Madison Cawthorn at the RNC (Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images) This article originally appeared on Raw Story According to a report from the conservative Washington Examiner, Republicans in North Carolina are growing increasingly exhausted with Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) and would like to see him replaced because he is hurting…Continue Reading

The government of Saudi Arabia has executed 81 people—including seven Yemenis and a Syrian national—over the past 24 hours in what is believed to be the largest mass execution in the kingdom’s history. Citing the country’s interior ministry, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that most of those executed were Saudis. “More than half were from the minority Shiite…Continue Reading

National All of these letters show a desire for freedom and a desperate longing to be reunited with their families. Frederick Douglass circa 1847-1852, about the time he wrote a letter to his former enslaver, Thomas Auld. (Samuel J. Miller/Art Institute of Chicago) By Gillian Brockell, Washington Post March 13, 2022 | 2:22 PM Some…Continue Reading

World No injuries were reported in Sunday’s attack on the city of Irbil, which marked a significant escalation between the U.S. and Iran. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in…Continue Reading

Russia-Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said in a statement that Renaud “paid with his life for attempting to expose the insidiousness, cruelty, and ruthlessness of the aggressor.” Brent Renaud, a news videographer and reporter, at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony in 2015. He was killed covering the war in Ukraine,…Continue Reading

Sign up here to get Beyond the Back Page delivered to your inbox each weekday morning. Before Selection Sunday was nationally televised; before you were bombarded with ads every five minutes on TV and the radio and repeatedly on every website; before the NCAA Tournament was generating upwards of a billion dollars for the NCAA, and…Continue Reading

Stock futures rose in early morning trading Monday ahead of an important week as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate and the Federal Reserve could hike rates for the first time since 2018.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 380 points, or 1.2%. S&P 500 futures climbed 1.1%, and Nasdaq 100 futures traded 1.1%…Continue Reading

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with government members via a video link in Moscow, Russia March 10, 2022.Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | ReutersThere are increasing concerns that Russia could be prepared to use chemical weapons to attack Ukraine, with Western officials and strategists warning the threat posed by Moscow and Russian President Vladimir…Continue Reading

China will consider its own interests when deciding whether it should help Russia cope with the impact of Western sanctions as a result of the Ukraine war, according to a former deputy sanctions coordinator for the U.S. State Department.”The U.S. government will see China as very important here,” Richard Nephew told CNBC Monday, in responding…Continue Reading

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves goodbye as she departs from the Chancellery for the last time.Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWith Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine, political analysts are now reassessing the long and deeply complicated relationship the Russian leader had with ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and how Moscow came…Continue Reading