In the HBO documentary “Surveilled,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow travels across the globe to investigate and expose the dark underbelly of the multi-billion-dollar advanced spyware industry. The film reveals that repressive regimes aren’t alone in using spyware to hack into citizens’ cell phones and computers clandestinely; democratic governments are also guilty of spying on […]

Tehran announces installation of new advanced centrifuges used to quickly enrich uranium for an atomic bomb (Vahid Reza Alaei/AFP via Getty Images) Iran publicly accelerated its contested nuclear work on Friday, installing advanced centrifuges to more quickly enrich the uranium needed to fuel an atomic bomb. Tehran announced its latest escalation after the International Atomic […]

Oregon officials are set to require health insurers, both public and private, to cover procedures like sex-change surgeries and cross-sex hormones for all ages. Those that fail to do so risk losing their state licenses. The proposed rule from Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services relies on the latest standards of care developed by […]

His words came as the German government said in a statement that it had “taken note” of the ICC decision and said it was one of the court’s biggest supporters. But it added: “At the same time, it is a consequence of German history that we share unique relations and great responsibility with Israel. “We […]

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she felt “sorrow” at Donald Trump’s return to power and recalls that every meeting with him was “a competition: you or me.” In an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel published Friday, Merkel said that Trump “is a challenge for the world, particularly for multilateralism.” “What […]

Mangi faced Democratic opposition for his ties to anti-police groups Adeel Mangi (Graeme Sloan/Wikimedia Commons) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has abandoned hopes of confirming Third Circuit Appeals Court nominee Adeel Mangi, whom some Senate Democrats opposed over links to anti-police groups uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon. Schumer struck a deal Thursday with Republicans […]

Tehran announces installation of new advanced centrifuges used to quickly enrich uranium for an atomic bomb (Vahid Reza Alaei/AFP via Getty Images) Iran publicly accelerated its contested nuclear work on Friday, installing advanced centrifuges to more quickly enrich the uranium needed to fuel an atomic bomb. Tehran announced its latest escalation after the International Atomic […]

American taxpayers paid for hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria, federal prosecutors revealed in announcing charges against the NGO employee they say was responsible for it. Mahmoud Al Hafyan ran the Syrian division of the nongovernmental organization and skimmed as much as $10 million worth of meals paid […]

A version of this article first appeared in the most recent edition of the Stiles Section newsletter. Subscribe here. Democrats in Congress are coping with Donald Trump’s second/third election victory by holding a series of meetings to analyze the results and revise their messaging strategy. Ostensibly the goal is to help Democrats sound less insane […]

Republican senators who met with Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, are all in for the former Fox News co-host who is trying to dispel concerns about a 2017 sexual assault complaint that resulted in no charges. Mr. Hegseth, an Army combat veteran, was escorted into the Capitol on Thursday by Vice […]