For decades the Chinese government has been accused of implementing repressive policies designed to subjugate ethnic minorities, forcing them to assimilate into the dominant Han culture. Now a new law set to be rubber-stamped through the country's annual parliamentary session later this week will solidify, expand and even speed up this process, further threatening the rights of minority groups and their way of life, academics and human rights activists say. read more
Lucia Osborne-Crowley has endured threats and sexual harassment to report on Jeffrey Epstein's chief enabler. Maxwell's conviction was only the start of the quest for justice, she says read more
A former Missouri House speaker was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud for misusing federal COVID-19 relief funds for his personal benefit. read more
The Trump administration has subpoenaed records related to the 2020 election in Arizona's largest county, the state Senate president said Monday, the latest in a series of steps taken by the president to relitigate an election he lost and bolster the federal government's authority over elections. read more
Amid his war in Iran, President Donald Trump shared a 2007 video from the so-called Christian prophet Kim Clement. On his Truth Social platform, Trump described the video as "Kim Clement prophesying about Donald Trump, 2007." read more
Senior foreign affairs editor and former White House correspondent for The Guardian Simon Tisdall: "The first lesson of war is know your enemy,' and Britain's enemy now is Donald Trump. As the Iran disaster escalates, UK PM Keir Starmer should treat the US president as someone whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere."
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The administration's war with Iran is setting a mountain of taxpayer dollars on fire every day -- mostly because he doesn't know what he's doing. read more
This week, tens of thousands of game developers and producers will once again gather in San Francisco, as they have since 1988, for the weeklong Game Developers Conference. But this year's show will be missing many international developers ... read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation on Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump, put forward proposals for a quick settlement of the conflict around Iran, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said. read more
Bombed boats, dead fishermen, starving children, and broken families reveal the human cost of power without empathy ... read more
The Wall Street Journal found that "the Department of Homeland Security, created in 2002 to protect Americans, has turned its force against citizens." read more
The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" outside the country, according to a federal government alert sent to law enforcement agencies. read more
An MS NOW panel called out Donald Trump over his dismissive attitude and response to reports that Vladimir Putin is giving aid to Iran by helping the embattled regime target U.S. troops. read more
Mile-long queues at TSA security checkpoints are exhausting passengers at airports nationwide Monday morning as the partial government shutdown of the fascist Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues. read more
Iran threatens retaliatory attacks on oil facilities across Gulf after Israeli strikes read more
A new video released by Iranian state media shows what appears to be a U.S. cruise missile striking a compound where around 175 Iranian students and staff were killed at a girls school a little over a week ago. read more
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