The Justice Department is reviewing a criminal referral alleging that former CIA Director John Brennan misled Congress in his testimony about the intelligence community’s handling of the Trump–Russia narrative. New declassified records suggest that core claims made under oath were contradicted by internal CIA findings, raising new questions about Brennan’s …

A new analysis claims China-owned TikTok is not just biased but actively boosts pro-Mamdani content and suppresses material supportive of Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race — a pattern researchers describe as “algorithmic steering.” Yehonatan Dodeles, CTO of Spring AI, announced Tuesday that his team’s reverse-engineering of …

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor, becoming the highest-ranking national Democrat to back the self-described socialist. Jeffries announced the endorsement Friday as early voting begins, arguing that Democrats must unify against what he called the “existential” threat of Donald Trump, even though he …

Today we’re sharing a free advance chapter from Kill Switch: The History of How Viruses Shaped Humanity and Led to COVID-19 by Dr. Richard Burt — a sweeping historical investigation of how viral epidemics have redirected civilization, rewritten policy, and set the stage for the global response to COVID-19. This …

A Swedish court refuses to deport rapist Yazied Mohamed, an Eritrean refugee convicted of sexually assaulting 16-year-old Meya Åberg, ruling that the rape “did not last long enough” to constitute an “exceptionally serious crime” that would justify removal from the country. Mohamed, now 18, assaulted Åberg in a pedestrian tunnel …