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Burkina junta chief says country must 'forget' democracy

Burkina junta chief says country must 'forget' democracy

The people of Burkina Faso must "forget" about democracy, said the country's junta ruler on Thursday in an interview broadcast on national television. Captain Ibrahim Traore took over in a September 2022 coup after toppling another junta, and has sharply muzzled dissenting voices since then. The

Pam Bondi’s extreme political loyalty to Trump wasn’t enough to save her job

Pam Bondi’s extreme political loyalty to Trump wasn’t enough to save her job

(AMHERST, MASS.) After President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, news reports suggested that she fell from grace, not for being too independent, but for not being effective enough at defending him and prosecuting his political enemies. As The New York Times reported the previous

Gallatin County ICE "policy" faces deadline from DOJ; Not policy states county attorney

Gallatin County ICE "policy" faces deadline from DOJ; Not policy states county attorney

UPDATE: April 2 at 8:36 p.m. Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell shared a response to the DOJ’s deadline to rescind what the agency described as illegal policy under state law. Cromwell explained in a release that a 2025 legal review tied to an ICE request was limited

National debt over 4x greater than reported, accounting group says

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is roughly $39 trillion, but a nonpartisan accounting group estimates that the true number is $170.3 trillion. Unlike the Treasury’s calculations, Truth in Accounting included all of the federal government’s unfunded obligations in its debt assessment,

Student protesters disrupt University event connected to the Department of War

Student protesters disrupt University event connected to the Department of War

“Attention. This facility is complicit in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the genocide of Palestinians.” These words were shouted through a bullhorn by philosophy major Julian Staggs as he and other protesters rushed into the EngineWorks’ building on MSU’s Innovation Campus. Their mission? To disrupt an

French mayor denounces 'increasingly racist society'

French mayor denounces 'increasingly racist society'

Bally Bagayoko, the newly elected black mayor of the French capital's largest suburb, says racism is growing in the former colonial power, and the authorities need to keep discrimination in check. "We are living in an increasingly racist society," Bagayoko told AFP in an interview in

Vance to meet Orban in Hungary ahead of elections

Vance to meet Orban in Hungary ahead of elections

US Vice President JD Vance will travel to Hungary on April 7-8 to meet with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the White House said Thursday, ahead of parliamentary elections that will determine the fate of the nationalist prime minister. Vance, who will be accompanied by his wife Usha Vance, "