CIA World Factbook, trusted source of knowledge about nations, shuttered by Trump administration

If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants nearly everyone could agree on. Maybe you read parts of it from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM for that social studies project due … Read more

Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone

If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants upon which nearly everyone could agree. Maybe you read parts of it from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM for that social studies … Read more

In Easter message, Pope Leo warns world is ‘becoming indifferent’ to violence

Pope Leo warned the world was becoming “accustomed to violence” in his Easter message from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, deliver a rallying cry against war and hatred to the tens of thousands as conflict rages in the Middle East. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles … Read more

Trump calls on world to build ‘delayed courage,’ seize key oil route from Iran

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump called on the world’s countries to “build up some delayed courage” and “just take” the Strait of Hormuz while addressing the nation in a primetime speech on Iran Wednesday night.  Movement in the strait, which is a narrow but crucial global oil trade passageway, … Read more

Senate candidate ripped over ‘word salad’ response to whether world is better off without Ayatollah

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing pushback from conservatives on social media and the Republican he’s running against over an appearance where he was accused of equating the “radicalism” of Iran with the “MAGA movement.” “There are many people who see the downfall of the … Read more