venezuela Bolton unveils extreme foreign policy changes in Central & South America days after autocrat Bolsonaro takes power in Brazil Seamus Bellamy
education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn
censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn
politics Sean Hannity says U.S. should give the U.N. to China, which Russia's Vladimir Putin also believes Xeni Jardin
politics Facebook says it will show geographic origin of some posts, to thwart foreign political disinformation campaigns Xeni Jardin
COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn
Business 'We are desperate — we need more immigrants.' Mick Mulvaney, Trump's Office of Management and Budget chief Xeni Jardin
Business US Interior bans Chinese drones and UAVs with made-in-China parts over espionage concerns — with few exceptions Xeni Jardin
dolphins There's a non-zero possibility that Iran has a fleet of Communist assassin dolphins Thom Dunn
trumpism Pranksters produce enlistment ads featuring Trump Jr: "I'm not enlisting but YOU should" Cory Doctorow
security Facebook & Twitter ban pro-Trump network that reached 55 million accounts with AI-generated faces, Epoch Media Group and Falun Gong links identified Xeni Jardin
corruption Citing the Panama Papers, Elizabeth Warren proposes sweeping anti-financial-secrecy rules Cory Doctorow
witness intimidation Yovanovitch calls Trump's attacks on her this morning "very intimidating" Carla Sinclair