The Soviet Union knew the Chernobyl plant was a ticking time bomb for years before it melted down — but the government kept the nuclear facility running anyway. Soviet leaders hid knowledge of the nuclear power plant’s flaws “to prevent panic and provocative rumors” before the catastrophic 1986 failure of the fourth reactor, according to new records released by Ukraine in conjunction with the 35th anniversary of the disaster. The new documents reveal that, in 1982, safety monitors recorded an unplanned release of radiation at the plant, but the KGB suppressed news, Reuters reports. “In 1983, the Moscow leadership received information that the readmore

A recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom has garnered enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, officials said Monday. More than 1.6 million signatures have been verified to enable a recall election, which would likely be held in the fall, according to the California secretary of state’s office. California voters would face two questions on the ballot: Should Newsom be recalled and who should replace him? More than half of the voters must say yes on the first question in order for the answers on the second to be counted. Last week, Caitlyn Jenner, a longtime Republican, announced readmore

As Iran takes its seat on the United Nations’ top panel on women’s rights, former political prisoner Shaparak Shajarizadeh slammed the appointment in an interview with The Post, citing her experience in her home country as a warning to the international body. Shajarizadeh, an Iranian women’s rights activist who fled the country in 2018 after being to prison twice, said not only has the country not “changed any misogynistic laws” since first working with the UN panel in 2010, but has “put more pressure on women’s rights activists, and in general on women.” During her 42 years in the Islamic readmore

ORLANDO — House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is praising FBI Director Christopher Wray’s openness to reevaluating the bureau’s conclusion that the congressional baseball shooting was a “suicide by cop” — after the 2017 attack by a left-wing extremist left him in critical condition. The Louisiana Republican — who sustained near-fatal injuries after James Hodgkinson shot more than 100 rounds at GOP members and staff during a practice in Alexandria, Va., almost four years ago — praised his colleague, Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), for raising the issue in a recent House Intelligence Committee hearing, adding he believes it is clear the attack was politically readmore