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Trump appointee sentenced for Jan. 6 crimes won’t turn on the former president

Some Jan. 6 defendants have recanted and said they were misled by former President Donald Trump, but not Federico Klein who said that if there was a real victim in that chaos at the U.S. Capitol that day, it was Mr. Trump.

Elon Musk’s hypocrisy is showing  

Merely existing for any length of time on X is enough to dismantle Musk’s case against Media Matters.

Dean Phillips hits Biden over handling of Hamas hostages: ‘Absurd, shocking and dismaying’

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) bashed President Biden Tuesday for the recently negotiated hostage deal between the militant group Hamas and Israel. “No, because we have nine Americans held hostage right now by Hamas, [who] have been there for six weeks, including at least one child.” Phillips, who is also challenging Biden for the 2024 Democratic...

China cracking down on mosques outside Xinjiang: Human Rights Watch

China is shutting down mosques in areas outside of Xinjiang, in violation of the right to freedom of religion, according to a new report released Wednesday from Human Rights Watch (HRW). The Chinese government has expanded its policy of “mosque consolidation,” which has targeted the Muslim population in Xinjiang for years. Since 2017, Chinese authorities...

Congress is facing a looming shutdown — again. How did we get here?

If House Republicans are unhappy with this year’s dysfunctional appropriations process, they have no one to blame but themselves.

Stormy Daniels’s conflict complaint against Trump hush money lawyer tossed

A New York attorney grievance committee on Tuesday dismissed a complaint filed by adult film performer Stormy Daniels alleging one of former President Trump’s lawyers in his hush-money case has a conflict of interest. Daniels, who in 2016 was paid the money at the center of Trump’s criminal case, filed the complaint earlier this year...

South Korea suspends no-fly zone near border after purported North Korea spy satellite launch

South Korea approved suspending a military agreement with North Korea that created a no-fly zone near the demilitarized border after Pyongyang claimed its first successful launch of a spy satellite on Tuesday. South Korea's parliament voted to suspend the 2018 military reduction agreement, which will allow Seoul to restore surveillance activities at the demilitarized border...

Holiday season expected to be busiest for travel in U.S. history

As Americans take to the road and air this holiday season, the Department of Transportation is laying out how travelers can be prepared.

Louisville bank shooter who killed five wanted to make ‘impact’ to highlight gun laws: Police report

A man who killed five people at a bank in Louisville earlier this year wrote in his journal that he wanted to demonstrate the consequences of gun laws that he viewed as too lenient, according to police. The Louisville Police Department released a report Tuesday with quotes they said were taken from Connor Sturgeon’s journal entries...

How should the West respond to China’s challenge to the rules-based international order?

it is important to approach China’s challenge to the rules-based order with restraint and a clear-eyed understanding of both its strengths and weaknesses.

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