The Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) will begin laying off approximately 6,000 employees on Thursday as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the federal workforce, according to three people familiar with the plans. The cuts will primarily target recent…
Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist convicted in 1975 for the killings of two FBI agents, was released from federal prison on Tuesday after Joe Biden commuted his sentence in January. Peltier, now 80 and in poor health, had spent…
Maryland state police have arrested Jack LaSota, 34, the apparent leader of the cultlike group known as the Zizians, along with group member Michelle Zajko, 33, of Media, Pennsylvania. Both face multiple charges, including trespassing, obstruction, and possession of a…
Elon Musk and his social media platform X are facing backlash from rights groups and journalists after complying with a Turkish government order to block 126 accounts, including those of prominent journalists and news outlets. The ban, approved by an…
The Trump administration has escalated efforts to shrink the federal workforce by ordering agencies to fire nearly all probationary employees who have not yet gained civil service protections. This move could impact hundreds of thousands of workers. The directive, issued…
A Swedish court has sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Lina Ishaq, a Swedish citizen, was convicted for enslaving Yazidi women and children in Syria in 2015 as part…
Brandon Russell, a 29-year-old neo-Nazi leader, was convicted last week for conspiring to attack power stations around Baltimore in an attempt to trigger a citywide blackout. A Maryland jury took less than an hour to find him guilty, rejecting his…
Thousands of people took to the streets in Denver on Wednesday and Saturday last week in response to a series of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The protests were held in solidarity with undocumented immigrants and against…
The United Nations removed criticism of the Saudi government from the official transcript of a key UN conference held in Riyadh in December and threatened to eject a Saudi researcher from the event, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW…
Saudi Arabia is set to execute six Shia citizens on charges that the United Nations has deemed arbitrary. Human rights organizations and legal experts argue that the cases highlight systematic discrimination against the country’s Shia minority. The individuals facing execution…
