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Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus criticized the media Sunday over recent reports that the CIA had concluded Russia tried to meddle in the United States presidential election to help President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a group of farmers the right to challenge Monsanto’s seed patents, a decision critics charge allows the biotech giant’s “reign of intimidation” to continue. The plaintiffs in the suit, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al v. Monsanto, sought to protect themselves from lawsuits by the […]

The American Psychological Association is protecting one of its members from formal rebuke for his role in torturing a Guantanamo Bay inmate. The esteemed professional association stated in a December 31 confidential letter, obtained by Guardian reporters and released publicly on Wednesday, that it is declining to rebuke member John Leso. “[W]e have determined that […]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s mere mention (or interpreted mention) of the ‘boycott, divestment, and sanctions’ (or BDS) campaign targeting the continued occupation of the West Bank was enough to set off a barrage of angry responses from Israeli officials and lawmakers over the weekend, creating new diplomatic tensions as Kerry continues to push […]

Ukraine’s ousted President Vicktor Yanukovich, who fled over the weekend as anti-government forces stormed parliament and the presidential residence, is now wanted under an arrested warrant issued by the interim government that has taken control in Kiev. Last spotted in the Crimean peninsula, his exact whereabout remain unknown. As the Associated Press reports Monday: The […]

Labor Secretary Tom Perez will launch his campaign to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) this Thursday, a source with knowledge of his thinking told the Hill. Perez is expected to announce his bid on a conference call with state Democratic chairman then, giving Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) his first serious challenger for […]

Men indefinitely detained within the walls of the Guantanamo Bay prison will now be able to legally challenge the practice of force-feeding, considered by international human rights organizations to be a form of torture, following a mixed ruling in a federal appeals court Tuesday. The judges ruled 2-1 that the Federal District Court has jurisdiction […]

As street protests continued in Venezuela this week, President Nicolas Maduro has called for a “peace conference” on Wednesday in order to defuse the violence, though it remains unclear which, if any, representatives of his opposition will agree to attend. Maduro has said that he supports the right of his opponents to take their message […]

In a strong signal to both the U.S. and NATO over the crisis in Ukraine, a Russian official on Saturday said that Moscow may suspend inspections of its nuclear weapons arsenal, a practice long done in accordance with arms control treaties designed to alleviate international tensions between the nuclear-armed powers. According to the New York […]

As a major critic of the Obama administration over the NSA’s bulk surveillance programs, the ACLU responded to the president’s Thursday announcement regarding reforms to mass collection of telephone records by saying it was a welcome first step, but that much more would be needed before they and other rights groups would be satisfied. “The […]