World Updates

A senior U.S. member described a video of a military attack on a suspected drug vessel that was handed to legislators on Thursday as “one of the most frightening things” he has seen since it showed survivors clearly distressed when they were slain. The leading Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Jim Himes, made … Read more

Alice Magazine and Nineteen Fifty-Six, two of the University of Alabama’s student-run publications, had their operations halted. Black culture was the emphasis of the latter, while women’s problems were the focus of the former. The institution said that it took this choice in order to “comply with our legal commitments,” citing a Department of Justice … Read more

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is the subject of an inquiry by the Government Accountability Office, an impartial and independent investigative watchdog for Congress. Leading Senate Democrats wrote to the agency in November, requesting that it “promptly review recent acts performed at the Federal Housing Finance Agency” by Pulte. actions … Read more