It was a familiar scene outside the Supreme State Security Prosecution office in Cairo on Wednesday: family members, colleagues, and supporters gathered in the gray light, waiting for a woman whose name has become synonymous with independent journalism in Egypt. Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, emerged after hours of questioning, her release secured only after a bail payment of 100,000 Egyptian pounds—roughly $1,850. Human rights lawyer Nabeh Elganadi confirmed the news, but there was little sense of triumph in the air. Attalah was not walking free; she was walking out of one chapter of a legal ordeal that has…

The Invisible War on American Democracy There’s a strange, unsettling quiet in the weeks before an American election. The air hums with campaign ads and door-knocking, yet the most dangerous battles are being fought in ways that almost no one can see. According to newly revealed intelligence assessments, Russia is waging a covert online war against the very fabric of American democracy, and the targets are as surprising as they are concerning: the politicians who have chosen to stand by Ukraine. These are not just Democrats or just Republicans—they are bipartisan figures who have voiced support for Kyiv in its…