The plea deal Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has reached with prosecutors is bad for American press freedoms. But the outcome also could have been worse.

Assange will plead guilty to a single charge and is expected to return to Australia. The move brings an end to a years-long international saga over his handling of national security secrets.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be freed from prison in Britain when he pleads guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department, according to court papers filed late Monday.

The arrangement represents a massive victory for Assange, whose liberation will be welcomed by defenders of democratic rights and opponents of imperialist war around the world.

The US Justice Department is considering offering a plea deal to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in an attempt to end the extradition battle.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has left a London prison after agreeing to a plea deal with the U.S. government.

After years of trying to bring the WikiLeaks founder back to the United States to stand trial, the near-collapse of the case in a British court sent the Justice Department hurtling toward a plea deal.

Republicans are split on whether to celebrate or condemn the freeing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange reached a plea deal with the Department of Justice on Monday, setting him free ...

WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange has been released from Belmarsh Prison and has flown out of the UK after his 14-year legal battle ended in a plea deal with the US government.

Former Vice President Mike Pence slammed WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange's plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department and said he should have been prosecuted to "the the fullest extent of the law ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered into a plea deal with the U.S. government, bringing an end to a years-long international saga over his handling of national security secrets.