Lawmakers Push Bill to Block the SBA From Expanding Further Into Direct Loans

The lawmakers cited the SBA's spotty track record regarding fraud in its pandemic-era programs ... which together distributed about $1 trillion in emergency aid to America's small businesses ... Read More

World News

were accused of being part of a plot to undermine aid to Ukraine by trying to blow up military infrastructure. Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud ... Read More

Bipartisan lawmakers demand action after Raw Story mail crime investigation

Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. “The concerns highlighted in this story only increase the urgency needed in Congress to pass the bipartisan ... Read More

Why Hamas is responsible for the deaths of World Central Kitchen aid workers

Israel has owned up to the mistaken airstrike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza late Monday ... group wants more innocents dead, to turn the world against Israel. As for the “horrified ... Read More

IDF says aid convoy attack was ‘serious violation’ of procedures

One of the cars used by World Central Kitchen workers that was hit by an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP) Israel’s military said Friday that a deadly ... Read More

This song is our story

With laughter and tears, Delores moved my heart simply by telling me her story — the story of God ... All around the world are people who are hurting and alone, just like Delores once was. Read More

Global demand for AI experts surges as EU struggles to recruit

Demand for AI experience and expertise has surged ... out some of the most sweeping and impactful AI regulations in the world. The EU has been recruiting for its newly opened AI Office, which ... Read More

Economy

April 12, 2024 • Money makes the world go around, faster and faster all the time. At Planet Money, a multimedia team of reporters tracks down the economists, investors and regular folks who are ... Read More

World Central Kitchen aid shipment heads to Gaza; U.N. observers wounded in Lebanon

A convoy of ships — Open Arms, the Jennifer, the Ledra Dynamic and a barge — organized in part by World Central Kitchen, left the port of Larnaca in Cyprus on Saturday, headed for Gaza. Read More

The World Central Kitchen deaths could kill aid to Ukraine as well as Israel

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally spoke on Thursday after Israeli airstrikes killed seven aid workers for the nonprofit World Central Kitchen. The ... Read More

Thousands of Israeli protesters demand Netanyahu's removal

Netanyahu has sparred with members of the Israeli war cabinet and his own party over his handling of hostage ... including the armed assailant, dead. World News // 7 hours ago Middle East facing ... Read More

World News

Her movies try to explain why Japan is the way it is, showing both the upsides and downsides of the country’s commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary school. Hank Silver ... Read More