The United States became the first country to skip a review of its human rights record before the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, declining to participate in a process that has been in place for nearly two decades. The Trump administration’s absence marked the first time a country has refused to participate in […]

France on Monday said Iran hacked into hundreds of grocery store refrigeration systems across the country, marking a severe disruption to the food chain. French officials vowed retaliatory sanctions and launched an investigation after accusing Iranian hackers of changing temperature settings remotely on refrigerators across 700 sites. The development marks the “first large-scale cyberattack aimed […]

Last week’s midterm elections produced stunning Democratic victories across the country, but maybe they shouldn’t have been such a surprise. The congressional map in both houses appeared to favor Republicans, but it was ultimately no match for the national conditions that fed the blue wave. Republicans weren’t unambiguously leading in any of the competitive Senate […]

The Somali owner of a Minnesota daycare with reported fraud ties won a state legislative race last week in a historically red region. Democratic state Rep.-elect Abdi Daisane flipped a Minnesota House seat held by Republicans over the past two decades, securing 51.6% of the vote to become his district’s first Somali-born lawmaker. Daisane will […]