The Aporia
25 articles about 22 events for “Strange Stories From US” in Politics.
“From an obscure White House aide suddenly becoming a national obsession to a mysterious kidney disease appearing among Texas farm workers, the first half of September has produced a peculiar collection of American stories.”
“…emote airport of Gander in Newfoundland, Canada Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked planes on September 11, 2001, in New York City Operation Yellow Ribbon, which handled the diversion of civilian…”
“You can’t go down,’ she said and, because she stopped us, it allowed me to hear a call for help from within the 81st floor, a muffled cry: ‘Help, I’m buried.”
“One of the most affecting stories to come from the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 – one that instills a faith in humanity in spite of the horrifying events of that day – was about the generosity of the residents of a small Canadian town towards several…”
“UNRWA was established in 1949 to cater to tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced from their homes by Jewish militias from areas that currently form part of Israel.”
“The US-created Board’s decision is “a complete alignment with the Zionist [Israeli] position”, aimed at ending UNRWA’s operations, preventing it from delivering aid to Palestinians and eliminating the right of return, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said on…”
“…sing walkability of America's OG car-oriented suburb. - The strange socialist-libertarian fusion that is Vancouver, Canada's First Nation housing developments. - Texas landowners in the way of President Donald Trump's border wall fight the federal…”
“Blame Ukraine for the price spikes and lift the US sanctions on Russian oil and oil product exports – including sanctions on buyers of Russian energy that Trump himself signed only about three weeks ago – and it will deflect from the fact that the price rises…”
“Police detained the founder of the CJP Abhijeet Dipke, as well as his associates Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, in an aeroplane upon arrival at New Delhi from Mumbai.”
“I see the story about Trump directing the government to use Federal money to buy nakedly political ads, lightly disguised as Public Service Announcements.”
“Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.”
“Then last week deja vu – as Jim Chalmers, seeking to get ahead of Tuesday’s interest rate rise, leaned away from suggestions government spending was driving up inflation.”
“Plus, Jonathan Allen digs into a striking admission from President Donald Trump. — Adam Wollner How undecided voters are weighing their 2026 election options By Bridget Bowman, Sarah Sternhagen and Hallie Jackson James Morton isn’t sure which party he’s going…”
“Today's top stories The Trump administration is rolling back federal fuel-economy standards for new vehicles.”
“Fewer envelopes of cash do not necessarily tell us whether government is free from favoritism, conflicts of interest, or rent-seeking, and a politician's sex tells us very little about how that individual would govern.”
“Today's top stories British authorities have arrested five men near RAF Fairford, a U.K. air base used by U.S. forces in the war against Iran.”
“That led the social media platform to attach a “community note” from other users that says, “The audio of pilots meowing and barking at DCA was a longstanding aviation joke/meme...unrelated to furries or any subculture.””
“As a very strange public debate has ensued, it’s become clear that Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other people connected with the administration view AI as an essentially masculine tool: “dominant,” a word they keep using over and over, powerful,…”
“This is the first in a series of stories drawn from our reporting.”
“While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Sept 22, 2026 US stresses backing for Japan, Korea and Taiwan ahead of Trump-Xi summit The United States on Sept 21 reiterated its commitment to the defence of key Asian allies Japan and South Korea,…”
“No one was using the computer when I came across it.”
“…of each party controlling each chamber and all kinds of other details.1 The model performed quite well in 2018 after the code was basically rewritten from scratch, and again in 2022 after some further tweaks mostly to reflect increasing political…”
“But, judging from the news stories, and with the greatest respect to those reporters, it seems they didn’t completely understand what was happening.”
“…ed its customers, but the CFPB took the company’s word that it fixed its problems. - The New Abnormal: Current and former CFPB staffers say the bureau’s light-touch approach and reliance on political aides breaks from precedent and leaves consumers…”
“And so, if we had the power, if we had the ability, why shouldn’t we go in and save people from genocide?”