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Popo Francis was elected in 2013 and vowed to take a “zero tolerance” approach to clerical sex abuse. (Max Rossi/Reuters)

Lawsuit adds to Facebook woes on data protection

The suit filed in Superior Court in Washington seeks an injunction to make sure Facebook puts in place safeguards to monitor users’ data

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on the media to stop their “endless hostility” and “false attacks”. (Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

Ex US senators warn of ‘constitutional crisis’ under Trump

​Forty-four former US Senators said the convergence of events made for highly precarious political waters

The scrupulously tight-lipped Mueller will appear at back-to-back hearings on July 17 of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Manafort conviction and Cohen plea boost Mueller probe

The cases of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen won’t end Trump’s crusade to tar Mueller’s probe as a "witch hunt"

How does searching affect voting?

When will Google defend democracy?

Social media sites aren’t the only online systems that can secretly influence people’s votes

Facebook’s data know exactly what fits best in your mind.

Facebook is killing democracy with its personality profiling data

The social media giant sells individual users’ data not only for advertising, but for partisan political gain.

Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton finish their third and final 2016 presidential campaign debate.

How magazine and newspaper covers encapsulate Donald Trump’s US presidential bid

The most provocative magazine and newspaper covers from the 2016 US presidential race.

US first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
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Michelle Obama’s elegant takedown of Donald Trump: ‘When they go low, we go high’

Read the full transcript of the first lady’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, in which she endorsed Hillary Clinton and slammed Trump.