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A national majority vote for president is one step closer to reality after the Virginia governor, Abigail Spanberger, signed the national popular vote bill into law,
joining an interstate compact with 17 other states and the District of Columbia.
Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, states would assign their presidential electors to the winner of the popular vote, regardless of the results within the state.
The compact takes effect when states representing a …

"There are two possibilities that offer better explanations of the US’s criminal action: oil and power. Petroleum has been widely cited as the key reason, and Trump himself has acknowledged this. There seem to be two plausible aspects to this."
From my new Venezuela article.
I conquer, therefore I am – the United States intervention in Venezuela

I conquer, therefore I am – the United States intervention in Venezuela
What is behind Trump’s intervention in Venezuela, and the kidnapping of its president? Is it oil, is it power?

“Britain’s failure to meet its legal obligations has contributed to the mass killing of Palestinian civilians and the wholesale destruction of civilian objects, the desecration of international law and the further erosion of Britain’s status as a nation committed to the rule of law in the international arena.”
#Corbyn would have done much better to have NOT led this tribunal; his presence wil…

Sam Altman says Peter Steinberger, founder of OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI "to drive the next generation of personal agents"; OpenClaw will remain open source (Sam Altman/@sama)
https://x.com/sama/status/2023150230905159801

Sam Altman (@sama) on X
Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people. We expect this will quickly become core to our

A Istanbul, l’emprise grandissante des gangs de jeunes ultraviolents
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/01/15/a-istanbul-l-emprise-grandissante-des-gangs-de-jeunes-ultraviolents_666223…

A Istanbul, l’emprise grandissante des gangs de jeunes ultraviolents
Dans les grandes villes turques, les bandes criminelles composées de jeunes adultes et d’adolescents sont en pleine expansion depuis quelques années. Elles s’enrichissent notamment grâce à l’explosion du trafic de drogue de synthèse.

Sources: The Athletic faces internal blowback after rushing to publicly defend reporter Dianna Russini while it had quietly launched a probe into her conduct (Natalie Korach/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/diana-russini-the-athletic-mike-vrabel-investigation

The Athletic Plays Defense
The New York Times-owned sports vertical is facing internal blowback after rushing to defend reporter Dianna Russini, only for it to later be revealed the paper had quietly launched an investigation into her conduct, insiders tell Status.

(PDF) Neural mechanisms underlying intracortical microstimulation for sensory restoration https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-025…

En Ukraine, la minorité roumaine cherche Š préserver son identité
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/04/14/en-ukraine-la-minorite-roumaine-cherche-a-preserver-son-identite_6679948_3210.ht…

En Ukraine, la minorité roumaine cherche à préserver son identité
Dans la région de Tchernivtsi, dans l’ouest de l’Ukraine, les tensions entre les roumanophones et l’Etat ukrainien se sont cristallisées, ces dernières années, autour du statut du roumain dans les lycées et les églises. Dans un contexte de guerre face à l’agresseur russe, Kiev tente de concilier unité nationale et respect des droits des minorités.

“It’s a new regime,” Trump said in a Fox Business interview that aired on Wednesday,
referring to Iran’s new leaders.
“We find them pretty reasonable to be honest with you, by comparison pretty reasonable.”
It was the latest instance of Trump’s trying to spin a “regime change” accomplishment in Iran,
even though analysts believe the war may have only increased the internal sway of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
-- the hard-line military force that ha…

Trump’s Portrayal of the War in Iran Collides With Reality
President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a “pretty reasonable” new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.

A Moscou, les autorités russes soupçonnées de tester un blocage général de l’Internet
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/03/13/a-moscou-les-autorites-russes-soupconnee…

A Moscou, les autorités russes soupçonnées de tester un blocage général de l’Internet
Quartier par quartier, les coupures se multiplient depuis le 5 mars. Celles-ci resteront en vigueur « aussi longtemps que nécessaire », pour assurer « la sécurité des citoyens » face aux menaces ukrainiennes, avance le Kremlin en guise de justification.