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18 Dems vote in favor of GOP-led bill cracking down on DC crime

A House Republican-led bill aimed at overhauling Washington, D.C.’s criminal policies passed with the support of 18 Democrats on Wednesday evening. It is a sign that crime in the nation’s capital has been an increasingly urgent issue for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Rep. Byron Donalds’ D.C. Criminal Reform to Immediately Make Everyone Read More

Biden asserts executive privilege over recordings from classified documents probe

The White House asserted executive privilege over audio and video recordings related to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Biden. “I write to inform you that the President has asserted executive privilege over the requested audio recordings and is making a protective assertion of privilege over any remaining materials responsive to the subpoenas that Read More

Jailed ex-PM Imran Khan appears before Pakistan top court by videolink

The court appearance of the 71-year-old leader was not livestreamed on the court’s website or aired on news channels. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has made a virtual appearance before the Supreme Court through a videolink from prison in connection with a case regarding amendments to the country’s anticorruption law. Read More

‘Living in fear’ amid relentless battle for eastern DR Congo

Kanyabayonga, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Innocent Kasereka sits in a rundown hospital in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), his neck bandaged where he was brutally slashed with a knife. The 30-year-old recounts how he was caught in the middle of the conflict between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and Read More