Trump's ANWR Oil and Gas Auction Was a Bust—But Alaskan Arctic Still Faces Fossil Fuel Threat | Common Dreams

"Even though the interest in today’s sale was tepid, the new leasing still poses significant threats to habitat, iconic wildlife, and Indigenous ways of life," said Earthjustice.

commondreams.org

June 06, 2026

Brett Wilkins

Climate & Environment

Trump pardons former US congressman convicted of securities fraud

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Representative Stephen Buyer, an Indiana Republican, who was convicted of securities fraud ​for engaging in insider trading in 2018 as a T-Mobile US ‌consultant ahead of a $23 billion merger with Sprint.

The proclamation, issued on Thursday and announced by the White House on Friday, gave no specific rationale for the pardon other ​than to assert that Buyer's service as a U.S. Army judge ​advocate general and member of Congress "was distinguished and highly productive."

reuters.com

June 05, 2026

Reuters

Political Corruption

How Secret Pro-Israel Money Flooded the Labour Party and Ended with a Ban of Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

Piker commented that he "would never have imagined that a [Labour] government would ban me from entering the UK." Indeed, millions of UK voters would likely agree.

dropsitenews.com

June 05, 2026

Paul Holden

Uncategorized

'Pay-to-Play Loyalty Program': Trump Ballroom Donors Have Been Handed $50 Billion in Federal Contracts | Common Dreams

Sen. Elizabeth Warren suggested President Donald Trump is running a "pay-to-play loyalty program for wealthy donors" after a report on Thursday revealed that more than half of those who contributed to his White House ballroom project have been awarded government contracts this year, totaling over $50 billion.

commondreams.org

June 05, 2026

Stephen Prager

Political Corruption

'Hands Off the Arctic,' Say Wilderness Defenders as Trump Holds Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale | Common Dreams

“Some places are too important to sacrifice,” said one Indigenous leader as the Trump administration invited fossil fuel companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

commondreams.org

June 05, 2026

Brett Wilkins

Climate & Environment

Trump's rural revolt, steady Iran disapproval & bye Biden | Enten Roundup

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten tackles a range of topics from Americans' steady disapproval of the Iran war to the rumblings of a Trump rural revolt.

youtube.com

June 05, 2026

CNN

Political Corruption

Intervention Seeks to Keep Endangered Dunes Sagebrush Lizards Protected in Texas, New Mexico - Center for Biological Diversity

MIDLAND, Texas— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a request in federal court to oppose a plan by the Trump administration and the state of Texas to strip dunes sagebrush lizards of their federal Endangered Species Act protections.

biologicaldiversity.org

June 05, 2026

Jason Rylander, Lauren Parker

Climate & Environment

Dozens of children separated under first Trump administration face separation again

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been re-separated, despite a judge's order to reunite them. (AP Video by Moises Castillo, Rebecca Blackwell, Cody Jackson, Manuel Valdes).

youtube.com

June 04, 2026

Associated Press

ICE & Immigration

U.S. revokes endangered species listing for Permian Basin lizard, resolves Texas attorney general lawsuit

June 4 (Reuters) - The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered ​species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United ‌States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered in May 2024, after concluding that oil and gas development in the Permian Basin had ​made the loss of its habitat "effectively permanent."

reuters.com

June 04, 2026

Jonathan Stempel

Climate & Environment

Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening | New Scientist

A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down

newscientist.com

June 04, 2026

Alec Luhn

Climate & Environment

https://archive.ph/oC3Hn

Iran launches deadly new strikes, among largest since war began

Iran has launched attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, while the U.S. has struck Iranian targets.

youtube.com

June 03, 2026

ABC News

Middle East

One killed in Iranian attack on Kuwait, airport terminal damaged

DUBAI, June 3 (Reuters) - One person was killed in ​an Iranian attack targeting civilian facilities in Kuwait, including ‌the international airport and diplomatic missions, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The statement did not specify which diplomatic missions were damaged.

reuters.com

June 03, 2026

Ahmed Elimam

US/International Conflict

Kuwait releases surveillance video of deadly drone strike on its international airport

Footage from Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation showed the moment of impact from several angles. In the videos, what appears to be a triangle-shaped, delta-wing drone slams directly into the terminal. Iran long has used such drones in combat, particularly its Shahed drones, which are also used by Russia in its war on Ukraine.

youtube.com

June 03, 2026

Associated Press

US/International Conflict

Germany fails to win UN Security Council seat in major diplomatic setback for Merz – POLITICO

Berlin partly blamed the “bitter defeat” on its steadfast support for Israel, which it suggested cost it key votes in the General Assembly.

politico.eu

June 03, 2026

Aitor Hernández-Morales

Uncategorized

The Federal Government’s Insect-Defense Agency Is Infested With Bed Bugs - NOTUS — News of the United States

The department sent staff home twice, but has declined to do so a third time after the insects returned.

notus.org

June 02, 2026

Science & Technology

Bovino Hails Nazi General As An Inspirational Figure - Joe.My.God.

Politico Europe reports: European far-right activists who advocate the mass deportation of immigrants and their descendants are getting a boost from the Trump administration’s embrace of their key catchword: remigration. Some 500 activists and influencers gathered south of Porto on Saturday to discuss the concept, once a fringe term only whispered in far-right circles. The …

joemygod.com

June 02, 2026

Joe Jervis

ICE & Immigration

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate.

The National Science Foundation said it would send ships in June to begin removing more than 900 deep-sea instruments anchored off Oregon, Washington State, Alaska, North Carolina, and an area between Greenland and Iceland known as the Irminger Sea.

nytimes.com

June 01, 2026

Eric Niiler

Climate & Environment

https://archive.ph/HdGXG

At Least 200 People Killed in U.S. Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats

At least 200 people have been killed in U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats after forces with Joint Task Force – Operation Southern Spear hit two boats over the weekend.

The U.S. struck two boats in the Eastern Pacific – one on Friday and one on Saturday – killing three men in each strike. The six deaths bring Operation Southern Spear’s total death toll to at least 200. There are at least five survivors whose status are unknown but are likely presumed dead.

news.usni.org

June 01, 2026

Heather Mongilio

US/International Conflict

NY leaders join over 50,000 marchers at Israel Day parade boycotted by Mamdani | The Times of Israel

New York City's annual march has one of its highest turnouts ever, in a show of solidarity for a community feeling besieged; Israeli delegation includes Smotrich

timesofisrael.com

June 01, 2026

Luke Tress

Uncategorized

AfD, Vox mingle with ex-US Border Patrol chief, white nationalist leader at ‘remigration summit’  – POLITICO

Gregory Bovino and Jared Taylor flew in to support activists once deemed too toxic even by European far-right parties.

politico.eu

May 31, 2026

Marion Solletty

Political Corruption