Facing years in prison for protesting is the new normal in the US.

The troll may have been inspired by Putin, who threatened Greenpeace protesters with many years in prison. But Putin didn't carry out the threat. The troll would do it.

The author meant to write "free rein". The metaphor is of letting a horse go however it chooses.

A UN inquiry found that Assad's men deliberately bombed an aid convoy that the regime had authorized.

A Canadian doctor of Afghan origin who formerly lived in the US was interrogated for five hours when trying to enter the US. Eventually he was not allowed in. He had to beg for permission to call his clinic to cancel patients' appointments.

The US always had the nastiest immigration thugs. Now it is much worse. It is wise to stay away from the US.

The infant almost started a war with Iran a few weeks ago.

The troll's nominee to run Medicaid and Medicare is another saboteur.