The numbers are staggering. While the United States has only 5% of the world’s population, it has 25% of the world’s prison population – that makes America the world’s largest jailer. America Behind Bars. Since 1970, our prison population has risen a staggering 700%. Today one in every 99 adults

published Oct 27, 2017, 4:13:21 PM, by Margaret Talev (Bloomberg) —The U.S. State Department said it would sanction dozens of Russian companies in the country’s defense and intelligence industry, after coming under criticism from lawmakers for missing an Oct. 1 deadline Congress set to punish Russia for its 2016 election