Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore holds a comfortable lead ahead of his opponents in Tuesday’s GOP primary for Alabama’s Senate seat, according to a new poll. Moore now sits at 35 percent support in a new poll from the Trafalgar Group, with a 12-point gap between him and his closest competitor, Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.), who … Continue reading "Roy Moore leads in new Alabama Senate poll"

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE is facing a crucial 48 hours. His favored candidate in Tuesday’s GOP Senate runoff in Alabama, Sen. Luther … Continue reading "The Memo: Trump faces difficult 48 hours"

The global spiral downwards towards less peace continues, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) finds. The findings are laid out in the think tank’s latest Global Peace Index (GPI), now in its 10th edition, released Wednesday. It ranks 163 states and territories based on 23 indicators covering domestic and international conflict, societal safety and … Continue reading "Trillions Spent on Violence as World Continues Downwards Spiral Away From Peace"

Israeli police are officially permitted to use deadly force against stone-throwing Palestinian teenagers, according to updated regulations made public on Tuesday by an Israel-based human rights organization.  The new open-fire regulations, revealed by Adalah, a rights organization and legal center that defends Palestinians living in Israel as well as the occupied territories, state that “an … Continue reading "Israel's New Open-Fire Rule Authorizes 'Extra-Judicial Execution' of Palestinian Youths"

As the party of climate science denial convenes in Cleveland this week—minus the few Republicans who care about global warming—new data further confirms that the world is on fire. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) announced Tuesday that June 2016 was 1.62° F above the 20th century average, breaking last year’s record for the … Continue reading "Hot Hot Heat: New Data Shows World is Baking in 2016"

Adding to a string of recent voting rights victories, a judge in North Dakota on Monday blocked the state’s restrictive voter ID law, saying it disproportionately impacted Native Americans.  The ruling (pdf) came in response to a lawsuit (pdf) filed in January on behalf of seven members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, … Continue reading "Democracy on a Roll: Judge Blocks North Dakota Voter ID Laws"

In February 2004, U.S. troops brought a man named Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badry to Abu Ghraib in Iraq and assigned him serial number US9IZ-157911CI. The prison was about to become international news, but the prisoner would remain largely unknown for the next decade. At the time the man was brought in, Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba … Continue reading "US Military Now Says ISIS Leader Was Held in Notorious Abu Ghraib Prison"