The US State Department confirmed in a press conference on Monday that David Lin, an American pastor the US alleges was wrongfully detained since 2009, has been released. US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller stated that Lin returned to the US for the first time in almost 20 years after he was released from prison [...]

Vietnam’s Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a prominent activist and former member of the critical YouTube channel CHTV, Phan Van Bach, to five years in prison on Monday. He was convicted under  Article 117 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes “distributing anti-state propaganda.” Phan Van Bach had faced a maximum sentence of 12 years. Phan Van [...]

Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspected gunman in an assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, appeared in a Florida federal courtroom Monday. Routh is facing several federal gun crimes including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The apparent attempted assassination took place while [...]

Former US President Donald Trump is safe after US Secret Service agents shot at a man pointing an AK-47-style rifle through a fence while the ex-president was golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida, authorities confirmed during a press conference Sunday. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said that his office received a [...]

The US District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced Kentucky resident Luke Hoffman to twenty months imprisonment Friday for assaulting police officers during the January 6 Capitol Riot. Hoffman’s sentence comes around five months after he pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 111(a), a Class D felony carrying a maximum sentence of eight [...]

US authorities on Friday announced new sanctions against RT amid sprawling accusations that the state-run media conglomerate has engaged in covert influence operations and election interference on a global scale. “RT moved beyond being simply a media outlet and has been an entity with cyber capabilities. It is also engaged in information operations, covert influence, [...]

A judge in Georgia’s Fulton County dismissed three charges in the state’s election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday, citing a conflict with federal law. Judge Scott McAfee found that Counts 14, 15, and 27 in the state’s indictment must be dropped because an 1890 US Supreme Court ruling preempts states from [...]

A North Dakota District Court ruled Thursday that women have a constitutional right to pre-viability abortion under the constitutional guarantees of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. South Central District Judge Bruce A. Romanick declared that the Amended Abortion Ban was unconstitutionally void for vagueness. This ruling invalidates the Amended Abortion Ban, one of the [...]

The US Treasury announced Thursday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as sanctioned 16 individuals affiliated with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro under terms of Executive Order (EO) 13692, for allegedly obstructing an inclusive presidential election process and violating the human rights of Venezuelans. According to the Treasury, the 16 sanctioned individuals include leaders [...]

A judge in Missouri rejected on Thursday inmate Marcellus Williams’ attempt to overturn a murder conviction and death sentence on the basis of updated DNA evidence. Circuit Judge Bruce F. Hilton stated in his rejection of the bid that “none of this evidence is ‘new’ as it was available at trial.” Williams’ legal team filed [...]