U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has rejected accusations by Mexico's president that the U.S. shares some responsibility for ...

During a press conference Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer predicted that Congress would pass a stopgap funding ...

The fight by Iran and Hezbollah is not for justice or self-determination, but an orchestrated campaign of aggression.

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As nearly half a million people went without power and experienced 100 mph winds and subsequent home damage in Louisiana after Francine, a majority of the areas that received the damage were rural ...

Profiteering companies are lining up to buy water rights in the western US as the water supply dwindles. We have only 4 days to raise $31,000 for Truthout. Independent journalism is a pillar of ...

The author of prize-winning short fiction says the daily reality of a country at war has kept his darkest thoughts at bay.

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Government-led negotiations on the world's first agreement to protect people from future pandemics made significant progress during the latest round of discussions that ended today at the World Health ...

Russian strikes have hit high-rise apartment blocks in Ukraine's city of Kharkiv, leaving dozens wounded in a second ...

Originally motivated by xenophobia, racism and a way to punish “immoral” sex, the Mann Act has since been amended — and remains a useful federal tool.

This week big business finally had a full blown tantrum about what Labor is doing to the national economy - using the ...