Day: January 15, 2025

by Joel Jacobs and Megan O’Matz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. A decade ago, strange billboards started showing up, including in New York’s Times Square. They weren’t advertising a product. They were vilifying Connecticut’s then-governor, Dannel Malloy. And they could be…

South Korean investigators managed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday while avoiding a violent clash in the middle of Seoul. But the nation’s troubles are far from over.

South Korea’s impeached president has been arrested, accused of leading an insurrection after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law. Thousands of police officers were involved in the operation to detain Yoon Suk-yeol.

That antagonistic confirmation hearing completely broke with norms.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said most figures within the coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu would back the agreement being discussed.

Microsoft has quietly killed off its spoofed Google search UI that appeared on Bing in early January.

Yoon and his ruling party supporters remain defiant against the insurrection charges. He is South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained.

Inauguration Day is quickly approaching. Find out details on when Trump officially becomes president, what events to expect, and how to get tickets.

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows that Americans’ support for President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities is split, despite his claims of a mandate for his agenda.