Month: March 2023

Today marks one year since the United States made an official determination that the Myanmar military committed genocide against the Rohingya people—and one year since U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken committed to “a path out of genocide.” It was a significant moment and one that has helped to spur several useful actions. But a […]

The airwaves and interwebs are all abuzz with speculation as to whether the nation will witness former President Donald Trump being led away in handcuffs in what would be the most high-profile perp walk, well, ever. It’s not yet clear that New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg plans to indict Trump or have him arrested […]

The U.S. Drought Monitor Map shows that several states, including Kansas, Nebraska and Texas, are battling exceptional drought. California has seen significant improvement. Experts are growing increasingly concerned about the central U.S., and Montana could see worsening conditions. California’s recent storms have assuaged much of the state’s drought, but some experts are still hesitant to […]

Amid a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump, several fake photos of the former president being arrested have circulated on social media. On Tuesday, Eliot Higgins, founder and creative director of Bellingcat, an investigate journalist website, posted an artificially created photo of Trump being taken into custody by police. In a series of other […]

Right-wing broadcaster Alex Jones broke from former President Donald Trump over his call for supporters to protest if he gets indicted in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation of a hush money payment made during the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump over the weekend took to his social media platform Truth Social to write that he […]

The far-right conservative advocacy group, Republicans for National Renewal, has accused Instagram of censorship amid a scuffle with the social network over the group’s banned account. The group posted a message to its official Twitter account March 14, stating that it had been “permanently banned” from Instagram, supposedly on the grounds that it was believed […]

Efforts by Republican committee leaders to investigate Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Donald Trump‘s behalf could legally lead nowhere due to state and federal sovereignty, multiple legal experts told Newsweek. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil sent a letter to Bragg on […]