Nieuws Buitenland – 9

Candidates like Royce White and Mike Lindell energize parts of the Republican base in Minnesota, but they lag in polling and campaign cash.... Read more »

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she would have done some things differently than Tim Walz to stop ballooning fraud in state government.... Read more »

Studies show J-turn intersections provide safety benefits.... Read more »

Vermont senator was joined at “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” stop by Attorney General Keith Ellison, Sen. Tina Smith and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.... Read more »

Legislators have forged ahead with their own priorities while the lame-duck governor has partly shifted his focus to life after office.... Read more »

Expert tips for being a gracious host and giving great gifts. Plus, how much cash to slip in a card and why a texted thank-you note won’t suffice.... Read more »

Riverview LLP dominates Minnesota’s dairy industry. And now it wants to get bigger.... Read more »

St. Paul’s annual parade was a joyous relief for many of the city’s West Side residents.... Read more »

Owens Corning makes asphalt shingles on the shores of Shingle Creek. North Side residents say the odors and emissions from the factory make the neighborhood less livable.... Read more »

Minneapolis Police said they are investigating a shooting that damaged a city snowplow Sunday night.... Read more »

The omicron variant has halted plans to bring more workers back to the Twin Cities' downtowns.... Read more »

Minnesota is known as the state of hockey.... Read more »

In response to a historic spike in carjackings around the Twin Cities in the last two years, federal agents and prosecutors are stepping into an area of violent crime that had mostly been left up to local authorities to solve in the past.... Read more »

Prosecutors have charged a man suspected of fatally shooting the mother of his child this past weekend in St. Paul's North End neighborhood.... Read more »

The DFL-controlled Minnesota House made history last May when it passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana. However, don't look for history to repeat itself in the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate this year.... Read more »

Crime prevention and public safety have moved to the top of the 2022 agenda of the Minnesota Legislature along with COVID response and the projected budget surplus.... Read more »

A crowd full of family members, fans and local elementary students held signs and American flags outside the Super Rink, as the bus full of Olympians headed out Monday afternoon.... Read more »

St. Paul Police are investigating an incident where a liquor store employee was reportedly shot during a confrontation with a shoplifter.... Read more »

Every Meal in Roseville has already served more than one million meals this school year.... Read more »

A woman is charged with second-degree murder in Scott County after she admitted to strangling her mother.... Read more »

The federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd officially began Monday morning.... Read more »

Opening statements began Monday morning in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.... Read more »

Arvid Harry Johnson, 65, faces one count of second-degree murder in his wife's death. He is being held at the Ramsey County Jail with a bail of $1 million.... Read more »

The online left’s explanations for the WHCD assassination attempt have become an evidence-free zone.... Read more »

On finding unexpected joy in the Bard among children.... Read more »

Here’s why that’s a needed reset.... Read more »

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. And the left has a very real problem.... Read more »

A new live-action remake of the animated film will simply bring the same wrong message to a new generation.... Read more »

And working-class Americans stand to lose.... Read more »

Visitor fluff, climate kookery, and a new tram motor, all set to cost as much as $800 million, plus news from the ballroom front and LOVE in court.... Read more »

Private-sector creativity can help.... Read more »

A fight over the Utah Supreme Court has turned exceptionally ugly.... Read more »

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth makes an implausible claim.... Read more »

The U.N.’s waning relevance can be boosted by a new leader who focuses on core duties instead of politics.... Read more »

The Saudis are pulling out of the controversial league that caused a rupture in professional golf.... Read more »

There’s no doubt that the beginning of wisdom in U.S. energy policy was ‘drill, baby, drill.’... Read more »

Graham Platner is just one example.... Read more »

Last July 4, a group of 11 protesters, among them a middle school teacher and a UPS worker, held what they called a “noise demonstration” outside the Prairie­land Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Center in the town of Alvarado, Texas, about 30 miles south of Fort Worth. Some spray-painted epithets... Read more »

Cole Allen, the 31-year-old California man who, by his own admission, armed himself and attempted to breach the security at this past weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, was officially charged this week with attempting to assassinate the president. The case—at least what’s been publicly disclosed—is still quite murky; questions remain... Read more »

The Trump administration has canceled federal funding for test strips used to find out if a substance contains fentanyl. CBS News, citing a letter from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, reports that government funds can’t be used to purchase the strips anymore, increasing the risk of drug overdoses.... Read more »

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has been hit with multiple lawsuits in the 24 hours since he announced a halt on statewide primaries so that Republicans can redraw favorable congressional districts in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to gut the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais.On Friday, several... Read more »

Donald Trump has nearly tripled his net worth since being elected president a second time, and it’s all thanks to cryptocurrency. The president is now worth an estimated $6.5 billion, up from $2.3 billion in 2024, economic analyst and former Obama administration adviser Steve Rattner told MS NOW Friday. Between August... Read more »

Alabama is pushing ahead with a racist redistricting scheme after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Republican Governor Kay Ivey called Friday for a special session next week of the Alabama state legislature to pass new congressional and state Senate maps, and prepare legislation to hold special primary... Read more »

Pope Leo XIV has named three new bishops in the United States, each of whom have been vocal critics of President Trump.Evelio Menjivar, a formerly undocumented immigrant, will be the new bishop for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia, and Gary Studniewski and Robert Boxie III will be auxiliary... Read more »

President Donald Trump claimed Friday it’s unconstitutional to seek congressional approval for war. Speaking to the press outside the White House, Trump whined that he should not have to comply with the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which requires the president to withdraw his forces from a conflict after 60... Read more »

President Trump is claiming that the war on Iran is actually over in an effort to avoid any sort of accountability.Trump on Friday officially informed Congress that the war was “terminated,” writing, “There has been no exchange of fire between the United States and Iran since April 7, 2026.... The... Read more »

President Trump announced new tariffs against European car imports Friday, threatening to mess with the economy further. In a Truth Social post, Trump announced that he is “pleased to announce that, based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal, next week... Read more »

The Trump administration massively restructured the FBI in order to accommodate its deportation goals.More than 6,000 FBI agents were diverted to handling “immigration-related matters” during the first nine months of Donald Trump’s second term, reported The Intercept Friday. The seismic shift has practically redefined the agency and its work.Prior to... Read more »

The majority of U.S. military positions in the Middle East have been damaged by Iranian strikes, according to a CNN investigation released Friday. At least 16 American installations across eight countries have been struck as part of Iran’s retaliatory strikes against the U.S. and Israeli military onslaught. A U.S. source... Read more »

This is a lightly edited transcript of the April 30 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: Good morning, everybody. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of the New Republic show Right Now. We... Read more »

The Trump administration exposed the private Social Security numbers of dozens of health care providers while setting up a new Medicare portal.The Washington Post reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which is run by Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, made the error while creating a directory... Read more »

Rachel Rebouché What comes next is shifting terrain. The drug manufacturer has asked the Supreme Court to intervene, but the Food and Drug Administration could also step in. The post The Fifth Circuit Seeks to Unilaterally Reimpose an Outdated Abortion Pill Protocol appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Saliha Bayrak I visited the city of Mardin, where Turkish, Syrian, and Kurdish people live together. What I found was a culture of pluralism under siege. The post A Turkish Border Town on the Brink of Change appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Elie Mystal In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores the GOP’s glee over the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights decision. Plus: Elie's take on Musk v. Altman. The post Republicans Can’t Contain Their Glee Over the Death of the VRA appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Steve Brodner Cockles and Mussels. The post Friend of the Court appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer DNC chair Ken Martin has turned himself into the shifty bad guy from Fargo. The post Why Is the DNC Covering Up Its 2024 Autopsy? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Peter Kuper Trump is welcoming destruction of our heritage. The post Mining Federal Lands for Profits appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Kali Holloway They’ve seen the light and no longer support the president—but they still believe in his worst ideas and policies. The post Don’t Give MAGA Defectors Credit They Haven’t Earned appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sasha Abramsky Increasingly unpopular and facing a fracturing coalition, Trump is using government power to punish his critics, take political revenge, and revel in his own cruelty. The post As Trump’s Poll Numbers Fall, His Authoritarian Instincts Grow More Extreme appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Robert L. Borosage The initiative is essential in defining what Democrats are for. The post A Compact With America: The Congressional Progressive Caucus Releases Its New Affordability Agenda appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jaz Brisack A new labor nonprofit called Union Now is trying to help workers weather firings, delays, and first-contract battles. We could’ve used their help in our Starbucks campaigns. The post What Starbucks Taught Me About Union-Busting appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Ben Schwartz As her Oscar-winning labor documentaries return to theaters, Kopple reflects on union-busting, gig work, and her latest film on unions. The post Why Barbara Kopple’s Labor Films Remain As Urgent as Ever appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Gregg Gonsalves Too many scientists are willing to collaborate with Trumpism in the mistaken assumption that obedience will save their own necks. The post The Rise of the Vichy Scientists appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jessica Swoboda In God and Sex, Jon Raymond has recontextualized timeless novelistic questions—on faith and love—in an era of environmental collapse. The post A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Michele Goodwin Voter exclusion was never about men alone. And much is at stake for women in state and federal elections. The post The Voting Rights Decision Is a Warning About Women’s Political Power appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

A London restaurant has reopened as 130 Primrose, a registered charity where people who have experienced homelessness receive paid work, accredited training, and six-month contracts in fine dining. MasterChef judge Monica Galetti has joined as executive chef and trustee, bringing her culinary expertise to a project that has already helped... Read more »

At 22, sitting alone in a jail cell after a drunken break-in, Jay had decided "the world would be better off without me in it" and made a plan to end his life. Through a vent came an unexpected voice -- a fellow inmate asking, "Can I pray for you?"... Read more »

A German math teacher couldn't shake the fact that a billion people worldwide live with vision problems that could be solved with glasses -- if only they could afford them. Martin Aufmuth retreated to his basement and emerged with a design for spectacles that cost one dollar to make, require... Read more »

After three decades of mechanization pushed grazing animals off Spain's hillsides, the dry scrub they once cleared became the fuel for catastrophic wildfires -- until rescued donkeys returned to do their natural work. Since 2014, eighteen donkeys have grazed the edges of Doñana National Park, eating through dense vegetation that... Read more »

When Khari Arnold started taking his infant daughter to the library, he wasn't just teaching her to love books -- he was building a foundation for something much larger. His simple Instagram reel inviting other fathers to join them sparked the Library Dads, a growing brotherhood of men who gather... Read more »

When Christine Nguyen asked AI to speak as an ancient tree holding millennia of memory, the response arrived like a letter from the earth itself. The tree remembers when humans built their first fence and the soil felt the pain of separation -- when "this is mine" pierced the ground... Read more »

Ten years after her father’s passing, Swasti Bhattacharyya visited Brahma Vidya Mandir Ashram in rural central India, a few miles from where she grew up. As a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave, her father instilled a sense of belonging to the ashram, and Swasti was excited to reunite... Read more »

As England proposes thirteen new designated bathing water sites, a growing community of wild swimmers is becoming an unlikely force for environmental change. From the River Thames in London to Brighton's beaches, outdoor swimming has evolved from a fringe activity into a civic movement that's bringing together swimmers, councils, brands,... Read more »

A five-year-old boy named True arrived for open-heart surgery with no parent, no guardian, no one to hold his hand through the fear. Dr. Amy Beethe, the pediatric anesthesiologist who couldn't stop looking at his face during the procedure, called her husband that night with an unexpected proposal: could they... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The flower moon came and went on May 1. Most of what makes this month interesting is still ahead. This week: the Eta Aquarids The Eta Aquarids run from late April through late May, but their peak falls overnight on May 5 and 6.... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A girl born without the ability to hear was having everyday conversations with her mother four months after a single injection into her inner ear. She was seven years old. The treatment did not give her a hearing aid or implant. It gave her... Read more »

Episode Description: For the first time in history, clean energy grew faster than global electricity demand and fossil fuel generation actually went down. That’s not even the most surprising thing in this episode. Arielle and Karissa cover ten solutions this week, including a UK law that bans the legal purchase... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When Helsinki needed to connect a growing island suburb to the city center, the planners made a decision that would be unusual in most countries: they never considered building a car lane. The Kruunuvuori Bridge, which opened to the public this past weekend, stretches... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Something about the phrase “friction-maxxing” struck a nerve. When Kathryn Jezer-Morton, a columnist for New York magazine’s The Cut, published an essay in December 2025 naming the feeling of wanting to push back against frictionless technology, the response was immediate. She has spent the... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Getting a library card should be easy. For many children, it isn’t. The process can require documentation that not every family has: a fixed address, proof of residency, or a guardian’s signature. For students who are unhoused, in foster care, or undocumented, those requirements... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The Bahamas became the 12th country or territory in the Americas to receive WHO certification for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, joining a regional cohort that now accounts for more than half of all such certifications worldwide. The certification, announced April 22 by the... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When Rebekka Grun von Jolk, an economist whose research sits at the intersection of love and behavioral science, spoke with students at Georgetown University recently, she expected a polite Q&A. Instead, when the formal session ended, many students stayed behind. They wanted real answers... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In most countries, the legal age to buy cigarettes is fixed. In the UK, it will now move every year. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill cleared Parliament last week, creating what officials are calling a smoke-free generation by making it permanently illegal to sell... Read more »

His blunders underscore the importance of a vigorous interagency process.... Read more »

The wide variety—which does not include Anthropic—is intended to prevent AI-vendor lock.... Read more »

A last-minute rocket swap shows agility in pursuit of faster launches.... Read more »

The strategy expert calls adaptation to AI a "civilizational" challenge.... Read more »

The demand is about twice as high as the Marine Corps’ goal of three deployed at any given time, Gen. Eric Smith said Thursday.... Read more »

The 60 days allowable by the War Powers Resolution is about to run out, but the defense secretary thinks a ceasefire has paused the clock.... Read more »

The 2027 budget request was made before dozens of aircraft were destroyed during Epic Fury.... Read more »

<![CDATA[Apex wants to provide satellite buses to primes building proliferated constellations, which means building at scale, CEO Ian Cinnamon says. The company recently announced plans to make an XL version of its Comet satellite bus, adding power and mass yet still remaining small enough to fit 16 on a Falcon... Read more »

Bell unveiled an armed version specifically for the Corps at the Modern Day Marine conference.... Read more »

The defense secretary and Joint Chiefs chairman appeared before Congress for the first time since strikes began Feb. 28.... Read more »

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess is seen as the likely replacement for Gen. Chance Saltzman.... Read more »

Industry can help prevent the Pentagon from making GWOT-era mistakes, said Hung Cao, filling in for his recently ousted boss.... Read more »

Fast adoption illustrates smaller organizations’ ability to harness disruptive tech.... Read more »

The MQ-25A delay pushes deliveries another two years past the prior reschedule.... Read more »

The classroom as a rehearsal room I have long believed that the best legal training happens where theory collides with the messy reality of contracts. In Mary Lee Ryan’s classroom…... Read more »

A different kind of spotlight I have always been drawn to the people who keep the lights on while others perform under them. Steve Gullion is one such person. His…... Read more »

A presence you felt in small things I have always been drawn to people whose lives read like margins of a larger story. Brenda Lorraine Gee lived in those margins…... Read more »

The small, strange permission of finishing someone else’s sentences I have long been fascinated by the moral choreography required when a living person finishes the work of the dead. Karen…... Read more »

A family in frames I have tracked celebrity lineages before, but Josephine Archer Cameron feels different. She is present on the edges of public narratives, a character who appears in…... Read more »

A quiet turning of the page I remember the first time I heard her name in a family anecdote and felt a small tug, like a guitar string tuned by…... Read more »

Growing up between dugouts and goalposts Presley Rowan Schumaker has one foot on the soccer field and one tied to a life that orbits professional baseball. The grooves of her…... Read more »

A Different Kind of Woods Legacy Royce Renee Woods has lived much of her life just outside the bright floodlights that follow the Woods surname. While the world associates that…... Read more »

A Life Lived Between Private Rooms and Public Stages Pamela Ann Stepnick occupies a rare position in contemporary culture. She is neither a background parent nor a manufactured celebrity. She…... Read more »

The Royal Navy is introducing a new approach to Initial Naval Training that will see officers and ratings complete the same 10-week foundation course at HMS Raleigh. The post Royal Navy merges officer and rating initial training first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a GBP 6 million contract to QinetiQ-led Team Elaris to develop a deployable solution concept for enhanced Long-Range Navigation, an alternative to satellite-based positioning systems. The post UK funds QinetiQ-led GPS alternative to protect from jamming first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Bell Textron has been selected by Near Earth Autonomy to provide a Bell 505 airframe for prototyping an autonomous aerial logistics aircraft under the US Marine Corps' Aerial Resupply Vehicle, Expeditionary Logistics Increment 2 programme. The post Bell 505 selected for US Marine uncrewed logistics project first appeared on UK... Read more »

HMS Iron Duke has been withdrawn from active service, leaving the Royal Navy with just five operational Type 23 frigates, NavyLookout has revealed. The post Britain now down to five operational frigates first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

American shipbuilder HII has announced plans to build four additional ROMULUS 151 uncrewed surface vessels at Breaux Brothers Enterprises in Louisiana. The post HII accelerates ROMULUS drone ship project with new hulls first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Timo Toikkanen, CEO of Varjo, and Nico Lange of IRIS argue military training is falling behind modern war, with Ukraine exposing gaps in legacy methods. The post Modern warfare is outpacing military training first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The RAF has hosted the first knowledge-sharing event for the Protector remotely piloted aircraft system, bringing together military personnel from Canada, Denmark and Norway for two weeks of direct insight into UK operations, according to the RAF. The post RAF hosts allied drone knowledge-sharing event at Waddington first appeared on... Read more »

Germany has overtaken the United States in conventional ammunition production capacity, Rheinmetall chief executive Armin Papperger has claimed. The post Germany has overtaken US in ammunition output first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

European defence manufacturer KNDS has launched an independent investigation into a legacy transaction with the Qatar Armed Forces dating back to 2013, following the resurfacing of previously reported allegations. The post KNDS investigates legacy Qatar arms deal dating back to 2013 first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »