Politics
Republicans slam Biden officials for meeting with Maduro regime
The White House is reportedly considering easing oil sanctions on Venezuela amidst calls to cut off oil imports from Russia over Ukraine invasion.
Technology
Russia partially blocks Facebook after feud over fact-checking state media
Russia's state censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, claimed in a statement that Facebook’s restrictions on four Russian media outlets had censored state media 23 times since October 2020
Politics
Law journal bans 'hurtful' questioning of systemic racism, prompting exodus of contributors
"Emory is a great law school, and this will create a scandal that will discredit you and your journal," one departing contributor warned
Immigration
Guaidó accuses Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard of killing a child migrating to the island
Venezuelan boy was fleeing Maduro's regime with his mother
Human Rights
Facebook funds 'trusted partner' with links to Palestinian terror groups, 'Holocast denier,' says report
The report claims that 7amleh has collaborated with Palestinian NGOs that Israel as designated as terrorist organizations, such as Al Haq, Addameer and the Health Work Committees
Culture
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says religious freedom is under attack
New Jersey native and Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said there’s a “growing hostility to religion” in a keynote address he gave highlighting the unique protection of religion in the U.S. Constitution
Crime
Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo sentenced to 20 years for corruption linked to Odebrecht construction
The verdict marks the first high profile Peruvian conviction related to Brazil’s continent wide Operation Car Wash investigation
Politics
Biden’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers is blocked in 10 states
The judge claimed that the administration was exceeding its authority
Immigration
DeSantis raises option of transporting Haitian refugees fleeing violence to Martha's Vineyard
Haiti is an estimated 840 miles from Florida. Haitians have suffered a terrible ordeal as their homeland has begun collapsing in the absence of political leadership
Politics
Rubio places hold on two Biden ambassador nominees, calls one a “Castro sympathizer”
The two nominees are for Spain and China