He claimed to serve God—but left terror in his wake. From 1644 to 1646, Matthew Hopkins unleashed England’s deadliest witch hunts.

President Trump’s defense of the former president of Brazil was the latest example of him invoking a term he has frequently ...

It shows that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S. leader’s use of tariffs.

Did the Inquisition of the Middle Ages target witches?!

There’s a through line between the president’s pardons and his intervention in the Jair Bolsonaro, Marine Le Pen and Benjamin Netanyahu cases.

The witch trials in Europe and America were fundamentally shaped by particular biblical interpretations that viewed witchcraft as a severe spiritual threat warranting extreme measures.

Instead, as one State Department official put it, Beattie seemed to be on more of a “witch hunt,” to see who at State talks to people outside of State, and to determine exactly what they’re ...

US President Donald Trump also called the sentence a “witch hunt” by “European leftists using lawfare to silence free speech”.