Russia has arrested at least 400 people across the country for protesting the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony when he died suddenly on Friday. Among those detained is a priest, Father Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko, who was planning to lead a St. Petersberg …
Read More »Trump Says $355 Million Fraud Penalty Will Destroy the State of New York
Trump vowed to appeal the $355 million fraud penalty handed down to him on Friday, after JudgeArthur Engoronfound the Trump Organization liable for financial fraud and barred him from serving as a corporate officer or a director of a company in New York for three years. The former president took …
Read More »The End of Russia's Peaceful Opposition
Russia’s leading opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, who united people in his fight against Vladimir Putin’s regime, died Friday in a remote Arctic prison, where he was serving a decades-long sentence on trumped-up charges. He is survived by his wife, two kids, and the millions of Russians at home and abroad …
Read More »Alexei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader and Fierce Putin Critic, Dead at 47
Alexei Navalny, the Russia opposition leader and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, died in prison, Russian authorities announced on Friday. He was 47. Russia’s prison service said Navalny felt unwell after taking a walk and lost consciousness. He was service a 19-year sentence on controversial, extremism-related charges. “The facility’s medical …
Read More »'They're Frightened of Diversity': Rob Reiner on the Threat of Christian Nationalism
In a way, Rob Reiner has come full circle. Decades ago, before The Princess Bride, before A Few Good Men, Reiner first made his mark as Michael “Meathead” Stivic, the liberal son-in-law to the racist, conservative Archie Bunker on one of the biggest TV shows of the 1970s, All in …
Read More »Yulia Navalnaya Demands Justice in Powerful Speech After Husband's Death
Yulia Navalnaya, now the widow of Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny, demanded after her husband’s death on Friday that the Russian autocrat and his government “be personally held responsible for all of the atrocities they have committed.” Russian correctional authorities announced earlier on Friday that Alexei Navalny, who was serving …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Days Ago on Navalny and Assassinations: 'Leadership Requires Killing People'
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, died on Friday while imprisoned in Russia. Navalny’s death comes as the American conservative movement has grown sympathetic toward Putin, an autocrat whose political enemies have a long history of dying under mysterious circumstances. Former Fox News host …
Read More »Trump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report
Donald Trump wants to implement a 16-week national abortion ban, The New York Times reported on Friday. The former president has largely avoided taking on reproductive rights during the Republican primary, although he has at times made a point to take credit for the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn …
Read More »Trump Ordered to Pay $355 Million in New York Fraud Case
Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $355 million in damages and barred the former president “from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York for a period of three years.” Judge Arthur Engoron handed the ruling down on Friday …
Read More »Alexei Navalny's Death is Another Bloody Victory for Putin
KYIV —Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a decades-long quest to restore his country to what he views as its rightful place in world affairs, and he is willing to crush anyone who stands in his way. Putin’s regime has ruthlessly consolidated power through murder and oppression, while using unfettered …
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