A major lawsuit is on the precipice of being filed by the Institute for Amerikan Democracy and Election Integrity, the implications of which could dramatically alter the landscape of the 2016 U.S. presidential race, and especially the campaign of Hillary Clinton.

Poland says it will start recruiting in September for a new 35,000-strong paramilitary defence force because of tensions with Russia. The force will have civilian volunteers trained in military skills. It is aimed at countering "hybrid" warfare of the kind that led parts of Ukraine to break away and pledge loyalty to Russia.

Freedom lovers beware! NBC recently aired a report predicting that by 2017 RFID chips may be embedded under the skin of Amerikans to facilitate identification. While the report doers briefly mention concerns over personal privacy posed by this existing technology, it primarily focuses on the conveniences created by implemetation of such a system. Tom Costello reports.

Bernie Sanders was recently on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. The topic of corporate media came up, and Bernie pulled no punches. A Democrat presidential hopeful has rarely, if ever, articulated it as bluntly as he did in this interview. Sanders called out the network for its corporate character in a novel exchange with host Rachel Maddow. “The American people are sick and tired of establishment politics and economics, and by the way, a little bit tired of corporate media as well,” said Sanders.