“Filmmaker and journalist Phelim McAleer discusses his work exposing institutional blind spots. From the 2018 film Gosnell on the abortion industry to his recent verbatim drama The Grooming Gangs Cover-Up (2025), Phelim recreates the Oxford grooming gang trial’s sentencing remarks using actual court transcripts—highlighting the scale of abuse affecting thousands …

A 15th-century Bible hailed as one of the greatest masterpieces of Renaissance illumination went on display in Rome on Thursday as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations. The Borso D’Este Bible — a lavish two-volume manuscript renowned for its gold leaf and ultramarine lapis lazuli miniatures — was unveiled …

The U.S. Department of Defense is launching two new task forces to review how the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate was crafted and enforced during the pandemic, Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata announced last week on X. “These task forces will examine the development, implementation, and …

A close associate of Volodymyr Zelensky has been identified as the alleged architect of a “high-level criminal organization,” according to Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), which uncovered a sweeping corruption scheme after raiding 70 businessmen and energy-sector figures. Investigators say roughly $100 million was siphoned from Ukraine’s embattled energy sector, …

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration will require millions of low-income Americans to reapply for food stamps as part of a broader effort to curb what it calls widespread “fraud” in the program. In a Thursday interview with Newsmax, Rollins said the goal is to “have everyone reapply …