Over the past several decades, US news media have shifted towards advocacy and emotional appeals, according to a RAND Corporation study. This is sowing discord in American society, award-winning journalist Chris Hedges tells RT. The study, released by RAND earlier this week, cautiously argues that between 1987 and 2017, news content has shifted from event- and context-based reporting to coverage that... 

Despite President Donald Trump telling the UN General Assembly that the US would “totally destroy” North Korea if it is attacked, the US arsenal may not be able to stop a nuclear strike if one is carried out, according to some analysts. Some experts in the military and missile defense fields believe that even if the US had information that North Korea posed a real threat to America, or one of... 

As the Pentagon prepares to quadruple its European defense budget, a new analysis from a US military think tank may offer an explanation for the striking increase. According to projections by the group, should war erupt, both the US and NATO would be decimated by Russia in less than three days. On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter presented his proposal for the Pentagon’s 2017 budget.... 

A new report prepared by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) circulating in the Kremlin today states that their new “cyber troops” division, along with assistance provided by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), have discovered a “false flag” Obama regime operation against the Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Corporation designed to cover-up the US intelligence communities role in the...