Judge disqualifies Trump-appointed US attorney in California

A federal judge disqualified President Trump’s pick for chief federal prosecutor in Los Angeles from several cases after finding he is serving in the temporary post unlawfully. U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright. ruled Tuesday that Bill Essayli, acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, should have left the position by the end of July, when…

Stop escalation in the Caribbean!

Every doubt about U. S. aims, every trace of the Big Lie about a “drug war” was erased when the Pentagon’s top Secretary Pete Hegseth proclaimed Oct. 24 that the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group is being sent to the Caribbean Sea. You don’t need Darth Vader’s Death Star to . Continue reading Stop escalation in the Caribbean! at Workers. org.

Javier Milei’s crypto-friendly party wins Argentine midterm

Argentina’s La Libertad Avanza party, led by President Javier Milei, has won the midterms, positioning Milei as the frontrunner for the 2027 elections. Argentine President Javier Milei’s crypto-friendly party has won the midterm election, positioning him as a leading contender for the October 2027 presidential race and bolstering his continued push for free-market policies. Milei’s La Libertad Avanza party obtained 40. 68% of nearly 99% of votes counted to secure the victory over the Peronist party, according to local news outlet La Nacion. That included a win in the Buenos Aires province, which has historically favored the Peronist party. The results flip the script from September, when Milei’s party lost the Buenos Aires provincial election to the Peronist party in a lopsided outcome. Perhaps the most notable development since then has been Argentina’s $20 billion currency swap with the US strengthening economic ties with one of its biggest allies despite domestic uncertainty. Read more.

Major Iranian private bank goes bankrupt, roiling 42M customers

After accumulating around $8 billion worth of losses and debt, Iran’s Ayandeh Bank has been dissolved, with customer assets absorbed by the state-owned Bank Melli. One of Iran’s largest private banks has fallen into bankruptcy, with the assets of more than 42 million customers being absorbed by the Iranian state-owned lender, Bank Melli. Ayandeh Bank declared bankruptcy on Thursday after it accumulated $5. 1 billion in losses and nearly $3 billion in debt, local media outlet Iran International reported on Friday. The bankruptcy was declared days after the Central Bank of Iran failed to rescue the bank, leaving officials with no option but to close it, which had operated 270 branches nationwide. Read more.