Tag: authoritarianism

When they enter the gun store this holiday season, Oregonians looking to buy a firearm are in for a big surprise. When a new...

According to Ukrainian authorities, their forces targeted a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine overnight, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media. According...

NATO's Communication and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is starting its annual Locked Shields cyber defense simulation as the West prepares for Russian cyberattacks amid...

A conservative think tank CEO who promises to fight critical race theory and supports giving children public money for private school scholarships appears to...

Vladimir Putin's intentions were crystal clear when he invaded Ukraine. He wanted to subdue his neighbor, assert Russian authority in Eastern Europe, and make...

Thousands of Afghans who assisted the US military or who are vulnerable in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are arriving in the US, where they are staying...

An academic study published today discovered that government counts of the devastation caused by coronavirus among the most vulnerable elderly likely missed more than...

The future wars are already being won by China. According to a new report from Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Beijing...

"I murdered my own baby," yelled a Republican state representative in New Hampshire, who had previously said she regretted her own abortion. Representative Susan DeLemus...

The economy added only 210,000 jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent from...

A 38-year-old man has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance of a 34-year-old Memphis teacher, after DNA on two slides linked...

Rory McIlroy has never been shy about expressing his disdain for Saudi-backed LIV Golf's attempts to quickly gain traction by stealing some of the...

The new head of the government's road safety agency says the agency will step up efforts to better understand the risks posed by automated...

They are some of the top athletes in the world in their respective sports – elite in their training, meticulous in the preparation, the best...

A transgender South Korean soldier who was forcibly discharged from the army after gender-reassignment surgery has been found dead, police said, prompting anger Thursday...

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space company, filed a lawsuit against NASA's Moon program in federal court on Monday. The complaint escalates the company's months-long...

An anecdote told by Meghan Markle in a recent magazine interview has been criticized by Nelson Mandela's grandson for equating the celebrations in South...

Kylian Mbappé, the star player for France, and coach Didier Deschamps have a chance to make World Cup history. Soccer history will be made for...

As a Georgia grand jury investigates Donald Trump's behavior following his election loss in 2020, the former president's team has turned to one of...

The Supreme Court has significantly limited the scope of the country's main cybercrime law, limiting a tool that civil liberties advocates say federal prosecutors...

The Summer Olympics are just around the corner and, for the first time since 2000, Jamaican sprinting superstar Usain Bolt won't be on the track. It's...

Perhaps no midterm primary is garnering as much attention as Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's, whose race next week could be the most high-profile test...

Alice Dearing was about to make history as the first Black woman to swim for Great Britain in the Olympics in 2021. Then came the...

Life couldn't have been better for the New York Yankees when they awoke in the Bay Area on August 28. They'd just won their...

On the campaign trail in 2016, Donald Trump took an unusual stance, defending his namesake "university" against allegations of fraud. Rather than deferring to his...

A family who lost their home earlier this month in a deadly fire that started at a sawmill in the Northern California town of...

Nordstrom was hit harder than most retailers by the pandemic. Its product assortment has traditionally been skewed toward fashion apparel and footwear, but with...

Separate requests from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block the use of new congressional maps adopted by state courts for the 2022...

As world leaders gathered in New York to condemn him, Russian President Vladimir Putin was back at home, scrambling to replenish his depleted war...

According to Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Avalanche, Bitcoin will eventually be outpaced by other coins as their faster, cheaper networks digitize more...

Because of the Ukraine invasion, a proposal that the European Union ban visas for all Russian tourists has sparked a debate in the continent's...

People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk areas of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the country's top health official said Tuesday, reversing...

TikTok is well-known for its popular challenges among children and teenagers. Most challenges are harmless, such as dance challenges and style transition challenges that...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow is ready for talks with the US and NATO on missile deployment limits and military transparency,...

Former President Donald Trump's social media app, which he hopes will rival Twitter, debuted on Monday, as he seeks a new digital stage to...

Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve's regulatory work, told US lawmakers on Thursday that she believes banks require...

Along with a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some of which were so severe that even scientists who...

Maksim Derzhko describes it as one of the scariest experiences of his life. Long a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he flew from...

A federal judge issued an emergency order from the bench on Tuesday prohibiting Arizona ballot drop box monitors affiliated with the conservative group Clean...

US President Joe Biden slipped a phrase into a major address on infrastructure spending earlier this month with a laugh, calling it a "boring...

In a statement sent on the heels of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's impassioned address to the United States Congress on Wednesday, Donald Trump boasted...

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined "Sunday Morning Futures" from Poland, where he spoke with refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, citing "atrocities" in the...

Moral crucibles that upend ordinary people's lives, never above reproach but always deserving of sympathy, serve as a dramatic propellant for Iranian writer-director Asghar...

Russia and China are making plans to further their geopolitical relationship, this time, in space with the building of a new space station on...

The medical examiner confirmed that the three University of Virginia football players killed in what prosecutors described as a "targeted" shooting on campus this...

Although the days of Russia's war in Ukraine are still being counted, images of atrocities have already numbered in the hundreds of thousands. The conflict...

The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent...

Following a four-month battle that saw millions of residents locked in their homes, extensive testing, and restrictions on daily life that impacted every aspect...

Police said Tuesday that a candidate for Louisville's metro council has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly opening fire on a mayoral candidate...

A third of all the world's man-made greenhouse gas emissions are linked to food, according to new global research that tracked produce from field...

Microsoft hopes to push clean energy grids with a new strategy for purchasing renewable energy. The tech behemoth is now concentrating on making a...

Criminal statutes cited by the Justice Department in the search of Donald Trump's Florida estate for mishandled documents are rarely prosecuted, according to legal...

A judge ruled on Monday that an Oklahoma parent could not be barred from entering a school after confronting a member of the school...

The number of unaccompanied migrant children in US Border Patrol facilities, which are akin to jail cells and not intended for kids, has reached...

After the Atlanta Hawks ruled out point guard Trae Young for Game 4, the Milwaukee Bucks' path became clearer. When Bucks All-NBA forward Giannis...

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, resumes Tuesday with further testimony from an MMA fighter who witnessed Floyd’s...

The government announced on Monday that all adults in the United Kingdom will be able to get their booster Covid-19 vaccine doses three months...

The Nasdaq at 19,000, Apple and Microsoft market caps of more than $3 trillion, and a pervasive metaverse, particularly after Apple releases its much-anticipated...

In recent months, U.S. renewable energy developers have delayed or cancelled several large battery projects intended to store electrical power on the grid, scuttling...

Calvin Qi, who works at Glean, a search startup, would love to improve his company's products with the latest artificial intelligence algorithms. Glean provides search...

Arkansas and other Southern states have emerged as critical battlegrounds in state and local officials' efforts to persuade enough unvaccinated Americans to get Covid-19...

According to new FBI information, a Virginia Beach woman who sold $31.8 million in counterfeit coupons to shoppers used the money to fund high-end...

The White House and leading conservative policy experts both chastised a leading Republican senator on Tuesday for calling for all Americans to begin paying...

Women can always give their babies up for adoption, so abortions are unnecessary. That appeared to be Justice Amy Coney Barrett's argument during oral...

Illinois is set to become the first state to require Asian American history to be taught in public schools, after a bill passed its...

President Biden supported making an exception to filibuster rules in order to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into law, an effort that would...

Perhaps no other industry has been hit harder by the Covid pandemic than global travel and tourism, with planes grounded, resorts closed, and care-free...

For the first time in decades, the American worker is in charge when it comes to money. As an example, some employers, such as Kroger...

The most commonly reported sensation following an abortion is not pain. It feels good. Several studies have found this to be true. However, there is...

According to documents shown to a jury Thursday, Infowars' revenues and website viewership increased after Alex Jones claimed on his show in 2014 that...

What is the lone force that can keep purported Big Tech villains like Facebook and Google from supplanting themselves as dominant platforms? Republicans. Normally, those...

The EPA has taken its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, denying requests from three Midwest power plants to...

Joe Biden is set to announce new actions to combat the coronavirus, including a nationwide campaign encouraging vaccine boosters, an expansion of at-home tests,...

According to an email shared by a whistleblower, the auto insurance company State Farm is encouraging its agents in Florida to donate books promoting...

"There would be no Starbucks without us," said Casey Moore, who wants to unionize with dozens of other employees at the American coffee chain. Management,...

Community leaders have questioned the New Zealand government’s decision to temporarily close the border to people travelling from India, and say they fear the...

Hong Kong residents in Canada are banding together to assist the latest influx of migrants fleeing Beijing's tightening grip on their city. Networks across the...

Garnell Whitfield is still traumatized by the loss of his mother to racist violence in a Buffalo supermarket. Whitfield claims that the subsequent mass shootings,...

When Philadelphia's mayor signs landmark legislation this week, the city will become the first major US city to prohibit police from stopping drivers for...

During a joint press conference in India on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged that the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, noting that...