News Philonise Floyd, brother of slain George Floyd, asks U.N. to investigate police brutality and racist violence against Black Americans Xeni Jardin
politics Bolton book says House impeachment inquiry should have probed Trump beyond Ukraine Xeni Jardin
tabloids The Man Who Knew Too Much! Why China murdered its own ambassador, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
coronavirus Every country in the United Nations agreed to a global ceasefire during the pandemic — except the United States Thom Dunn
politics Justice Dept. drops case against Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser Xeni Jardin
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politics 'Acting' Navy Sec. Modly resigns after insulting ousted coronavirus ship commander Crozier as 'stupid' Xeni Jardin
COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn
politics Coronavirus bill clears Congress, $2 trillion CARES Act (H.R. 748) heads to Trump for signature Xeni Jardin
security U.S. State Department to tell Americans abroad: Return immediately, or shelter in place Xeni Jardin
fandom Dale Cooper shows up on TikTok entering Twin Peaks at the exact moment he drove into the town 31 years earlier Gareth Branwyn
security CIA secretly owned world's top encryption supplier, read enemy and ally messages for decades Xeni Jardin
swapsies Pompeo entertains suggestion of swapping Anne Sacoolas for Prince Andrew; UK says "no haggling" Rob Beschizza
israel Jared Kushner says Palestinians screw-up every opportunity they've ever had, in celebration of a proposed two-state deal that he left them out of Thom Dunn