A Swedish rail line now scans microchip implants in addition to accepting paper tickets

SJ One Swedish rail line isn’t just tearing tickets, it’s also scanning microchips nestled beneath commuters’ skin. SJ, a state-owned rail line launched in 2000, recently announced that it would begin scanning the hands of people with certain biometric chips embedded in their skin to collect train fare. SJ estimates 200 people out of the estimated 2,000 […]

Nearly 200 Democrats sue Trump for accepting foreign payments through businesses

More than 190 Democratic lawmakers joined together to sue President Donald Trump in federal court, accusing him of accepting gifts from foreign states in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution. On Wednesday, 30 Democrats in the Senate and another 166 in the House filed a lawsuit against Trump, alleging that he has […]

Clinton super PAC complaint over Sanders accepting ‘excessive’ $7,462 of contributions dismissed

Published time: 28 May, 2017 02:02 A complaint against Bernie Sanders filed by a Hillary Clinton’s super PAC was dismissed by a Federal Elections Committee, which ruled that the misdemeanor of accepting an “excessive” $ 7,462 of contributions during his bid for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination was insignificant. The complaint by Brad Woodhouse, founder […]

An Iraqi lawmaker could be barred from accepting a human rights award in Washington

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Baghdad (AFP) – An Iraqi lawmaker who has campaigned prominently for fellow Yazidi women enslaved by the Islamic State group said Tuesday that new US travel restrictions may prevent her from accepting a human rights award. Vian Dakhil had been due to travel to Washington to receive the Lantos Human Rights Prize next […]