The political and media class is doing what it always does with the US and its allies: trying to frame deliberate atrocities as tragic mishaps.
People prepare to transfer the body of a World Central Kitchen WCK worker killed by Israeli air strikes, near the Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 3, 2024.
(Khaled Omar / Xinhua via Getty Images)
There could hardly be a clearer war crime than Israel’s killing of seven World
Matthew Graves is not shy about promoting his success in prosecuting those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. By his count, Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has charged more than 1,358 individuals, spread across nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for assaulting police, destroying federal property, and other crimes. He issues a press release for most cases, and he held a rare news conference this past January to tout his achievements.
Monday marked the five-year anniversary of the Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax. I say that with some hesitation, because I know that there’s not a single living person who ever wants to hear the name Jussie Smollett ever again. Every detail of that story has been covered, and every joke you can possibly make about it has already been made.
But if there’s a silver lining in that whole episode, it’s that everyone on the planet received a crash course
With Christmas fast approaching, many of us are undoubtedly fretting over what to wear for our various upcoming festive parties.
While some will be tempted to cover themselves head to toe in sequins or opt for themed attire, a British celebrity stylist has insisted these are the fashion mistakes many are guilty of making when the mulled wine season rolls back around.
Miranda Holder has revealed to FEMAIL the crucial style ‘crimes’ to avoid this year to make sure your
The captain’s quarters were on the uppermost deck; the Chinese officers slept on the level below him, and the Chinese deckhands under that. The Indonesian workers occupied the bowels of the ship. Aritonang and Anhar lived in cramped cabins with bunk beds. Clotheslines of drying socks and towels lined the walls, and beer bottles littered the floor. The Indonesians were paid about three thousand dollars a year, plus a twenty-dollar bonus for every ton of squid caught. Once a week,
In the wake of damning testimony linking president and venal houseplant Joe Biden to a multi-million dollar influence peddling scheme, the Justice Department has indicted Donald Trump again. The day after Devon Archer told congress that Joe Biden personally helped his son Hunter bilk millions of dollars from businesses and hostile foreign nations, Federal Prosecutor Jack Smith charged Trump with three counts of saying stuff.
The DOJ’s rapid fire response to Archer’s testimony implicating the president in his son’s sleazy
Plus: One moment that could have weakened Donald Trump’s influence
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Donald Trump is guilty of deplorable actions, under indictment for multiple crimes, and yet remains the most popular
Romania’s president has condemned Russia’s attacks on ports on the Danube as unacceptable and war crimes.
On Wednesday morning, Russia attacked Ukrainian grain ports at Izmail on the River Danube, a short distance from Romania. A grain warehouse, a passenger building and an elevator for loading grain were damaged, the BBC reported. No casualties were reported.
The attacks were “unacceptable,” Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on social media. “These are war crimes and they further affect UA’s [Ukraine’s] capacity
Police are facing a crisis of confidence as fewer than one in five people believe they will get justice if they fall victim to crime.
Just 16 percent think a perpetrator would be arrested and convicted. A staggering 72 percent fear they would not.
With data showing just one in 50 reported thefts results in a conviction, Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed on Saturday night claimed: “This soft approach simply encourages criminals to
Updated at 8:09 p.m. ET on July 28, 2023
Yesterday, Special Counsel Jack Smith secured a superseding indictment in the classified-documents case against Donald Trump and his aide Waltine Nauta in federal court in Florida. The revised indictment adds a new defendant, Carlos de Oliveira, a property manager at Mar-a-Lago, as well as two new obstruction-of-justice counts for attempting to “alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal evidence.” The new charges stem from allegations that Trump, Nauta, and de Oliveira together attempted
