Is Trump Taking Treaties Back to the Middle Ages?
U.S. President Donald Trump has concentrated government power in his hands since the start of his second term. Much has been written about his one-man rule by executive order, his ...
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Newsom signs anti-ICE bill banning federal law enforcement from wearing masks
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of bills on Saturday banning masking statewide, as part of a concentrated effort to bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from concealing ...
Brazil’s Historic Conviction
A majority of justices on a five-member panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday found former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven associates guilty of plotting a coup, sentencing Bolsonaro to ...
Fed governor Lisa Cook hires Hunter Biden lawyer Abbe Lowell to fight Trump’s bid to fire her
Embattled Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has tapped former Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell to fight President Trump’s effort to oust her from the central bank over allegations that she ...
Why Has Korea’s Stock Market Gone Wild?
Since Lee Jae-myung won South Korea’s presidential election on June 3, the Korean stock market has been on a tear. On June 2, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI)—the ...
Why the Nuclear Taboo Is Stronger Than Ever
Eighty years ago in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, more than 200,000 people were killed in ways that nearly defy imagination: incinerated, burned alive, boiled in rivers, or ...
Smotrich Seeks Major Israeli Settlement Expansion in the West Bank
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at growing Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the upcoming Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, and a U.S. crackdown on Mexico’s cartels. Burying ...
New Jersey parents could face jail time under town’s ordinance targeting children’s unruly behavior
Under a new ordinance in a New Jersey town, parents can be fined and even charged for their children’s unruly behavior. The Township of Gloucester Minors and Parents Responsibility Ordinance stipulates consequences, ...
The ICC’s Arrest Warrants Against Taliban Leaders Are Historic
At a moment when global progress on human rights often seems to be faltering, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken a long-overdue step forward. Last month, the ICC issued ...
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro backs Trump’s DC takeover threat and demand for lower prosecution age limit: ‘Stop coddling!’
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in an interview Wednesday that she supports President Trump’s threat to federalize Washington, DC, if local officials don’t crack down on youth crime – arguing ...
