The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas is trying to turn a key talking point of his Republican opponent against him — alleging Attorney General Ken Paxton is guilty of the same type of voter fraud he has spent years trying to eliminate. “As our state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton has gone on a…
It’s been nearly two years since I started reporting on abuses of foreign farmworkers in Georgia. Some of the workers I tracked down had come to the U.S. legally through the H-2A visa program and were harmed and exploited by labor contractors — despite protections that were supposed to be guaranteed by the federal government. …
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Ten Democratic lawmakers told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a letter Sunday that his gutting of a program focused on protecting civilians is a leadership failure that imperils service members and erodes the…
Georgia on Wednesday will become the latest Southern state to seize upon the recent Supreme Court decision on voting rights to consider redrawing its congressional lines to favor the Republican Party. Gov. Brian Kemp has summoned lawmakers to the Capitol in Atlanta for a special session, aiming to lock in new federal and state legislative…
President Trump, in a sudden reversal, announced on Tuesday evening that the United States was pausing “for a short period of time” efforts to help guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked to most commercial ships for weeks. The president’s announcement came one day after the effort began. He said…
Shorouk Express Kazakhstan Materials 18 October 2025 23:15 (UTC +04:00) Photo: he Agency for Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s coal mining sector demonstrated solid growth in the first nine months of 2025, both in terms of production volume and value. Access to paid information is limited…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 27. Azerbaijan will continue its efforts to advance the peace agenda, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov wrote on his page on X, Trend reports. “September 27 marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the 44-day Patriotic War, which ended nearly 30 years of occupation and aggression, laying the foundation…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 24. A cooperation agreement on the construction of small modular reactor plants in Iran was signed in Moscow between the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the Russian Rosatom Company today, Trend reports via the AEOI. The agreement was signed by Iranian Vice President, Chairman of the AEOI Mohammad…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 12. Iran welcomes the process of restoration of peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as the efforts to unblock communication lines, said Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi during a phone call with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan, Trend reports. He stressed that any decision or plan must fully…
Shorouk Express Trump says he’s ‘praying’ for Texas families President Donald Trump said his administration is working “on the ground” in Texas to support the state amid devastating floods. “The Trump Administration is working with State and Local Officials on the ground in Texas in response to the tragic flooding that took place yesterday,” he…
