawberry field, her gaze drifting across rows of ripe fruit glistening in the California summer sun - untouched, unharvested, on the verge of decay.
Drone War - Ukraine Strikes Russian Arms Plant Deep Inside the Country
Kyiv – In a symbolic counterstrike, a Ukrainian long-range drone hit a major Russian arms plant in the city of Izhevsk - roughly 1,300 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The attack ...
A Farewell in Tears – When USAID Was Silenced
It was a quiet yet powerful protest, carried by respect, sorrow, and anger: two former U.S. presidents and a rock star bid farewell on Monday in an emotional video call to the staff of the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
The Fastest Dinosaur in the World – When Tyrannosaurs Compete for the Crown of Racing
Auburn, Washington – There are sporting events so epic you wonder if they really happened - or if a child with dino fever wrote the script. Welcome to one of those moments ...
Setback in the Senate - Trump Fails to Push Through Medicaid Exclusion
Washington - It is a rare moment in the politically charged climate of the United States: The Republican-dominated Senate has turned against a central measure of President Donald Trump ...
"Victory 45-47" - The Scent of Democratic Decay
There was a time when American politics smelled of burnt ideals, of cold coffee in Congress or the quiet sweat of responsibility. Today, it smells like "Victory 45-47" - a golden olfactory revelation from the House of Trump ...
Our investigation confirms it: Trump opens the gates for Putin’s banks - a break with the West
Washington - Our investigation has now definitively confirmed it: The Trump administration has eased key sanctions against Russian banks, including Gazprombank, Sberbank, and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation ...
38 Arrested in Protests Against Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” – Activists Carry Coffin Props into Capitol
Washington, D.C. – In a powerful protest against Donald Trump’s controversial tax and spending bill – the so-called “Big Ugly Bill” – 38 demonstrators were arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Monday ...
Trump’s New Decree Threatens Critics with Denaturalization, Deportation, and Penalties - Important for Tourists Too
Washington, D.C. – Anyone visiting or living in the United States should now think twice before speaking out. A new memo from the U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump is causing global outrage: ...
When the President Grabs a Marker - Trump Scolds Fed Chair with a Sharpie
Washington, D.C. – In the history of American presidencies, there have been many unusual messages - on letterhead, in tweets, as margin notes on legislative drafts. But what Donald Trump just sent to the Chairman of the U.S. Federal ...
To Protect Kilmar Garcia from Trump - A Nation in a State of Legal Emergency
Nashville, Tennessee - A man remains in prison. Not because he is guilty. Not because he wants to flee. But because the justice system ...
Party of the Little People – at 24,000 Euros a Month
There are news items that can only be processed with a glass of absinthe and a cold washcloth on your face. The AfD, self-proclaimed voice of the oppressed people, has quietly but generously rewarded itself - with a salary that seems as ...
The Quiet Revolution – Why We Should Celebrate Pride Without Rewriting History
Pride Month is coming to an end – and perhaps you barely noticed that it had begun. This year has been noticeably quiet: no rainbow-colored logos from major corporations, ...
One Witness, Many Contradictions - How the Trump Administration Squandered Credibility in the Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Washington / Nashville - This is a case that long ago transcended legal questions - it has become a symbol for how a government deals with law, truth, and human life. Construction worker Kilmar Abrego Garcia ...
Outrage, Stage, Blood – The Case of Bob Vylan and the Limits of Artistic Freedom
It was a hot summer day at Worthy Farm in Somerset when British rap-punk act Bob Vylan took to the West Holts Stage at the Glastonbury Festival ...
The Cheeseburger State – How Trump's Administration Deep-Fries the Law
There is political communication. There is propaganda. And then there is what the White House is publishing these days – a mixture of fast-food aesthetics, authoritarian commands, and post-ironic absurdity
The Return of the Lead Chamber – A Visit to the Worldview of Lukas Courtial
There are places where time seems to stand still. Not in a poetic way, like a sunset over the Eifel, but in an oppressive, shabby way – like a musty local museum where ...
In the Shadow of the Cross – The Crucifixion Murder in Arizona and the Dark Mission of Adam Christopher Sheafe
It was a scene of biblical cruelty, but it did not take place two thousand years ago in Jerusalem – it happened in the spring of 2025 in the Arizona desert. An elderly pastor, William "Bill" Schonemann, 76 years old, ...
When the Money Dries Up – How Priscilla Chan’s School Project Ended and 400 Children Were Left Behind
East Palo Alto, California – It was a promise born from the idea that wealth brings responsibility. When Priscilla Chan, pediatrician and wife of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, established a school for disadvantaged children in 2016 ...
The Double Standard of the Immigration Debate – Marco Rubio and the Shadows of the Past
It is the biographical details that can shake the political memory of a nation – especially when they stand in stark contradiction to one’s own demands. Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a vocal proponent of strict immigration laws ...
"Our hands aren't clean either" - How Trump recalibrated America's moral compass
It was an interview straight out of a Machiavellian stage play: two people on the set - Maria Bartiromo, a Fox News veteran known for her sharp rhetoric, and Donald J. Trump, the president of rearview mirrors and distortions ...
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