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Trump lashes out at House committee, repeats bogus fraud claims after hearing blamed him for insurrection at the US Capitol
Trumps wrote on Truth Social that the January 6 committee was ignoring"positive witnesses and state…
Sinéad Baker
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The RWDS patch reportedly worn by the Texas shooter is a 'signal' to 'would-be fascists,' an extremist expert said
RWDS, an acronym for Right Wing Death Squad, does not refer to a specific group and is more a meme,…
Lloyd Lee,Katherine Tangalaki…
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Russian mercenaries helping Putin fight his war in Ukraine appear to have also killed hundreds of African civilians, report says
Analysts say that the Wagner Group, founded by an oligarch close to Putin, deliberately targets civ…
Charles R. Davis
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Before the killing of Shinzo Abe, Japan's last assassination was in 1960. That killer Otoya Yamaguchi has become a favorite of the American far right.
In 1960, Otoya Yamaguchi assassinated the head of Japan's Socialist Party. Decades later, he is rev…
Charles R. Davis
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Stephanie Grisham, former Trump press secretary, says his response to COVID-19 cost lives - and that she's 'terrified' he'll run in 2024
Stephanie Grisham, a former White House Press Secretary, resigned after the January 6 insurrection …
Charles Davis
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'The Woman King' tells the story of the Agojie. But in real life, the fierce women warriors played a controversial role in the translatlantic slave trade.
"The Woman King" takes inspiration from a group of all-women warriors. However, some critics accuse…
Yoonji Han
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Right-wing and anti-vax influencers are using Instagram's 'link sticker' to 'monetize their misinformation,' watchdog group says
Instagram is "taking no steps or precautions to protect against" the abuse of the feature, a Media …
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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US special operators are getting a new outpost in a tense corner of Europe
Amid tensions with Russia across Europe, US Special Operations Command Europe plans to set up a new…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A Pennsylvania man said he would find a local Democratic Party office and 'shoot it up' for Donald Trump, and then he did, authorities say
Anthony Nero is accused firing his handgun at the Montgomery County Democratic Party's office in No…
Charles Davis
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Another member of a secretive Russian military-intelligence unit has been charged in a brazen UK assassination. Here's how the GRU works.
The poisoning of a defected former Russian military-intelligence officer and his daughter has been …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Facebook and Twitter have been removing military troll networks, including Russian and French campaigns that were sparring over politics in Africa
Groups based in France and Russia that spread disinformation were removed by Facebook and Twitter. …
Kevin Shalvey
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Conspiracy theories are no longer the domain of lovable weirdos tracking Bigfoot - they're a sinister problem that's only getting bigger
In his new book, investigative journalist Dave Neiwert argues that conspiracy theories such as QAno…
Charles Davis
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Former Trump advisers are getting buried in legal fees - and at least one wants help from Trump's re-election campaign
The family of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, meanwhile, set up a defense fund for …
Natasha Bertrand
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The interpreters who say they have been left for dead in Afghanistan as U.S. and U.K. troops pull out after 20-year war
Interpreters who assisted the United States and its partners during the Afghan war say they are bei…
Barnaby Papadopulos,Ali Latifi
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Republicans know Trump's attempt to overturn the election is dangerous, but they're too cowardly to fight it
The GOP got sucked into the cult of the Orange Man, and now they're too scared to stand up to it — …
Anthony L. Fisher
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Vintage photos show what Syria's capital city looked like 50 years ago
Though Syria saw a number of coups d'etat in the 1960s and in the decades before and after, Cushman…
Julie Zeveloff
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'These people' are 'the deep state': GOP Congressman calls for 'purge' of the FBI
Anonymous House Republican sources indicated to Politico on Friday that Baker, a career national-se…
Natasha Bertrand
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The GOP's 'outrageous' effort to overturn the election cements its status as 'a willing party to authoritarianism'
Had the GOP succeeded in its attempts, most recently via a longshot Texas Supreme Court case, "it w…
Sonam Sheth,John Haltiwanger
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These 21 Vintage Photos Show What Syria Was Like 50 Years Ago
Though Syria saw a number of coups d'etat in the 1960s and in the decades before and after, Cushman…
Julie Zeveloff
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21 Vintage Photos That Show What Syria Was Like 50 Years Ago
Though Syria saw a number of coups d'etat in the 1960s and in the decades before and after, Cushman…