A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions. Two judges at the High Court in London are set to rule on whether the court is satisfied by U.S. assurances that Assange, 52, would not face the death penalty and could rely on the First Amendment right to free speech if he faced a U.S....

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, Iran's state television confirmed on Monday, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province. The head of Iran’s Red Crescent, Pir Hossein Kolivand, earlier told state television that "no sign" of life was detected amongst the passengers of the helicopter that crashed on Sunday afternoon. "Upon finding the helicopter, there...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, depriving Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of a longtime ally as Tehran angles for regional dominance through armed militias that are fighting the U.S. and Israel. Raisi’s death was announced early Monday, after state television reported Sunday afternoon that a helicopter carrying him and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian had made a “difficult landing” in northwestern...

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and others were confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed on Sunday, Iranian officials and state media said Monday, disrupting the power structure in Tehran as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini continues his increasingly aggressive campaign for regional dominance. After Raisi’s death was reported by state media, Khameini announced five days of national mourning and appointed Mohammad Mokhber, first vice president...

According to weirdos, Donald Trump’s likely return to the White House will usher in an age of fascism unprecedented in American history, which is odd since a Trump presidency was recently precedent in American history, and that interregnum of constitutional governance brought us our only respite from nascent fascism – as defined by people who know what fascism is – in the last fifteen years or so. We heard this in 2016, too, and in 2020 as well. Hysterical warnings about Trumpussolini are all...

With higher prices and elevated interest rates stubbornly sticking around, Chipotle burrito bowls and European vacations are still on the table for many consumers. But Big Macs and kitchen remodels aren’t. The most recent round of quarterly earnings reports helped to sort companies into largely two camps: McDonald’s, Starbucks and Home Depot were among the consumer-centric companies that surprised investors with weaker-than-expected results,...

On the eve of his criminal trial, Donald Trump told reporters in Florida that he would take the stand and testify if necessary. “All I can do is tell the truth,” Trump proclaimed. That boast is about to be put to the test, as Trump and his defense team decide in the coming days whether to present him as a witness. But among legal experts and even Trump’s political allies, there’s already a unanimous verdict: He would be a fool to testify.

Does the presumptive Republican presidential nominee understand the magnitude of America’s challenge? In a series of careful timed-release leaks, Donald Trump has now revealed what we are led to believe is his list of vice-presidential prospects. Not one of those names registers as a worthy choice. Granted, the bar has been raised this year. At the beginning of every cycle, the vice-presidential choice becomes, overnight, the leading presidential candidate for the next cycle. Think...

Michael Cohen - the prosecution's final witness in Donald Trump's criminal trial - faces further cross-examination on Monday before lawyers set out Mr Trump's defence. For four weeks, Mr Trump has sat quietly in a New York courtroom while state prosecutors have laid out the first-ever criminal case against a former US president. Lawyers from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office have called on a cast of blockbuster witnesses and produced dozens of surreptitiously recorded conversations...

Seven days after being sworn in as president, Donald Trump threw the nation into crisis. The country had wondered whether the new president would follow through on the extreme and authoritarian proposals he’d put forward in his campaign. On January 27, 2017, by executive order, Trump imposed an extreme version of his “Muslim ban” — barring people from seven mostly-Muslim countries from entering the United States. Even people already approved as lawful permanent residents —...