Skeptical Barr Looks to the Next Query
President Donald Trump and his allies spent months promising that a report on the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation would be a kind of Rosetta Stone for Trump-era conspiracy enthusiasts — the key to unlocking the secrets of a government plot to keep Trump from...
Trump paid $2 million judgment for misusing his charity, New York attorney general says
President Donald Trump has paid $2 million in a court-ordered judgment for misusing his charity, New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Tuesday. “Not only has the Trump Foundation shut down for its misconduct, but the president has been...
Pentagon Inspector General reviewing legality of US troop deployments to southern border
The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General has opened a review of the U.S. military deployments to the southern border that will include an evaluation of the deployments’ legality. The review follows a call from members of Congress to the IG to look into...
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When Elon Met Jack: Musings on AI, Mars and the End of Civilization
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma, two of the leading luminaries in the technology world, sparred against each other on Thursday on subjects ranging from the dangers of artificial intelligence, the need to...
‘Words matter’: Bloomberg says Trump rhetoric can encourage violence
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he hopes President Trump understands that a careless leader’s word choice risks encouraging racism and even violence. “Words matter,” Bloomberg, a leading advocate of gun control, said in a CBS “Face the Nation”...
2019 Anna Politkovskaya Award
Support brave women journalists and human rights defenders working in conflict zones by funding the RAW in WAR Anna Politkovskaya Award 2019! On 5 October RAW in WAR honours the Anna Politkovskaya Award winners Svetlana Alexievich (2015 Nobel Prize Laureate for...
Trump Signs Agreement With Guatemala To Limit Asylum Seekers
President Trump announced Friday that Guatemala has agreed to sign a so-called “safe third country asylum agreement” as part of Trump’s strategy for reducing the flow of migrants to the U.S. Trump made the announcement before reporters in the Oval...
Millions celebrate LGBTQ pride in New York amid global fight for equality
Millions lined the streets of New York on Sunday to wave rainbow flags, celebrate the movement toward LGBTQ equality and renew calls for action in what organizers billed as the largest gay pride celebration in history. Some 150,000 parade marchers and an estimated 4...
Hell on earth: The horrors of North Korean torture camps
Beatings, rape, starvation and sick public executions are a daily reality for thousands of North Koreans, according to years of witness testimony. Now, the death of Otto Warmbier has brought fresh scrutiny to the regime’s brutal torture camps under leader Kim...
The Arab world in seven charts: Are Arabs turning their backs on religion?
The Arab world in seven charts: Are Arabs turning their backs on religion? Arabs are increasingly saying they are no longer religious, according to the largest and most in-depth survey undertaken of the Middle East and North Africa. The finding is one of a...
Sen. Cruz: America Must Always Stand With the People of China
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre: “Thirty years ago thousands of Chinese protestors...
Sadiq Khan Has A Strong Message For Donald Trump (VIDEO)
Today, June 3, Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, begins his three-day state visit to the UK. The state visit – which includes a welcome to British culture by way of afternoon tea with Prince William and Kate Middleton and an inspection of...
Judiciary Democrats to DHS: Don’t Conduct ‘Show of Force’ Raids on Immigrant Families
Washington—Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats called on the Trump administration not to conduct mass arrests of immigrant families and children, including asylum seekers, as a show of force. These arrests would likely separate families and force children to spend...
China must release Uighurs immediately, UN says amid ‘alarm’ at reports of 1m Muslims kept in detention centres
China must immediately release Uighur Muslims being held in alleged political re-education camps on the “pretext of countering terrorism”, a committee of UN human rights experts have said. Up to one million Uighurs, a largely Muslim minority, may be held involuntarily...
Feinstein Opposes Saudi Arabia Arms Sale
Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the following statement on President Trump selling arms to Saudi Arabia without congressional approval and outside the standard review process: “President Trump circumventing Congress to sell more weapons to...
Saudi Arabia to behead author, journalist and cleric on terrorism charges
Saudi Arabia will execute three prominent scholars who are being held on multiple charges of “terrorism” shortly after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. One of the men was arrested in September last year shortly after he tweeted a prayer for reconciliation...
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