Sweden is confronting a disturbing reality that challenges one of the country’s most cherished assumptions: that the welfare state’s care system is, by default, a place of safety. A recent compilation of police reports indicates that nearly 400 rapes of women over age 60 have been reported to Swedish police …

Iranian authorities have moved to restrict internet and cellular access across major cities as anti-government protests continue to spread nationwide, a tactic widely viewed as an effort to disrupt coordination among demonstrators and control the flow of information leaving the country. Reports from inside Iran indicate intermittent to near-total shutdowns …

President Trump’s call this week for Iranian protesters to seize control of their own institutions was jarring to some and galvanizing to others. “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!” he wrote, halting diplomatic engagement and warning Tehran that accountability is coming. Whatever one thinks of the rhetoric, …

A Republican-led Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is preparing to hold a hearing focused on the abortion drug mifepristone, reopening a contentious debate over federal drug regulation, medical authority, and patient autonomy. Mifepristone, which has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for more than …

In early January 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a major revision to the federal childhood immunization schedule, reducing the number of diseases for which all children are routinely recommended to receive vaccinations. The changes, justified …