Obama offered to help negotiate a truce between Israel and Hamas.

Either this is a sick joke on Hamas, or Obama intends to pressure Israel to let the fighting stop.

The European Court of Human Rights convicted Poland of aiding CIA torture kidnapping flights, and ordered payment of compensation to the victims. The court ruled that US "rendition" (kidnaping for torture) is fundamentally illegal.

Unfortunately, this won't get them out of Guantanamo prison.

These men are accused of serious crimes which merit prosecution, but they deserve a fair trial, not a Guantanamo kangaroo court.

When ISIS forced Christians to leave Mosul, it stole their houses and even their portable property.

Texas invested $200 million in businesses to "create" 1600 jobs in Texas. It turns out that some of the companies don't really exist, aren't in Texas, don't pay their taxes, etc.

As a way to boost employment, this is ineffective. As investment, it wasn't very good either; it made only a little money for the state.

Raising the minimum wage would create a lot more jobs, but that would not please the employers that want workers to be desperate.

Paul Ryan says the US government should eliminate welfare requirements and give money to states to use to help the poor. Texas will give this money to companies to "create jobs", thus ensuring that the poor gain nothing from it.

One of Israel's motives for war in Gaza is so it can advertise weapons exports as "field-tested".