Under President Franklin Roosevelt the RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation) provided the financial underpinning of the New Deal. Jesse Jones was the brains behind the operation. As head of the RFC he was the most powerful fiscal officer since Alexander Hamilton….More>>
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- Uganda copying Russia and China with new bill designed to crush dissent, say critics
- BAE faces £120m lawsuit over decision to scrap support for aid aircraft
- Iran war may cause food shortages in Africa, world’s largest fertiliser firm says
- South Africa deports Mugabe’s son for unrelated offences after employee shot at family home
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- Dems Game Out Plan for More Redistricting Ahead of 2028
- Trump Withdraws His Nomination of MAHA Influencer for Surgeon General
- What’s Happening on the Ground After SCOTUS’ ‘Radical Rebalancing’ of Power
- Trump Admin, GOP Leadership Scramble To Explain Why Iran War is Not War
- You Can Have Democratic Self-Government or the Corrupt Court — Not Both
- SCOTUS Gifts GOP a Fighting Chance to Hold the House
The Intercept- Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills
- Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories
- FBI Redirected a Quarter of Staff to Target Immigrants Under Trump's Deportation Push
- Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall
- Ron Wyden Is Pissing Off the NSA’s Biggest Backers. Tom Cotton Warns There Will Be “Consequences.”
- Democratic Leaders Wanted to Control the Maine Senate Race. Their Pick Just Dropped Out.
- Hegseth Brags of a Deadlier War Machine as U.S. Unleashes “Devastating Civilian Harm Globally”
- Mike Johnson Used Crypto Catnip to Get Freedom Caucus Support for Domestic Spy Law
- ICE Watchers Worry Democrats Are Trying to Co-Opt Their Movements For Votes
- Marco Rubio Is Rebranding the State Department as Explicitly Christian
France24- 'Iran's most potent weapon': Telegraph's Adrian Blomfield offers rare frontline glimpse of Hormuz
- Artificial Intelligence: Tech giants dominating AI market are 'too big to fail'
- Cubans mark May Day amid rising humanitarian crisis
- Trump says he will raise tariffs on EU autos to 25% for 'not complying' with trade deal
- A cultural stroll through Paris with actor Redouane Bougheraba and singer Camille
- Youssou N'Dour and Fatoumata Diawara headline FEMUA 2026
- Pimps in France turn to TikTok, luring minors into prostitution
- Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
- 60-day deadline for Congress' Iran war extension approval
- Marches taking place around the world on May First
Media Matters For America- Stephen Moore on high gas prices: "People are angry about it, I'm angry about it when I go to the gas pump"
- Fox 5 Atlanta reporter on rising gas prices: "Folks we spoke to this morning say, yeah, they are feeling the pain of these high prices"
- Megyn Kelly on claims that Iran war is worth higher gas prices: "It's fucking propaganda, and it's not going to sell"
- WISN12 reporter notes how prices have gone up for gasoline and jet fuel, and how grocery prices could be next
- “It’s painful.” “It’s killing me.” “We’re all feeling the pinch.” CBS Philadelphia talks to residents frustrated with rising gas prices.
- Fox 2 Detroit covers rising gas prices: "Many drivers who wake up this morning, they're going to see some sticker shock"
- ABC News covers rising gas prices: "I've never paid this much for gas in my entire life"
- Media Matters weekly newsletter, May 1
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- Alex Jones: Donald Trump “has definitely degenerated” and is “hitching himself” to “unsavory” Laura Loomer
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