Day: October 6, 2024

The U.S. government’s top disaster relief official says false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, which are being spread most prominently by Donald Trump, are “demoralizing” aid workers and creating fear in people who need recovery assistance.

Abstract: Hours after the Hamas attack of October 7 began, they were widely attributed to an apparent Israeli intelligence failure, with pundits pointing to several possible sources, including a misunderstanding of Hamas’ intentions, cognitive biases, and an overreliance on the country’s technological superiority. To date, however, there have been few systematic analyses that examine in … Continued

“You have to accept it in order to have a chance to win,” Tom Eddy, a GOP county chair, told Politico, of early voting, which Donald Trump dismissed as “stupid stuff.”

Last year Hamas launched a surprise attack prompting Israel to declare war and intensify military operations against Hamas and Hezbollah; here’s a timeline of key events in the ongoing conflict one year later.

Hopes for peace have been shredded by a spiraling conflict that has brought the Middle East to the edge of all-out war.