Follow RT on Rep. Justin Amash left Republican Party and became a hero for Donald Trump’s opponents and possible presidential candidate. But his urge for re-examination of the two-party system may seem too much for US politics to stomach. Amash argues that heightened levels of partisanship have distorted the country’s founding fathers’ vision of liberty…
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Land of the free? Pentagon gives soldiers pre-approved lines to parrot at 4th of July event
Follow RT on While the US military likes to say that it fights for freedom, apparently this doesn’t extend to freedom of speech, as the Pentagon has instructed soldiers to spout approved ‘positive statements’ at July 4 celebrations in DC. Service members participating in the ‘Salute to America’ event at the National Mall were reportedly…
Strings attached: Why US can’t stop using ‘toxic’ Russian RD-180 rocket engines
Follow RT on The US has recently got another shipment of RD-180s, even as politicians in Washington continue to demand a halt to space cooperation with Moscow. Why have their efforts, so far, amounted to nothing? Officially, Washington is tireless in its pursuit to “save” its European allies from Russian fossil fuels by giving them…
This isn’t about sneakers, but about people who want ‘no USA at all’
Follow RT on In just a few short years, the woke crusade against “hate” in the US has gone from demanding the removal of Confederate flags and monuments to targeting George Washington, the national anthem and now even the American flag. Seen in isolation, the decision by Nike to scrap their sneaker design featuring the…
‘Look where the angel is pointing’: Vatican to open tombs based on cryptic clue in 36yo cold case
Follow RT on The Vatican has announced it will open two tombs in a 100-year-old cemetery based on a mysterious clue in a 36-year-old case of a missing teenage girl. The clue was sent anonymously to the girl’s family in a letter last year. Emanuela Orlandi was 15-years-old when she went missing in 1983 on…
Tech exodus: HP, Dell, Microsoft, and others to reportedly shift production out of China
Follow RT on Global technology companies are reportedly seeking to move substantial production capacity out of China due to the trade conflict with the United States. Sources told the Nikkei Asian Review that major personal computer (PC) producers HP and Dell are planning to shift up to 30 percent of their notebook production out of…
Journalists like Assange should ‘not pay such a price for exposing war crimes and torture’ – Maurizi
Follow RT on Journalist Stefania Maurizi says her ongoing legal battle to uncover Julian Assange’s extradition files is about more than the WikiLeaks founder, telling RT’s Going Underground that it impacts all journalists, everywhere. Through various freedom of information requests, filed with the US, UK, Swedish, and Ecuadorian authorities, Maurizi has revealed the dangerous precedent…
Putin signs law suspending INF treaty with US
Follow RT on Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law suspending the Cold War-era INF Treaty. Putin announced in February that he would halt participation in the treaty after Washington’s abrupt decision to pull out of the agreement. The Trump administration announced last October that the US would pull out of the treaty which…
King of the heap: US named world’s top trash maker, risks being buried in its own garbage
Follow RT on While the US makes up 4% of the world’s population it produces 12% of its trash, more than both China and India. To make matters worse, it is also terrible at managing its garbage output, recycling a small percentage of waste. As trash continues to saturate the world’s oceans and mount in…
Stage intruder pours water on CEO of ‘China’s Google’ Baidu in brazen stunt (VIDEO)
Follow RT on The CEO of Chinese search giant Baidu was left startled after a man jumped on stage and showered him with water before being tackled by security at an event in Beijing. The CEO resumed his speech as if nothing had happened. Robin Li Yanhong, co-founder and CEO of Baidu, China’s dominant web…