Rape

Harvey Weinstein listens during a court proceeding in New York on Friday. Weinstein was arraigned Friday on rape and other charges in the first criminal prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him that sparked a national reckoning over sexual misconduct.

Beltway Confidential

Harvey Weinstein is in big trouble if this is his official defense

Becket Adams · May 25, 2018 5:59 pm

Indian women shout slogans during a protest against recent incidents of rape. The gang rape and killing of a Muslim girl in Kathua has seen far different protests: members of a radical Hindu group have marched to demand the release of the six men accused of repeatedly raping the girl inside a Hindu temple.

Beltway Confidential

Confronting child killers, India faces a moment of truth

Tom Rogan · April 13, 2018 7:28 pm

Donald Trump glides down the escalator at his monument to himself and takes the stage in front of a crowd of supporters to announce ... that he is not running for president.

Trump revisits Mexico ‘rapist’ claim: ‘Women are being raped at levels nobody’s ever seen’

Steven Nelson · April 5, 2018 7:03 pm

Signage is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. President Donald Trump's top legislative priority took a major step forward as the Senate narrowly approved a budget vehicle for tax cuts -- but sharp divides over an array of non-binding amendments revealed the towering challenge he faces from here.

Boston IRS agent released after pleading not guilty to forcing gun ‘deep into’ mouth of drunk intern and raping her

Anna Giaritelli · April 5, 2018 5:48 pm

Two New York University law professors want to extend the varying degrees of rape as they expand the definition. (iStock Photo)

Red Alert Politics

How the #MeToo movement is backfiring on campus

Mason McKie · March 16, 2018 8:38 pm

The owners of Backpage.com, a classified ad website, have made generous contributions to several state Democratic parties. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

The Senate will act soon to stop online child sex traffickers

Kevin Malone and Tim Head · March 12, 2018 5:01 am

Science Reveals Something Old

Naomi Schaefer Riley · March 9, 2018 6:50 am

Afternoon Links: Can a GoFundMe Bring Back the Past, and the Worrying Treatment of Michael Steele

Jim Swift · February 28, 2018 4:17 pm

Casino mogul Steve Wynn.

Woman claims Steve Wynn raped and impregnated her: Report

Katie Leach · February 27, 2018 9:44 pm

The Weinstein Company has been looking to seal a deal to avoid bankruptcy after more than 70 women accused movie mogul and ex-chairman of the company Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct and rape, Reuters reported. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Weinstein Company to file for bankruptcy

Katelyn Caralle · February 26, 2018 1:33 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Shane Bouvet, a campaign volunteer, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

MSNBC commentator Anand Giridharadas: Trump is ‘the commander in chief of American rape culture’

Naomi Lim · February 12, 2018 1:45 am

In a recent episode of "Law and Order: SVU," it seems Detective Olivia Benson (pictured above) and many of the other characters cannot really give Martha Cobb, a right-wing firebrand, a chance at legal justice. (Screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives can’t even get due process in sexual assault cases on TV

Angela Morabito · February 6, 2018 11:26 pm