19 Killed in Protests in Iraq Despite Calls for Calm

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA / The Associated Press Oct 5, 2019 Anti-government demonstrators rally and set offices on fire as they press for reforms in the nation's most serious challenge in two years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chinese Woman Carrying Malware Allegedly Got Into Mar-a-Lago

TERRY SPENCER / The Associated Press Apr 2, 2019 She faces illegal entry charges after allegedly telling agents shifting stories of being a member wanting to swim and an event invitation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

National Park Service to Tap Into Entrance Fees to Keep Operating

The Associated Press Jan 6, 2019 The extreme step is necessary at popular sites that are open during the shutdown, top parks official says, but its legality is questioned. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

EPA Watchdog Faults Agency for Pruitt’s 24/7 Security Costs

ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated Press Sep 4, 2018 The Environmental Protection Agency failed to justify its expenditure of more than $3.5 million to guard Scott Pruitt, the report finds. Travel costs for his bodyguards from February 2017 to December 2017 were $739,580. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Senate Passes FISA Reauthorization Act, With Help of Democrats

Emma Niles / Truthdig Jan 18, 2018 The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Reauthorization Act would consolidate the FBI’s power to search Americans’ digital communications without a warrant. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Amazon Gives Customer Data to the Government at a Record Pace

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2018 The technology giant reports a spike in the amount of consumer information turned over to U.S. law enforcement in the first six months of 2017. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How I Learned Not to Love Big Brother

Alfred McCoy Aug 26, 2017 Some of the darkest secrets of the U.S. national security establishment are exposed in the upcoming book "In the Shadows of the American Century." Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

GOP Proves It’s Not ‘the Security Party’

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment May 19, 2017 A Republican president is scaring our allies away from tight cooperation against terrorism. (Pictured, Trump with a Russian diplomat.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

When the Word ‘Terrorism’ Is Invoked, Ask Who Benefits (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 26, 2017 Political theorist Brad Evans tells "The Trews" host Russell Brand: "[Terrorism] demands a certain form of intervention, which is heightened securitization, heightened militarization." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Borders [a cartoon from Greece]

Michael Kountouris, Greece / Cagle Cartoons Jan 29, 2017 Dig deeper

Naomi Klein: Expect ‘First Shocks of Trump’s Disaster Capitalism’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 25, 2017 The writer uses the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe to suggest the upcoming economic, security and weather calamities that Donald Trump and Mike Pence could both cause and exploit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump’s Visa Ban Is About Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Not Security

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jan 25, 2017 If the president announces a policy to halt visas for citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, Wednesday will be a day of ethnic hatred. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )