The Government Charged the Wrong Person and the Judge Called It Unacceptable
DOJ dropped charges against a mistakenly identified defendant the same day a judge called its discovery pace 'unacceptable' in the Don Lemon case.
Anna Weber
Bureau: Berlin
Three Reports Say America Is No Longer a Liberal Democracy
Freedom House, V-Dem, and Bright Line Watch all published this month — and all three say American democracy is deteriorating faster than ever measured.
Nexstar Absorbed 265 Stations and the FCC Waved It Through
A single company now controls 265 TV stations reaching 80% of US households, and the FCC waived its own rules to make it happen.
NewsGuard Is Suing the Government That Tried to Kill It
NewsGuard's lawsuit against Trump's FTC isn't just a corporate dispute — it's the infrastructure of credibility itself fighting for survival.
Maria Ressa's Daniel Pearl Award Matters More This Week
Ressa's Daniel Pearl Award lands in the same week as Pentagon press defiance and the Don Lemon prosecution — making it less ceremony and more battlefield dispatch.
EU Postponed Its Own AI Regulation
High-risk AI Act deadlines pushed to possibly December 2027, industrial AI may leave scope entirely, and 45 US states introduced 1,500 AI bills of their own.