CAPITALISM HAS suffered a series of mighty blows to its reputation over the past decade. The sense of a system rigged to benefit the owners of capital at the expense of workers is profound. In 2016 a survey found that more than half of young Americans no longer support capitalism. This loss of faith is…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has secretly filed criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, a person familiar with the case said, marking a drastic escalation of the government’s yearslong battle with him and his anti-secrecy group. Top Justice Department officials told prosecutors over the summer that they could start drafting a complaint against…
Azzmador / YouTubeWhen Andrew Anglin isn't editing his neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer, he organizes harassment campaigns against perceived enemies. One target of an Anglin harassment campaign, Tanya Gersh, sued Anglin last year. On Wednesday, a Montana federal judge dealt Anglin a significant setback, holding that the First Amendment does not protect Anglin's right to…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t make it to this week’s summit of Asian nations in Singapore, but his influence was still keenly felt among the leaders who gathered in the city. U.S. President Donald Trump points to the crowd after delivering remarks at an event for "supporting veterans and military families" at…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated during an interview that he tapped former US attorney Matthew Whitaker to replace then Attorney General Jeff Sessions in order to rein in the Russia investigation. Speaking to The Daily Caller, Trump expanded on his thought process behind choosing Whitaker to take over as acting attorney general. "Matthew Whitaker…
AFTER WHAT had seemed an endless period of delay and crunches evaded, this week Theresa May at last presented a draft Brexit deal agreed by negotiators in Brussels. The prime minister steered it through a lengthy cabinet meeting on November 14th. Yet the following morning her own Brexit secretary, Dominic Raab, quit in protest. Others…
The U.S. announced sanctions against 17 Saudi officials over the death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as the White House seeks to quell international outrage over his killing while preserving its relationship with a key ally in the Middle East. The announcement came just hours after Saudi Arabia charged 11 people for the murder, saying…
Fox News has thrown its support behind CNN's lawsuit against the Trump administration to win back the White House correspondent Jim Acosta's press credentials in a stunning move for a cable news network whose on-air personalities have often criticized CNN and Acosta. Fox News President Jay Wallace said in a statement that the company would…
THE OIL PRICE was supposed to be soaring around now. With American sanctions against Iran taking effect earlier this month, exports from Iran, the world’s fourth-largest producer of crude oil last year, were expected to shrink to close to zero. In anticipation the oil price went above $86 in early October, a four-year-high, and some…
Voter turnout really was as high as predicted in last week’s midterms. According to the U.S. Elections Project, 49.2% of the eligible voting population—just shy of 116 million people—voted on Nov. 6, the highest recorded rate for a midterm election since 1914. On average, 40% of eligible voters actually vote in non-presidential elections. That number…
