Politics

Russia has delivered the S-300 air defense system to Iran. Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base is now equipped with the Russian made S-300 missile system. The Islamic Republic is planning to mass produce an indigenous version later in the year, according to Iran’s defense minister. Tansim News reports: The Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base has received the strategic S-300 air defense missile system, Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said on the sidelines of a visit to an exhibition of the achievements of the Iranian Army’s air defense base.

It's not just "angry blue collar white men," that are supporting Donald Trump. Having received a record number of votes in a Republican nomination campaign and winning in some of the richest and best-educated counties in the country adding to victories in his more traditional strongholds of white working-class neighborhoods, statistician Nate Silver found - after reviewing exit poll data in 23 states - that Trump voters' median household income was higher than the median in every state, sometimes by a wide margin; and that 44% of Trump voters have c

I want to endorse the bulk of this Ross Douthat blog post about how even people who hate the status quo need to recognize how Donald Trump could make things much worse:

I would invite the Trump-curious to think about the two signal crises of the Bush years, 9/11 and the financial crisis, and imagine each one with Donald Trump installed as president of the United States.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump says that he is very happy to see Sadiq Khan elected as the first Muslim Mayor of London.  The Donald – who used to be judge on the TV reality show The Apprentice before running for president – is willing to make an exception to his ban on Muslims entering the United States in regards to the new Mayor If Sadiq Khan does a good job as mayor then it would be a “very very good thing,” says Trump. Sadiq Khan hopes to travel to the U.S. one day to meet with his American counterparts without having to face any prejudices over his faith.

Turkish border guards continue to shoot and kill Syrian refugees and asylum seekers trying to reach Turkey, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). Syrian refugees are being killed, injured and abused at the border. HRW condemns the use of excessive force and asks Turkish authorities to stop pushing back asylum seekers at the border and to investigate the abuses.