Robotaxis have become a potent symbol of the rise of artificial intelligence. To techno-optimists, robotaxis are an unalloyed good, a harbinger of a more productive and prosperous future. To anti-capitalists, they represent the supposed hubris of Silicon Valley technologists, who are said to be indifferent to the labor-displacing impact of automation. Less discussed is what they might mean for the politics of immigration.
As the Iran-Israel war enters its second week, the Muslim Brotherhood, the world’s largest and most influential Islamist Sunni organization, has come out in support of the Iranian regime.
Canada signed a defense partnership with the European Union on Monday, the latest indication that two of America’s closest allies are deepening their military cooperation as President Trump pulls away and promises to reduce the United States’ role in international security.
Mr. Trump has been pushing for other countries in NATO — which includes Canada and most European Union nations — to invest far more in their militaries, accusing them of relying too much on the United States.
He has called into question America’s commitment to defending some NATO members and has launched a trade war against some of the closest traditional allies of the United States.
Trump is smart to ditch these parasites.
The EU consists of corrupt, preening authoritarians bleating about democratic ideals while lining their pockets.
Carney’s kind of people.
Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament
Qatargate, one year on: EU corruption scandal still unsolved
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney lowered expectations on Monday about reaching an agreement with the United States for an economic and security pact by July 21.
Speaking in Brussels, where he signed a defence partnership with the European Union (EU), Carney was asked which options Canada would be considering, besides higher tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum, if he does not strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump within the next 30 days — as agreed to during the G7 summit last week in Kananaskis.
What we know about the Iran-Israel ceasefire
Donald Trump has warned Israel against launching further attacks on Iran, hours after he said a ceasefire between the two sides had taken effect.
The US president used an expletive as he criticised both sides, after each accused the other of breaking the US and Qatar-brokered truce.
It came after Israel said Iran had violated the deal and vowed to respond with “powerful strikes”.
BREAKING—PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUES WARNING TO ISRAEL, DIRECTING THEM TO STOP ATTACKING IRAN:
“Israel. do not drop those bombs. If you do it is a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now! Donald J. Trump, President of the United States” pic.twitter.com/hWTZeJEwWc
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) June 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump criticized both Iran and Israel for what he said were violations of a ceasefire between the two adversaries in the hours after he announced the truce would go into force. Content warning: profanity pic.twitter.com/KAZh2WgLN5
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 24, 2025
Independence Day is approaching! It’s time to start planning our celebrations. We’ll be cranking up the barbecue grills, waving our American flags and anticipating parades and fireworks.
So who do we invite over to celebrate the day with us? We could easily invite a few of our neighbors, close friends and relatives. But how about if we change things up a little? Why don’t we go downtown and invite some people we know nothing about, who don’t speak our language and who very likely mean us harm?
What’s the worst that could happen?
US President Donald Trump announced late on Monday night that a ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Iran and will enter into effect at 7 a.m. Israel time.
Trump said that Iran will immediately cease attacks and Israel will join the ceasefire on the 12th hour of the agreement. On the 24th hour, both sides will reportedly accept an end to the 12-day war.
Will it last? H/T David Martin
Iran launched missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraq on Monday, kicking off its response to American for the American strike on its nuclear sites over the weekend.
Iran reportedly launched 10 missiles at US bases in Qatar.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked Tasnim News Agency announced the beginning of a “missile operation” against US bases in Qatar and Iraq, calling it “Good News of Victory.”
Earlier in the day, Fox News reported intelligence warnings that indicated an imminent Iranian attack on the US Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Wow. This is not gonna end well. Iran just signed their death wish.
Iran is officially striking the US by hitting their bases in Qatar, Iraq, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
Thinking Trump isn’t gonna like this. pic.twitter.com/3QTw1lGPbM
— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) June 23, 2025
NYT: Iran coordinated the attack with Qatar to minimize casualties.
“Iran symbolically needed to strike back at the U.S.” and “allow all sides an exit ramp” — similar to their response in 2020 following Soleimani pic.twitter.com/9aM6yEOk8K
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 23, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of a change in leadership in Iran, after his country joined Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities.
On Sunday, Trump posted on social media to ask “why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???”
His remarks came after other top US officials stressed that toppling Iran’s leaders was not the aim of Saturday’s military action, during which US bombers targeted three sites in an effort to curtail Tehran’s nuclear programme.
“I’m the one that decides,” declared President Trump last week when asked by a reporter who gets to say what “America First” really means. Faced with a backlash from parts of his base over the prospect of the US supporting Israel in military action in Iran, the president said his word is final — “after all, I’m the one that developed America First” — adding that “the term wasn’t used until I came along”.
In fact, the phrase dates back to the First World War when Woodrow Wilson used the slogan to appeal to voters who wanted America to stay out of the conflict. (They didn’t get their wish.) The America First Committee was founded in 1940 to protest against US involvement in the Second World War, but gained notoriety after high-profile members such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh and the automotive tycoon Henry Ford led to a perception that it had antisemitic and pro-fascist sympathies.
During my law enforcement career, I never saw what one might reasonably describe as an obvious act of courage on the part of any attorney, prosecutor, or public defender. Their lives and jobs were insulated from the gritty reality of day-to-day police work. It was a reality they experienced from the comfort of office chairs and argued in climate-controlled, guarded courtrooms. Such was not the case for US Attorney John A Sarcone III of the Northern District of New York on June 17, 2025 in Albany, NY.
It happened: Operation Midnight Hammer was executed and took out Iranian nuclear facilities in Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow last night. B-2 bombers took off from the continental United States to make the 18-hour journey to deliver their packages. It was glorious. The funny part at home is that Democrats likely know this was the right decision. It’s why the outcry, while loud with some folks, hasn’t been in unison, especially with top Democrats. As of now, I don’t believe Chuck Schumer has said anything.
Iran’s parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping channel through which around 20% of the world’s daily oil flows.
The move, which could block $1 billion in oil shipments per day, is likely to send oil prices soaring.
It will come into effect pending a final decision by Iran’s Supreme Council.
A Republican president enters a faraway war, despite questions about the intelligence underpinning the attack. America has been here before.
President Trump’s rise was, in part, the response of US voters to political leaders embroiling the military in unpopular foreign conflicts, especially the lengthy deployment to Iraq launched by a Republican predecessor, George W Bush, based on flimsy accounts of weapons of mass destruction.
“My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier,” Trump concluded in his inaugural address. “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end — and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.”
‘Return immediately to the negotiating table’: Mark Carney on Iran strikes
In the aftermath of U.S. strikes on Iran Saturday night, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for parties to “return immediately to the negotiating table,” and for de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East.
