Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 19, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including Mitt Romney's latest campaign stop, Rick Santorum on whether he wants to serve in a Romney administration and a lawmaker performing in the "The Vagina Monologues." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 18, 2012
Internet censorship by governments is on the rise, according to a troubling new report on transparency from Google. Perhaps the most alarming aspect of the report is that it is Western democracies typically not associated with censorship that are among the countries asking the search engine to remove content for political reasons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 18, 2012
A 6-year-old girl suspected of being in the U.S. illegally was arrested by the office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona on Friday. Ironically, the arrest came just after President Obama announced he would make it easier for the children of undocumented immigrants to stay in this country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 18, 2012
New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras faces a daunting task after his pro-euro party won the Greek elections over the weekends: form a coalition government in three days, and do it without the help of the party that finished second in the vote. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJun 18, 2012
With the three meals hitting their caloric max-out point, Yum! Brands has been leading the effort to add a whole new gorging session to America's daily schedule. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJun 18, 2012
He had just been through the roughest patch of President Obama's re-election struggle and yet senior adviser David Axelrod seemed, if not quite serene, then at least amiably stoic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 17, 2012
The re-publication of the fact that Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico is outrageously meant to inspire distrust; some Mormons now identify as gay, yet suppress their sexuality in order to follow their religion; meanwhile, a mirror has been designed to eliminate blind spots on the road. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Cora Currier, ProPublicaJun 16, 2012
Through campaign contributions and well-connected staff, JP Morgan has a few friends on the Senate banking committee. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 16, 2012
Researchers report that a gene variation that appears more frequently in women than men may help explain the long-established fact that females are more likely to develop the debilitating disease. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 16, 2012
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange convened a small meeting of friends and leading Web activists from around the world to discuss the future of the free and private flow of information on the Internet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 16, 2012
Working as a flack for a public relations company representing Wal-Mart, Stephanie Harnett committed one of the big no-nos of journalism by falsely identifying herself as a reporter. Using a phony name, she claimed to be a student journalist in order to infiltrate a union press conference earlier this month. This week Harnett left the PR company, Mercury Public Affairs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 16, 2012
Bankers are bracing for international financial chaos as Greek voters head to the polls to decide on an austerity plan that could kiss the euro bye-bye. But that's not the only major world event happening, with Egypt's military tossing the recent Democratic elections aside as it dissolves the country's parliament. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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