The bipartisan Surveillance State Repeal Act, if passed, would repeal dragnet surveillance of Americans’ personal communications, overhaul the federal domestic surveillance program, and provide protections for whistleblowers. House lawmakers Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) are co-sponsoring bill H.R.1466, which was introduced on Tuesday and would repeal the 2001 Patriot Act, limit... 

UK families are fleeing to Ireland as social workers continue to use false allegations and vague definitions of abuse to forcibly remove children from their parents and boost adoption statistics. RT’s documentary crew spoke to several of those families. The UK is just one of two countries in Europe (the other is Croatia) where communist ideas such as adoption without the consent of a child’s... 

There are some countries where women exposed to misogyny, pestering and, in some cases, danger. Travelling to far-flung exotic third world destinations can be a hugely rewarding experience that many women in the West take for granted. For most, it is an entirely safe and liberating adventure that they will never forget, for all the right reasons. But while wolf whistles, cat calls and belligerent taxi... 

Rapper Azealia Banks hates “white Americans” and everything about the U.S. In a recent interview with Playboy, the 23-year-old Harlem rapper said she wanted to leave the U.S. because America is blatantly racist. “I hate everything about this country,” she said. “Like, I hate fat, white Americans.” “All the people who are crunched into the middle of America, the real fat and meat of America,... 

The poster by students at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore details things that a bad girl does in India. There are many ways to be labelled ‘A bad girl’ in the UK, including stealing from the tuck-shop, cheating in an exam and smoking behind the bike sheds. But in India, the bar for being a disappointment to society is much, much lower. A group of students from... 

Whether taking a car for a spin on a Sunday or focusing on getting from A to B after a stressful day, driving can be fun and therapeutic. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes humans could be banned from driving in years to come and all cars will, instead, be controlled by robots. The entrepreneur claims that computers will one day do a much better job of driving and that humans are simply ‘too dangerous’... 

With Julian Assange’s 1000 days in the Embassy coming up March 16, here’s a reminder of some facts. Swedish prosecutors have offered to question Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London over allegations of sexual misconduct and rape, Reuters reports. The WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer said he welcomes the request, but the process will take time. Prosecutors have also asked to carry... 

To force Congress to reverse cuts to the defense and intelligence budgets. Republican senator and presidential maybe-hopeful Lindsey Graham stopped by the “politics and pies” forum in Concord, New Hampshire, today, where he announced that if he is elected president in 2016, his first act will be to deploy the military in Washington to force Congress to reverse cuts to the defense and intelligence... 

The Senate Intelligence Committee voted overwhelmingly to advance a cybersecurity bill meant to expand information-sharing between the private sector and the government, though privacy advocates contend it only strengthens domestic surveillance programs. Dubbed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), the bill cleared the Senate Intelligence Committee by a 14-1 vote, with outspoken civil... 

The leader of the UK Independence Party, UKIP, has sparked outrage again, this time, for saying that Britain no longer needs laws on racial discrimination at work. The head of the anti-mass immigration, anti-European Union party, Nigel Farage, says the anti-discrimination laws should be repealed as the racism is not a problem for the country anymore. “Discrimination legislation had been necessary... 

Adam Koessler wanted to cure his 2-year-old daughter’s rare, stage 4 Neuroblastoma, a cancer of the abdomen that can be very painful. He learned about the positive medicinal effects of cannabis oil on cancers like his daughter’s and tried to administer the oil in an attempt to heal her. What followed is a complete nightmare. Despite the fact that: There is video evidence that cannabis oil attacks... 

With politicians around the globe calling on Israel to take action against illegal settlements in the West Bank, the Jewish state has finally taken action. Not against its own communities, but against an EU-funded building for Palestinians. On Tuesday, the Israeli government demolished an EU settlement on Mount Scopus in northeast Jerusalem. The city’s municipality said it undertook the measures... 

A bill has been introduced in the Rhode Island Legislature that would require labeling of any genetically-engineered ingredients in food consumed by humans. State Sen. Donna Nesselbush recently introduced two nearly identical bills to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee that would demand disclosure of any foods or ingredients that were genetically manipulated, making Rhode Island the... 

The failure of EU countries to prepare for the needs of their aging populations was debated at length during this conference in Brussels. A new report from The Wold Bank was released at the conference and it highlights how birthrates in the EU are falling, young adults are migrating from the bloc because of the economic crisis and people are living longer while still retiring at a relatively young... 

A mom in Chicago is furious after her teen daughter received several vaccinations at school without her consent. Michelle Miller says she believed a form she signed gave her 16-year-old daughter’s school permission to conduct nothing more than a routine sports physical. But student Noelle Miller ended up receiving multiple vaccinations, one for chicken pox, Hepatitis A, meningitis and the sexually...