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BBC — The ‘biased’ broadcasting corporation

Two friends email from London about the editing scandal that led to the resignation of two top officials from the British Broadcasting Corporation. The resignations followed exposure of the splicing together of two parts of a speech by President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.The edits made it ...

Judges block Texas from using new US House map

A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a redrawn U.S. House map that touched off a nationwide redistricting battle and is a major piece of President Donald Trump's efforts to preserve a slim Republican majority ahead of the 2026 elections. The ruling is a blow to Trump's rush to ...

Prepare now for 2026 election interference

Democrats and other democracy well-wishers are spilling gallons of ink and a profusion of pixels on the question of whether ending the government shutdown was a blunder or not. I submit that either way, it won't matter very much if at all in 12 months — and the 2026 elections are where our ...

Judge scolds DOJ for ‘investigative missteps’ in Comey indictment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department engaged in a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to produce to defense lawyers all grand jury ...

Almanac for Nov. 18, 2025

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2025. There are 43 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of ...

Can the president disrupt free speech?

While the country's attention was drawn to the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which purports to designate the ideology of antifa as a "domestic terrorist organization" and directs federal law enforcement to disrupt its ...