This week, the House plans to vote on a legislation that would provide billions of dollars in disaster relief to help states and territories recovering from recent storms. VICE News visits Barbuda to find out what it's like to be on an island that is now uninhabitable.
We meet the man who green-lit bump stocks, Trump is going hard on America's nuclear weapons, Paul Gosar is being sued by the woman he blocked on Facebook and strong winds rippling across Northern California are refueling close to a dozen wildfires. Plus, Liam Gallagher comes back to review new music.
VICE News examines the tensions rising between the Black Axe and Sicily's Cosa Nostra, as the Nigerian criminal gang infiltrates the island.
Massive fires continue to sweep through California in one of the deadliest fires to plague the state since 1933. Early Sunday morning, VICE News began a 24-hour embed with a fire engine crew. On Friday, Trump made his statement on Iran’s nuclear program, ahead of Sunday (Oct 15) deadline. What will this mean for Iran and nuclear diplomacy? The Paris Climate Agreement was a major step forward in the fight against climate change. But experts say the goal of keeping temperature rise below 2 degrees will be impossible without physically removing carbon from the atmosphere. VICE News went to Switzerland to learn more about the technology that may help save the planet.
A deadly outbreak of Hepatitis A has forced California to declare a state of emergency. The disease is transferred by fecal matter, so people who lack access to proper sanitation are the most at risk. The city now faces an even larger issue: homelessness. Then, VICE News looks at how China's live-streaming girls rake in billions. Plus, ISIS loses its stronghold in Raqqa. And, Weezer reviews new music in a fresh installment of Music Critic.
Inside Catholicism’s Breitbart, the site 'Church Militant,' as founder Michael Voris is targeting liberal priests
On Tuesday, thousands of French public workers staged their first nationwide strike under President Emmanuel Macron to express their anger with his labor reforms. VICE News looks at how Macron's battle with France's totemic unions could define his presidency. Last month’s earthquake left thousands without homes. Many remain displaced amid fears of collapsing structures. VICE News returns to the city to follow a resident who can show what life is like one-month on.
VICE News follows the young female activist leading the youth task force that has formed in response to the terrorist attack in Somalia, where the government does not have nearly enough resources to provide emergency services. California's undocumented workers without social security numbers are already fighting for disaster assistance after the wildfires. In wine country, these migrants are a critical labor force behind a celebrated product. Now, some aren’t sure where they can get help.
Ed Gillespie is the quintessential establishment Republican—former RNC chair, an advisor to both Bush and Romney, major GOP fundraiser, and now a candidate for Governor of Virginia. But in Trump's world, he has begun to court the anti-establishment base in order to to stay competitive.
Two years ago, the Aliso Canyon gas facility in Los Angeles was at the center of the worst gas blowout in U.S. history when a ruptured well released toxic chemicals. The site has since reopened, but while officials and experts disagree on whether there is a link between the blowout and long-term health issues, residents have their own thoughts.
Just yesterday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Jane Doe, an undocumented teenager being held in federal custody, could get an abortion. This morning, Doe underwent the procedure, which comes after a month of escalating legal battles with the Trump administration.
The House of Representatives approved non-nuclear sanctions on Iran, targeting the country's missile program and its support for Hezbollah. It is a significant move that will not touch the Iran nuclear deal, the destruction of which has been a key focus of Trump's presidency--and his inability to do so is playing well in Iran. VICE News films with a heroin addict as he transitions from heroin to kratom to witness how he copes with the immediate withdrawals.
Wolfenstein 2, the latest installment in the series of World War II video games, is set in an alternate universe where the Nazis won and have colonized America. VICE News goes to Maryland to talk to Public Relations head Pete Hines about what it's like to have created a game that holds much more political relevance than intended.
President Trump has tasked the army with destroying the Taliban, so we went to find out how soldiers prepare for nine months in Afghanistan. Then, VICE News reports on how a little-known Trump campaign adviser got in some serious trouble with the FBI. Plus, we were in Erbil when Kurdistan’s President resigned after the historic vote for independence backfired.
Foreign lobbying in the Capital is confusing, VICE News looks at why everyone’s able to skirt the law and whether there’s anything to be done about it. Six of the ten Blockbusters that still exist in the U.S. are in Alaska, where internet is hard to come by. We cover Facebook’s history of profiting from our own data, moving fast and breaking things — maybe this time, democracy itself. Then we head to Finland, where two thousand unemployed people are part of an experiment that could shape the future of the West.
VICE News embeds with a human rights activist who is documenting killings by police in Kenya
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is suing the state of Mississippi for inequitable education, but they are taking an unusual approach. House Republicans have unleashed their long-awaited tax bill. and President Trump responds to the NYC terror attack. Plus, Ashley & JaQuavis Coleman are the youngest African-American writers to ever debut on the New York Times bestseller list. We met them in Michigan.
When the Boy Scouts of America announced it would soon allow girls to join as Cub Scouts, concerns were raised about the plan potentially posing an existential threat to the Girl Scouts. VICE News investigated whether that is the case.
After nine months of secret collaboration, a global team of over 380 investigative journalists released the findings of one of the largest troves of leaked documents in history last week: the Paradise Papers.
VICE News travels to the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi to see how Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov is trying to win over young comrades. Monday night, the Department of Homeland Security decided to rescind Temporary Protected Status for 2,500 Nicaraguans currently residing in the U.S. Although the status is supposed to prevent them from being deported during crisis, in some cases, it’s allowed people to stay in the U.S. long after the crisis has ended. But with Donald Trump in the White House, those people are wondering how much longer that protection will last.
Iraq’s central government took back disputed territory and oil from the Kurds in the northern region. Kurdistan continues to reel from its losses, and the resignation of its president, following a historic independence referendum which left their dream of autonomy in tatters. VICE News reports from the north of Iraq.
As President Trump wraps up his first official visit to China, he does so promising deals he says will benefit American businesses, two of which relate to energy. China is notoriously polluted, but it’s also getting famous for something else: green energy. VICE News examines the billions of dollars China has invested in renewable power.
VICE News reports on how a small Texas town coped with a 1980 church shooting. Rodrigo Duterte is causing turbulence in the South China sea. Asylum seekers refusing to leave an Australian detention center have been told "force may be used." Plus, does it really take a genius to play 3D chess? And if so, is Donald Trump really playing?
In Marawi, the Philippine Government has declared an end to the five months of heavy clashing between ISIS fighters and the local Special Forces. VICE News travels to the Philippines to examine the aftermath.
With the release of their Iron Stache ad for Wl Democrat Randy Bryce, Matt McLaughlin and Bill Hyers have received attention for changing the way political ads are made. VICE News documents their unique process as they produce an ad for PA Lt. Governor candidate John Fetterman. Watch every weeknight at 7:30 ET.
Several women have now stepped forward to accuse Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for a Senate seat in Alabama, of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. VICE News sits down with a group of Alabama residents to talk about Moore’s controversial candidacy and what it means for their state.
By the end of this century, an estimated 13 million Americans will be forced to move because of rising sea levels, flooding and erosion. The federal government has no contingency plans for climate migration. VICE News travels to Newtok, Alaska to talk to people who are the forefront of climate change.
Although home healthcare is one of the fastest growing professions in the United States, the workers are some of the lowest paid and least protected in the country. VICE News travels to Georgia, where domestic workers weren’t guaranteed a minimum wage until 2015.
Mugabe ignored a noon deadline to quit as head of state and now faces impeachment, an attempt to force a peaceful end to his 37 years in power. VICE News followed a resistance leader to a Harare rally to get his reflections on the future of the nation. Former cult leader Charles Manson died yesterday in California. The convicted murderer was serving life in prison for his infamous role in the 1969 slayings of nine people in Los Angeles. Before his death, VICE News spoke with Jeff Guinn, author of the definitive Manson biography.
Hundreds of people gathered for the first ever International Flat Earth Conference. Sold out for months, the conference allowed attendees who previously only interacted online to swap conspiracy theories in person and meet heroes of the movement.