State Rep. Justin Holland (Texas) introduces Second Amendment Sanctuary State Act to protect gun rights
Print 🖨 PDF 📄WASHINGTON (AP) — New York can for now continue to enforce a sweeping new law that bans guns from “sensitive places” such as schools, playgrounds and Times Square, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, allowing the law to be in force while a lawsuit over it plays out. The justices turned away an…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Hong KongCNN — More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on dissent. Among those handed sentences on Tuesday was Joshua Wong,…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Germany’s eastern state of Thuringia elected a new premier on Thursday, after months of delicate negotiations ensured the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could be left out of government despite winning elections in September. Mario Voigt from the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) is set to govern in an unprecedented coalition with the…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Greetings from Tyler It has been a rough week. Wouldn’t you know, we’ve just sent out an issue of WATCH Magazine, and now there’s a Middle Eastern war, the extent of which we cannot grasp. There’s no question this thing could get completely out of control. The terrorists think they’re mad? The…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Open Society Foundations’ decision to cut staff and spending in Europe is worrying beneficiaries, who argue a withdrawal of resources could be detrimental to human rights and the foundation’s reputation. The foundations’ leaders told staff in Berlin and Brussels that they will be cutting staff by 80% and 60%, respectively, according to…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄What comes out of this week’s negotiations may finally show whether the Russian president is serious. Another round of U.S.-brokered Ukraine talks commence today in Abu Dhabi. The overall outlook remains no less bleak for Ukraine, as it inches toward the fourth anniversary of Russia’s war. Yet there are signs that what…