by The Conversation | Aug 16, 2022 | Quick Facts
The federal court-authorized search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate has brought renewed attention to the obscure but infamous law known as the Espionage Act of 1917. A section of the law was listed as one of three potential violations under Justice...
by The Conversation | Aug 8, 2022 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Quick Facts
In the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and the spread of rumors that the election was stolen, Americans’ confidence in the integrity of the country’s electoral system is at an all-time low. A recent ABC News/Ipsos Poll found that 41% of Americans are not so...
by ProPublica | Jul 29, 2022 | Quick Facts
About a month ago, British health authorities announced they’d found evidence suggesting local spread of polio in London. It was a jolt, to be sure. The country was declared polio-free in 2003. But at least no one had turned up sick. The proof came from routine tests...
by The Conversation | Jul 29, 2022 | Quick Facts
Grand juries play a major role in the U.S. criminal justice system. And they’re very much in the news these days. A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, is looking into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in that...
by KFF Health News | Jul 27, 2022 | Quick Facts
In retrospect, Peggy Dula said, she shouldn’t have taken the ambulance. She was the least injured of the three siblings who were in a car when it was struck by a pickup truck last September. Her daughter had even offered to come to the crash site and pick her up. Jim...
by Common Dreams | Jul 27, 2022 | Quick Facts, Human Rights & Justice
The U.S. Department of Justice is directly investigating Donald Trump’s actions as part of a criminal probe into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, news welcomed by lawmakers and watchdogs who have accused the DOJ of dragging its feet despite having a strong...