Trump’s CIA Considered Kidnapping or Assassinating Assange: Report
By Jake Johnson Under the leadership of then-Director Mike Pompeo, the CIA in 2017 reportedly plotted to kidnap—and discussed plans to assassinate—WikiLeaks founder and publisher…
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US Drone Attack Kills at Least 10 Afghan Civilians—Including 6 Children
By Jake Johnson A U.S. drone strike purportedly targeting a suspected ISIS-K vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan killed at least 10 members…
Israel’s Assault on Gaza Left 400,000 Without Regular Access to Clean Water: Oxfam
By Jake Johnson Israel’s deadly 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip left an estimated 400,000 of the occupied territory’s roughly two million people without access…
“Criminal Complicity”: Outrage as Biden Pushes $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Gaza Slaughter
By Jake Johnson Human rights advocates warned Monday that the Biden administration is deepening U.S. complicity in the Netanyahu regime’s ongoing massacre of civilians in…
“Shame”: Biden to Advance Trump-Era Sale of $23 Billion in F-35s and Armed Drones to UAE
By Jake Johnson The Biden administration has reportedly informed Congress that it is planning to advance a $23.4 billion sale of weaponry to the United…
Marking Two Years Since Assange’s Arrest, Press Freedom Advocates Demand Biden DOJ Drop All Charges
By Jake Johnson Press freedom advocates on Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of Julian Assange’s arrest at the hands of British police by demanding that…
Congress Urged to Take “Immediate Action” to Stop Debt Collectors From Snatching Relief Checks
By Jake Johnson Direct payments from the newly approved coronavirus relief package began landing in people’s bank accounts with striking quickness this weekend, but a…
“Free Assange” Demands Grow as Biden DOJ Says It Will Continue to Seek Extradition
By Jake Johnson Just a day after a coalition of press freedom groups urged President Joe Biden to drop his predecessor’s effort to prosecute Julian…
“Horrifically Catastrophic”: Report Finds So-Called US War On Terror Has Displaced As Many As 59 Million People
By Jake Johnson The ongoing U.S. “war on terror” has forcibly displaced as many as 59 million people from just eight countries in the Middle…
Over 180 “No War With Iran” Protests Planned Across US
By Jake Johnson After Iran’s retaliation for the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani intensified fears of another catastrophic Middle East war, a coalition of progressive advocacy groups…
“If You Are Wondering Who Benefits”: Weapons Makers Stocks Surge as US Risks War With Iran
By Jake Johnson Almost immediately after the United States assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike Thursday night, major American weapons manufacturers and…
Activist Facing Prison for Giving Water to Migrants in Desert Found Not Guilty on All Charges
By Jake Johnson and Jessica Corbett An Arizona jury on Wednesday found human rights activist Scott Warren not guilty of “harboring” undocumented migrants, charges that…
Applause as Federal Court Blocks “Unconstitutional” South Dakota Law That Would Hit Pipeline Protesters With Up to 25 Years in Prison
By Jake Johnson Environmentalists celebrated Wednesday after a federal court temporarily blocked enforcement of a recently enacted South Dakota law that aims to hit pipeline…
“Internment Camps for the Homeless”: Trump Pushes for “Crackdown” in California
By Jake Johnson Following reports that President Donald Trump is pushing for a “major crackdown” on homelessness in California that could include destroying existing encampments…