The US Is Using an Iranian Smuggling Tactic to Sneak Oil Out of the Gulf Feras Dalatey, Jonathan Saul, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Edward Carron, Reuters
‘One of the Holiest Places’ — Why Kyiv’s Ancient Pechersk Monastery Is So Important for Ukraine Kate Tsurkan, The Kyiv Independent
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Says Trump’s Justice Department Is Investigating Him and His Wife Sophie Austin and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
‘We’re Coming for His Ass’: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro and Bette Midler Target Trump at New York Benefit Concert Rob LeDonne, Guardian UK
The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation Expire Vittoria Elliott and Molly Taft, WIRED
Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Tops 73,000 as Israel Launches Strikes Despite Ceasefire Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Associated Press
As Global Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Woods Hole Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ That Can Take the Heat Teresa Tomassoni, Inside Climate News
Trump Sought to Break Iran’s Regime. He Settled for Reopening Hormuz. Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post
Russia Unleashes a Major Barrage on Ukraine, Killing 11 and Damaging a Renowned Religious Site Hanna Arhirova and Illia Novikov, Associated Press
Most Countries to Lose a Decade of Development Progress says United Nations as Global COVID Crisis Continues Jubilee USA Network, RSN Godot
Astronaut’s Journey To The Moon Yields New Perspective For Dealing With Enemies Of Democracy George Monroe, RSN Godot
Treasury Secretary Yellen Encourages Tax and Aid Deals to Confront Pandemic Olivia Engling, RSN Godot
Investigating the 1-6-21 Insurrection: What are the Republicans Afraid of? Dr. Steven Jonas , Steven Jonas
Russia Is Losing the War in Ukraine, and Putin Is Desperate. But That’s When He’s at His Most Dangerous Simon Tisdall, Guardian UK
Humiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze Esther Solomon, Haaretz
The Attacks on Graham Platner Didn’t Just Fail – They May Have Backfired Dustin Guastella, Guardian UK
How Resisting Trumpism Could Revive the US Labor Movement Stephen Lerner and Joseph A. McCartin, In These Times