An Illinois judge refused a legal request made by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday. Paxton had asked the court to enforce civil arrest warrants against Texas House Democrats who had fled to the Land of Lincoln to block a vote on redistricting. The proposed redistricting was expected to benefit Republicans, potentially giving them […]
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New York, 13 August 13, 2025—In four years, the Taliban have annihilated Afghanistan’s independent media sector and supplanted it with their own propaganda empire and sophisticated digital bots that flood social media with pro-Taliban content. CPJ interviewed 10 Afghan journalists, inside and outside the country, who said that independent media, which used to reach millions […]
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss a possible ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine. While few expect a final agreement to emerge, one major topic on the table is a potential land swap involving Russian-occupied territories. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began […]
Jellyfish forced a nuclear power plant in France to shut down on Monday. It was not the first jellyfish-induced shutdown, and scorching summer temperatures have already strained France’s large nuclear power sector this year. Four reactor units at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France shut down automatically between Sunday evening and Monday morning […]
President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) would consider suspending the government’s monthly jobs report, one of the most-watched indicators of U.S. economic health. E.J. Antoni told Fox Business that the reports should stop until methods can be improved. The interview with Antoni was recorded before Trump nominated him to […]
Investigators suspect Russia was behind the hack of the U.S. federal court filing system, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The breach may have exposed sensitive information, such as the identities of federal informants, sealed indictments and unserved search warrants. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which oversees the online filing system that manages […]
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, reportedly hired a Manhattan-based private investigations firm before filing a defamation lawsuit against podcaster Candace Owens. According to The Financial Times, the couple hired Nardello & Co. to research Owens’ political associations and past public remarks — including links to right-wing figures in France, Britain and the […]
Five transgender inmates in Georgia’s state prison alleged the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for prisoners violates the Eighth Amendment, and they’re not receiving adequate care. A leading medical association argued that while not every trans person experiences gender dysphoria — a requirement many states have — a lack of a diagnosis shouldn’t prevent states […]
