Congress has a sneaky bipartisan plan to reduce the regulation of some big finance companies.

The ostensible reason is to help the smaller community banks, but naturally it benefits the big banks more.

Russia posted a faked photo to "prove" that the US supported PISSI in Syria.

US prosecutors systematically pressure unauthorized immigrants to sign away the right to ask for asylum as part of plea bargains.

"Russia is meddling in western politics as it has nothing to lose."

The US and Europe could do various punishing things to Russia, if they were united. But what is really needed is not punishment of Russia, but rather to pressure Russia into stopping this meddling. However, there is no way to make a deal with Russia that includes stopping, because there is never clear proof that Russia is doing this. It is always a matter of surmise and probabilities.

A Brazilian supreme court judge calls for legalizing drugs to take away the power that drug gangs exercise.