In January, as coronavirus cases spiked throughout the country, George Hale and Adam Pinsker, reporters for Indiana Public Media, made their final trip to the prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where federal death row is housed.  The Trump administration restarted federal executions last July after a 17-year hiatus. It became Hale and Pinsker’s job to witness and document the government’s execution spree, an […]

WASHINGTON — Dark money, that torrent of anonymous cash unleashed by groups with mind-numbingly generic names such as Americans for Prosperity or Patriot Majority, is an ugly fixture of American politics, a weapon used to win elections, confirm (or defeat) judges, and pass (or defeat) legislation. Once dominated by ultra-wealthy conservatives like the Koch brothers, the dark-money racket is now […]

Vaccine: Macron ‘is trying to reduce demand’ says Bell The French President said on Tuesday all French people who are willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be offered a vaccine by the end of summer. In an interview with TF1 television, Mr Macron also said because the virus is evolving quickly, pharmaceutical companies need to start preparing now for […]

Mitch McConnell is concerned about Marjorie Taylor Greene. “Loony lies and conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country,” the Senate’s most powerful Republican said in a statement on Monday, a week after several reports laid out the extent of Greene’s deranged beliefs. “Somebody who’s suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying […]

Simon Coveney grilled on ‘finding answers’ over Article 16 row Simon Coveney faced an intense grilling from the BBC’s Nick Robinson as the Irish minister attempted to defend the European Union after the bloc threatened to invoke Article 16 of the Brexit trade deal with the UK last week. After widespread outrage in Britain and Ireland over the threat to stop vaccines entering Northern […]

UK ‘not wise to play solo on coronavirus vaccine’ says Bonell The French MP, a member of Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche! party, defended the president’s decision to stick with the common rollout strategy adopted across the European Union. The move however has been met with increasing criticism from health professionals bemoaning the lack of appropriate stocks of coronavirus vaccine to […]

PayPal suspended an account used by a notorious white supremacist. The man was using PayPal to sell copies of his book. The activity was brought to light by anti-fascist activists. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. An avowed white supremacist will have to find another way to sell his racist tracts after PayPal suspended his account on […]

WASHINGTON — The House impeachment managers on Tuesday laid out their case against Donald J. Trump, asserting that he was “singularly responsible” for the deadly assault on the Capitol last month and must be convicted and barred from holding public office. In an 80-page brief filed on Tuesday, the managers outlined the arguments they planned to make when the Senate […]