Caitlin Johnstone | We should be skeptical of claims made by western governments, intelligence agencies and mass media.

American Mirror | Many parents complained to the school district and area news sites, both about the overtly political message and violence depicted by the “art.”

RT | Critics are calling for harsher sentences for child abuse.

Reuters | Dozens more Central American caravan migrants were let into the United States to begin pleading their case for asylum on Thursday.

Reuters | Dozens more Central American caravan migrants were let into the United States to begin pleading their case for asylum on Thursday.

Bill Gertz | Incidents near Beijing’s Djibouti military base injured American air crews flying nearby.

Breitbart | “Exaggerated feelings of moral superiority” make liberals vulnerable to believing fake news, according to a study which looked at stories relating to Brexit and U.S. President Donald Trump.

RT | People in the vicinity of the Big Island’s Kilauea crater are being evacuated as lava threatens residential areas, after the most active volcano in Hawaii was disturbed by hundreds of small quakes and started shooting out ash.

RT | Even the US State Department seems to be having second thoughts about supporting the group, reportedly placing a freeze on its funding.

CNBC | If the trade spat continues, consumers could spend less and firms could stop investing.

Zero Hedge | The surprise is that the revised $200BN target is already double the $100BN amount that President Trump demanded just two months ago be wiped from last year’s $337BN US deficit in goods and services.

Mac Slavo | The amount of irony here is astounding.

Information Liberation | CNN shared this chart last week showing the dramatic disparity between black and white male firearm homicide death rates.

Information Liberation | NBC News reported Tuesday that US officials say Israel “seems to be preparing for war with Iran.”