Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft From British Air Base

6 octobre 2026 à 00:18

According to U.S. and British officials, 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from R.A.F. Fairford air base were withdrawn because of the risk of a drone attack ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

A B-1 bomber taking off from the R.A.F. Fairford air base in England on Sunday.

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Vance wants voters to ‘give us another chance’. But he is cornered | Sidney Blumenthal

Par : Sidney Blumenthal

5 octobre 2026 à 08:00

The vice-president’s recent remarks seek to maintain a posture of strength while they inadvertently expose political realities

JD Vance has parachuted into the midterm election campaign on a rescue mission in a new guise: a risk management consultant. Speaking in the flat language of the expert hired to identify threats, weaknesses and losses affecting a business’s reputation, he has presented his executive summary for limiting vulnerabilities and a scenario for averting disaster.

“There’s a lot of good that’s been done, but there’s a lot of work left to do,” he informed his clients on 15 September about the words to use. “Give us another chance, or give us another couple of years, to continue to work on the amazing things that we’ve been doing for the past two years.” He turned the focus to harm reduction rather than total agreement and then shifted the equation to a negative binary choice. “Even if you don’t agree with us on every issue, the other party is consumed by craziness.”

Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln: A Self-Made Man, Wrestling With His Angel and All the Powers of Earth. He is a Guardian US columnist and co-host of the Court of History podcast

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Trump claims he’s ‘doing great’ as his approval rating sinks to record low – as it happened

Par : Cecilia Nowell · Shrai Popat · Keely Aouga and Tom Ambrose

5 octobre 2026 à 21:55

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As the supreme court hears oral arguments this morning, it’s worth noting that if the justices side with Boulder or decide that the case is not in their jurisdiction, then it would continue in state court.

But if the fossil fuel industry convinces the justices, the decision could apply not only to the Boulder case, but also to the many other climate cases brought by state and local governments around the US that we mentioned earlier.

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