(2025-08-23). US Justice Dept releases Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts. newarab.com 
The Justice Department released a transcript on Friday of an interview with Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting underage girls for Epstein, was interviewed last month by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer. | The Justice Department released hundreds of pages of transcripts and audio recordings of th…
(2025-08-23). "Neighbors Are Buying Gas Masks for Their Toddlers" : Alissa Azar on ICE's Continued Brutality in Portland. itsgoingdown.org 
Over the summer, we've seen people in Los Angeles and across the US mobilize in the face of the ramping up of horrific and violent deportations, as the Trump administration makes a real push for country-wide ethnic cleansing. As we speak, people in Washington DC are seeing their streets flooded with federal law enforcement, as…
(2025-08-23). Marcos' Visit to India: An Attempt to Forge Strong Economic Cooperation. moderndiplomacy.eu Amidst Trump's tariff threat, the Philippines' President Marcos Jr. visited India from 4th to 8th August, making it his longest state visit abroad. Both sides elevated their ties to the Strategic Partnership (SP) during the visit. With this elevation, India became the fifth country to have SP with the Philippines, besides Japan, Australia, South Korea, …
(2025-08-23). Ukraine: Background to a Proxy War with No End in Sight [Preview]. soundcloud.com Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin on August 15th. 3 days later, with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with the leaders of the major NATO countries. Trump promised that his personal intervention would lead to a quick end to the war, but he has badly misjudged the situation. Brian Becker and Layan Fuleihan discuss the …
(2025-08-23). Is it Time for a European Army? moderndiplomacy.eu Many have anticipated Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska with great attention last week (8/19/2025). After all, it was the first time that both leaders met since Trump assumed office earlier this year, and the meeting was promised to result in a ceasefire agreement. However, both leaders cited 'great progress' without explaining what has been …
(2025-08-23). MAGA White House Threatens African American Museum and Other Institutions for Emphasizing Being 'Too Focused on How Bad Slavery Was'. moguldom.com President says Smithsonian is "out of control" for focusing on slavery, launches attorney review of museum content President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on the Smithsonian Institution this week, threatening to unleash attorneys on the museum system for what he called excessive focus on slavery and America's historical failings. The unprecedented presidential assault on the …
(2025-08-23). Pentagon authorizes DC Guard contingent to carry weapons of war as Trump threatens martial law in Chicago, San Francisco, New York. wsws.org The arming of over 2,200 National Guard soldiers in the capital city is a major step towards martial law.
(2025-08-23). Exclusive: Hamas Offered Major Concessions in New Gaza Ceasefire Proposal. dropsitenews.com
(2025-08-23). White 'Supremacy's' Subjective Identification Of War Criminals Reveals Deeper Psychopathology. popularresistance.org Last week the world witnessed the geopolitical spectacle that took place in Anchorage, Alaska when Presidents Trump and Putin met to discuss ending the feckless, unnecessary, and fossil-fueled war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine that's been ongoing for three years. Unsurprisingly, the three hour discussion between the leaders led to no comprehensive agreement that would, in Trump's words, "stop the killing." However, while the Trump/Putin meeting failed to result in an armistice, it did elucidate profound hypocrisies and revealed that when it comes to who is considered a war criminal it largely depends…
(2025-08-23). Apple to produce all iPhone 17 models in India. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – Bloomberg unveiled that Apple will be making all its iPhone 17 models in India a month before the release of the new iPhone version.The American company, for the first time in its history, will be making all four iPhone 17 models in India.The move comes amid production expansion across five factories in New Delhi, considering that two more factories were opened in the Asian country.Apple's iPhone. (Shutterstock)Following tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Chinese exports, Apple started working on decreasing the products made in China and shifted the production to India.The iPhone 17 lineup…
(2025-08-23). Is Venezuela The Next Target Of The US Empire? popularresistance.org President Donald Trump has deployed several warships and thousands of Marines to the southern Caribbean — just miles off the coast of Venezuela. The provocative mission was launched under the guise of an anti-narcotics crusade, but risks disastrous outcomes for both countries. | While a war with Venezuela might seem unlikely, the move is sure to radically escalate tensions with the Latin American state, and in the worst-case scenario could become a trip-wire for direct conflict with Caracas. | According to a recent New York Times report, the president has signed a secret directive authorizing military actio…
(2025-08-23). Federal Appeals Court Blocks Oak Flat Land Exchange in Arizona. indybay.org PHOENIX, August 18, 2025 — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction today blocking the Trump administration from handing Oak Flat over to a private mining company while three lawsuits challenging the land exchange proceed. Without the injunction, the public lands about 40 miles east of Phoenix were expected to be transferred Tuesday to Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of multinational mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP.
(2025-08-23). Trump nominates close aide Sergio Gor as next US ambassador to India. geo.tv 
Sergio Gor at a rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York. —Reuters/File
(2025-08-23). Convicted felon Trump's White House expands attack on the Smithsonian Institution. indybay.org The above green ticket, is a Ticket to Donald J. Trump's 2021 Senate impeachment trial (front and reverse)…
(2025-08-23). Trump and the US Are Paying the Price for Racism and Denial. indybay.org The pathological narcissist and distractor-in-chief followed his authoritarian playbook of lies, obscenities, threats, and insults and never prepared US communities for these earth-shaking migrations! Prices rise, employment plummets, and trust disappears! Trump must not be allowed to finish his second term!
(2025-08-23). Students Urge George Washington University Not To Capitulate To Trump. popularresistance.org We, the students, write to you at a critical moment of GW's institutional path and the future of education in the United States. As students, we demand the protection of our collective right to pursue our education without the fascist interference of the Trump administration. The White House is waging war against colleges and universities across the country, and as we witness the consequences from the institutions already targeted, we are aware of the fate of our education and well-being should GW decide to give in. The DOJ has already placed the fate of international students at other schools in jeopardy, threat…
(2025-08-23). Accepted at Universities, Unable to Get Visas: Inside Trump's War on International Students. theintercept.com 
A prominent Indian journalist was notified by the Trump administration this week that his student visa to pursue a master's program in the U.S. had been denied. The prospective student, Kaushik Raj, a journalist who has reported for international and Indian publications alike, was told in his rejection letter that the U.S. government felt he did not have enough ties to his home country. | Set to study data journalism at Columbia University's graduate journalism school, Raj was incredulous. His entire family is in India, his reporting has been on India, and he had told the American consular officer during his i…
(2025-08-23). Japan's Ishiba hosts South Korea's Lee before key Trump summit. aljazeera.com Lee's visit comes two days before his crucial first summit in Washington, DC, with US President Donald Trump.
(2025-08-23). Is Trump's 'Big Beautiful' spending law the biggest tax cut in US history? aljazeera.com Trump's 2025 law ranks third among tax cuts since 1980 and mainly extends old cuts, making its impact modest for most.
(2025-08-23). Federal Judge Rules Against AG Pam Bondi, Tells DOJ That Motion to Unseal Epstein Transcripts is a Diversionary Tactic, Won't Help American Public. moguldom.com Federal Judge Richard Berman delivers scathing rebuke of Trump administration's request to release grand jury materials containing only FBI agent testimony A federal judge delivered a pointed rejection of the Trump administration's request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts, calling the Justice Department's motion a "diversion" from the comprehensive files the government already possesses …
(2025-08-23). Ralph Nader: Real Crime Wave in D.C. Is in Trump's White House and K Street Corporate Offices. scheerpost.com Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem joins President Donald Trump to thank the National Guard and law enforcement officers for their service at the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility in Washington, D.C., August 21, 2025. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Ralph N…
(2025-08-23). What will Uganda gain from accepting US deportees? aljazeera.com Analysts speculate that Uganda is seeking better trade deals and wants to be in Trump's good books.
(2025-08-23). Zhang Yongle: Reconfiguring Hegemony. newleftreview.org A view from China of the battle for America's ideological soul, pitting Trump, home-grown nemesis of Western liberal democracy, against Francis Fukuyama, subtlest philosopher of its world-historical triumph. Are these contrasted figures two manifestations of the same hegemonic principle?
(2025-08-23). A summer of sellouts: UFCW pushes through three grocery contracts in one week amid growing rank-and-file resistance. wsws.org Grocery workers face not only poverty wages, corporate domination and intensifying attacks on democratic rights under the Trump administration, but a campaign of sabotage by union bureaucurats.
(2025-08-23). Trump-Putin summit exposes Mélenchon's New Popular Front. wsws.org Mélenchon's nationalist calls for France get more of the "cards of power" show that the NFP and the union bureaucracies will not seriously fight social cuts to fund French militarism.
(2025-08-23). Trump may 'do nothing' if Putin, Zelensky fail to meet. newarab.com 
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he was "not happy" about a Russian strike Thursday that hit a US-owned factory in Ukraine "and I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war." | But he said he wanted to see whether Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky would meet fi…
(2025-08-23). Trump Admin Kills Massive Offshore Wind Project. wattsupwiththat.com "Americans deserve energy that is affordable, reliable, and built to last — not experimental and expensive wind projects that are proven failures," DOI deputy press secretary Aubrie Spady told the DCNF. "In line with President Donald Trump's Energy Dominance Agenda, Interior is putting an immediate stop to these costly failures to deliver a stronger energy future and lower costs for American families. Like President Trump said, 'the days of stupidity are over in the USA!'" (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Unveils Massive Oil And Gas Lease Expansion Biden Tried To Squash)…
(2025-08-23). US general whose report on Iran nuclear sites angered Trump fired. aljazeera.com
(2025-08-23). Trump administration to vet all 55 million U.S. visa holders. ecns.cn The Trump administration said Thursday it is reviewing all 55 million foreign nationals holding U.S. visas, warning that any violations could trigger immediate revocation and deportation. The State Department stressed visa holders are under "continuous scrutiny," including for overstays, criminal activity, threats to public safety or links to terrorism.
(2025-08-23). FBI raids home and office of former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton. wsws.org The crackdown and intimidation of political opponents is a critical aspect of Trump's erection of a presidential dictatorship and police state.
(2025-08-23). The Week That Shaped Nothing: US, Russia, and Europe on Ukraine's War. moderndiplomacy.eu In a span of a week, global politics had gotten some big headlines. Last Friday, Putin and Trump met in Alaska. The anticipated summit was the talk of the world for quite a while. Speculations to determination, the summit was an icebreaking summit for US and Russian relations. Especially the way President Donald Trump was …
(2025-08-23). Trump says he'll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline. newarab.com 
President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns Congress approved a U.S. ban on TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, sold its controlling stake. | But Trump has so far extended the deadline three times during his second term — with the next one coming up on Sept. 17. | "We're gonna watch the secur…
(2025-08-23). Putin-Trump meeting: Nothing more than a photo-op. iacenter.org August 20, 2025 Donald Trump came into the White House promising to end the costly, destructive proxy war with Russia in Ukraine on his first day in office. Finally, seven months later, the White House and U.S. corporate media grandly pre-publicized the Aug. 15 meeting in Alaska of Presidents Putin and Trump. The publicity raised great expectations, making it appear that Trump was doing something to end the intense war against Russia that the U.S. and NATO have been waging since the overthrow of a Ukrainian government friendly to Russia in early 2014. Trump brought no new offer to the summit. Despite the publicit…
(2025-08-23). Trump's EPA Delayed Pollution Safeguards Ahead of Deadly US Steel Explosion. truthout.org
(2025-08-23). Buffalo's India Walton Has Stark Warning for Democrats: Don't Move to the Center. moguldom.com India Walton says moderating leftist message cost her Buffalo mayoral race, offers lessons for Zohran Mamdani India Walton has a stark warning for progressive Democrats during Donald Trump's second presidency: don't abandon your principles to appease the establishment. The Democratic socialist who shocked New York politics by defeating four-term Buffalo incumbent mayor Byron Brown in …
(2025-08-23). Jeffrey Epstein accomplice says she never saw Trump in 'any inappropriate setting'. geo.tv 
US President Donald Trump wears a 'Trump Was Right About Everything!' hat, as he makes an announcement on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 22, 2025. — Reuters Maxwell says President Trump was "never…
(2025-08-23). Can the new India-China bonhomie reshape trade and hurt the US in Asia? aljazeera.com Trump's tariffs and shifting geopolitical winds have pulled India and China closer. That could undercut the US-led Quad.
(2025-08-23). Preparations for upcoming V-parade in Beijing in full swing. ecns.cn Participants are busy preparing for the upcoming V-Day military parade scheduled on Sept. 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
(2025-08-23). Shared wartime history unites nations. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng talks with a guest at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Wednesday at an art exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
(2025-08-23). Terrorist pots and pans banned from Gaza protest. skwawkbox.org 
Proscription of kitchen implements soon to follow? The Met Police banned demonstrators taking part in last night's anti-genocide protest outside the embassy of fascist Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely from bringing pots and pans to the protest, apparently on the basis that the noise might stop the embassy from carrying on its usual genocidal — and …
(2025-08-22). Map shown at White House was powerful message to Ukraine and Russia>. infobrics.org Trump blames Obama for "giving away" Crimea.
(2025-08-22). Trump's Epstein Problem Is Real: New Poll Shows Many In His Base Disapprove Of His Handling Of The Files, And Some Supporters Are Having Second Thoughts About Electing Him. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Has President Donald Trump survived the latest and most serious firestorm of controversy over the Epstein scandal? Or has the Trump administration's handling of the …
(2025-08-22). Why Japanese American Memories Of US Internment During The Second World War Are Stirring Up Protests In 2025. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | The recent opening of an immigration centre in El Paso, Texas, has reignited protests of the Trump administration's tough immigration plans from Japanese Americans. The …
(2025-08-22). How Moderate Senate Democrats Enabled Trump's D.C. Takeover. progressivehub.net RYAN COOPER | THE AMERICAN PROSPECT…
(2025-08-22). Trump's DOJ escalates lawfare with FBI raid on John Bolton's home. tehrantimes.com FBI agents conducted court‚Äëauthorized searches at former National Security Adviser John Bolton's Maryland home and Washington office on Friday, reigniting a dormant investigation into alleged mishandling of classified information from his 2020 memoir, The Room Where It Happened.
(2025-08-22). The 'Security Guarantee' Paradox: Too Weak And It Won't Protect Ukraine Too Robust And Russia Won't Accept It. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Back-to-back summits in Alaska and Washington with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, respectively, have done little to clarify how U.S. President Donald Trump intends to …
(2025-08-22). Sharp tensions lodged within Jackson Hole central bankers' conclave. wsws.org The Trump administration has exploded a bomb under the Fed with the demand that one of its board of seven governors, Lisa Cook, resign over alleged false information she gave in applying for a housing mortgage.
(2025-08-22). Prabowo's Welfare Push Raises Questions for Indonesia's Infrastructure Sector. moderndiplomacy.eu Tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration on Southeast Asian nations—effective August 7, 2025—are likely to have a significant impact on the economies of the region. The second-quarter growth figures of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam would have brought some relief for all these countries. For long, ASEAN countries have benefited immensely from globalization and reasonable global …
(2025-08-22). Hungary and Slovakia demand EU action after Ukraine hits key oil pipeline again. tehrantimes.com Ukraine attacked the Druzhba pipeline for the third time, halting oil deliveries to Slovakia and Hungary. The European Commission has not reacted so far, but US President Donald Trump said he was very angry.
(2025-08-22). How NYT's Bad Reporting Helped Justify Trump's Tariffs on Brazil. scheerpost.com President Trump Meets with President Bolsonaro, 2020. The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Brian Mier / US P…
(2025-08-22). South Korea President Lee aims to avoid further clashes with Trump. responsiblestatecraft.org On August 25, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will be
(2025-08-22). From Washington to Kyiv: Who really blew up Nord Stream pipelines. infobrics.org The arrest of a Ukrainian suspect in Rome has revived debate over the 2022 Nord Stream sabotage, long viewed as a US-led operation. Spiegel's "Ukrainian diver" narrative complicates Seymour Hersh's reporting, which pointed directly to Washington. With Trump now meeting Putin and Zelensky, the Nord Stream affair could redefine Europe's energy map and strain NATO unity in a post-war world.
(2025-08-22). The political lessons of Netanyahu's fascistic tirades against Australian Prime Minister Albanese. wsws.org The Israeli leader is on a rampage because of the scale of the crimes his regime is implementing and the mass global opposition they are provoking.
(2025-08-22). US deploys Marines, landing craft in escalating threat to Venezuela. wsws.org The deployment of a US amphibious intervention force with 2,200 Marines aboard shatters Washington's flimsy claims that it was engaged in counter-narcotics activity.