Jon Queally

Outrage Over Israel’s Killing of Nurse in Gaza as Death Toll Surpasses 120

Razan Al-Najjar was the 119th Palestinian killed since the protests began in March.

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By Jon Queally
Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, Friday, April 6, 2018. (AP/Adel Hana)

On the same day the U.S. vetoed a resolution at the U.N Security Council demanding an end to Israel's practice of firing on unarmed demonstrators in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Gaza strip, outrage was again heightened after a nurse attempting to attend to injured protesters was shot and killed by IDF snipers near the Gaza

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Troops Guarding Nuclear Missiles Were Taking LSD, Records Reveal

There are a lot of safe and responsible places to ingest hallucinogens but a U.S. military base that houses powerful atomic weapons is not one of them.

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By Jon Queally
LSD

There are a lot of safe and responsible places people have found over the years to ingest hallucinogens in order to experience their pleasures and explore the challenges their potent properties can present, but it's a judgement statement to declare that a U.S. military base which houses some of the world's most powerful atomic weapons would qualify

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Defending Nuclear Deal, Iran’s Rouhani Says Trump Has ‘No Clue’ About International Treaties or Law

“You are just a businessman, a tradesman,” Iranian president declared, addressing Trump. “You are a tower builder. How is he going to pass judgment on international issues?”

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By Jon Queally
President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a conference in the northwestern city of Tabriz, Iran, April 25, 2018. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

The nuclear deal is the nuclear deal, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in response to comments by both U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House a day earlier in which Macron suggested that changes could be made to (or alongside) a multilateral nuclear agreement in order to save it from sabotage by the

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With Tax Cuts for Wealthy and Corporations Complete, Gary Cohn Calls it Quits

Since the passage of the Trump’s tax cuts in December, Wall-Street veteran turned Economic Advisor Gary Cohn likely had little incentive to stay in the White House.

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By Jon Queally
White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Jan. 23, 2018. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Just over two months after the Trump administration celebrated its most notable policy achievement of President Donald Trump's term—passage of massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy—the President's chief economic advisor Gary Cohn, former head of Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs, announced his resignation on Tuesday. Reportedly over an

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‘Paradise Papers’ Reveal Tax Avoidance, Shady Dealings Of World’s Rich And Powerful

From multiple members of Trump’s cabinet to the British Royal Family, document dump of offshore dealings shows how political leaders—joined by wealthy celebrities and the ultra-rich—shelter their assets, keep shady relationships secret, and game the tax systems of nations around the globe

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By Jon Queally
Paradise Papers

Some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful people will be waking up on Monday to discover that some of their best-kept secrets—how they hide their vast wealth and avoid paying taxes—are now being read about in newspapers across the world after the release of a trove of offshore legal and banking documents were leaked to journalists and

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US Climate Assessment Exposes ‘Simply Terrifying’ Recklessness Of Trump

“Even as this report sounds the alarm, Trump’s team of climate deniers are twisting themselves into pretzels to justify blocking national and international climate action.”

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By Jon Queally
Climate Change

With the release of its National Climate Assessment on Friday, the U.S. government has released a report—which states the current period is "now the warmest in the history of modern civilization"—that critics say directly and irrefutably undermines the climate denialism and inaction of President Donald Trump and his administration. Mandated by

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Blowback? Somalia Bombing Was ‘Revenge’ For Children Killed In US Raid

Suggesting blowback, investigators say bomber may have had very personal reason for attack: the killing of civilians by U.S. forces earlier this year

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By Jon Queally
Zakariye Abdirisaq, left, who lost both his father and aunt in the bombing, is comforted by his cousin as they stand next to his father's grave, at a cemetery in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Anguished families gathered across Somalia's capital on Tuesday as funerals continued for the more than 300 people killed in one of the world's deadliest attacks in years, while others waited anxiously for any word of the scores of people still said to be missing. (AP/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

New details emerged Tuesday about the possible motivations behind a bomb attack that killed more than 300 people in the Somalia capital of Mogadishu over the weekend—the deadliest such violence in the nation's history—with the information suggesting the bombing may been in direct retaliation for a raid by U.S. soldiers this summer that left 10

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