Tara Francis Chan

It's a big weekend ahead with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and 'Sesame Street' turning 50.

Turkey's offensive into Syria launched a new round of horror and death for fighters and civilians.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is on the committee that will question Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill tomorrow.

One of the most coveted Democratic endorsements of 2020—that of freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—was handed out to Senator Bernie Sanders. But does it matter?

A former State Department official has testified that President Donald Trump has "compromised" efforts by his own administration to punish and end human rights abuses in the Chinese region of Xinjiang by ignoring the issue.

So in Tuesday night's debate when she stuckto her line that overall costs would go down, other candidates answered for her. Pete Buttigieg said it. Amy Klobuchar said it. Beto O'Rourke said it. Even Bernie Sanders said it.

A handy guide on each candidate's biggest dangers and opportunities during America's biggest-ever political debate.

Warren has repeatedly targeted Facebook and its CEO personally in her battle against Big Tech, reinforcing her role as a David confronting capitalist Goliaths.

While Trump held a vulgarity-laced rally in Minneapolis, Elizabeth Warren took home the moment of the night during a televised LGBTQ forum.

The president is again using a toddler's playbook—ignore, deflect, shift blame—to deal with subpoenas from the impeachment inquiry and Republican criticism over the withdrawal of U.S. troops from northeast Syria.

The NBA first apologized for "inappropriate comments" made by a team's general manager about Hong Kong, before needing to defend the issue of free speech.

On the face of it, the new rule seems fair. But the costs and complexity of the U.S. medical system, paired with such vague instructions for consular officials, could be a recipe for disaster.

It's been a busy month as more and more details about events concerning President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and the whistleblower have come to light.

Elizabeth Warren might end up being the beneficiary of the simultaneous questions around Bernie Sanders' health issues and Joe Biden's political ones.

In August, a whistleblower report claimed that President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his potential 2020 opponent Joe Biden and that the call transcript was saved in a codeword-level system.

The plan seems to have gone too far for even the most progressive candidates while Beto O'Rourke, who is struggling to distinguish himself, has little to lose.

It's estimated there are between 800,000 and possibly more than 2 million people being held in Chinese detention camps.

"The unabated oppression that the Uyghur communities face at the hands of the Chinese is a challenge to the conscience of the entire world," Pelosi said.

"My name cannot be found in any of the search engines in China," Wu'er Kaixi told lawmakers on the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square.

"You're much better off, in informing your China policy, to consult with criminologists instead of international relations experts," Wu'er Kaixi told lawmakers.

"China's human rights are in the best period ever," a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the U.S said.

Sairagul Sauytbay testified that she had been trained to teach "political ideology" instructors at internment camps in Xinjiang, China.

"China was making a direct threat to me from my mother's voice. They're using my mom to silence me."

"The unabated oppression that the Uyghur community faces at the hands of China is a stain on the conscience of the world," Nancy Pelosi told Newsweek.

Australia's 2019 federal election results are in.

"We should not single out one race, this is racial profiling, it is illegal, it is immoral, and it's certainly against American values," a foreign policy expert told Newsweek.

"The reality for many people in this country is that seeking medical care means weighing one's health against one's wallet."

"It is not in the national interest" to grant funding to 13 universities that have Confucius Institutes, the Defense Department said.

While felons may be less likely to vote Republican, the bigger trend is they are overwhelmingly less likely to vote at all.

"This gentleman that I just was reading the email about has legal status in the United States. Now, he's not a U.S. citizen, but he had legal status being here," the U.S. ambassador said.