“Senators must put an end to this blatant disrespect to our judicial system, traditions, and democracy. They must demand that each nomination receives a roll call vote, so the public knows where their senators stand.” ...
House members who voted against a gun control measure received 16 times more gun lobby cash than supporters. (By Abigail Luke, Maplight) Senators who haven’t agreed to back a measure to close loopholes in gun ...
Airspace violations are more of an etiquette issue than an act of war and they happen fairly often and do not cause any long term issues. (By Tim Kirby, Strategic Culture Foundation) Alarmist and inaccurate journalism ...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has brought lucrative Chinese investment into Cambodia, but at what cost for locals? Excavators carefully scooped piles of bent steel and rubble, moving it aside under the floodlights surrounding a ...
“It would truly be something if Trump cuts taxes for the rich by executive fiat right after cutting nutrition assistance for the poor by executive fiat.” Ted Cruz led a group of 20 Senate Republicans ...
Lack of regulation in the charter school industry is turning education into the hottest get rich quick scheme about town. One of the most crucial differences between charter schools and traditional public schools is how ...
After an air raid killed a civilian Tuesday night confusion abounds as to who exactly is responsible. Official sources in Syria confirmed on Wednesday the killing of a civilian in the village of Rashidia, an ...
“Proposing to register sulfoxaflor for use on bee-attractive crops, in the midst of an ongoing pollinator crisis, is the height of irresponsibility.” (By Beyond Pesticides) Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a ...
“If anyone dares to separate Taiwan from China, the Chinese army will certainly fight, resolutely defending the country’s sovereign unity and territorial integrity.” On Wednesday, July 24, China released its white paper on defense titled ...
Only weeks after Sudan celebrated the signing of a power-sharing agreement between Sudan’s military and opposition groups, five high schoolers were killed by Sudan’s military while protesting. Sudanese transitional authorities decided on Tuesday to suspend ...
Global Citizen Festival aims to engage citizens to end extreme poverty by 2030, with a little help from some celebrity friends. The eighth annual Global Citizen Festival in New York City, which aims to eradicate ...
“The EIB’s proposal to end financing for fossil fuels by 2020 is a massive step forward in climate leadership. With this move, the world’s largest multilateral lender is now poised to leave oil, gas and ...
“The demolition is a flagrant violation of those agreements and is null and void.” The Palestinian Authority (P.A.) president, Mahmoud Abbas, told P.A. officials and other Palestinian leaders during a meeting last Thursday, that the ...
“This is the big problem with having a showman, reality TV star running the American side because he doesn’t actually know anything about what’s negotiated.” Last Thursday, North Korea tested a new type of short-range ...
An abstinence only program in Montana told teens that “condoms cause cancer,” birth control pills are only 20% effective and cause cervical cancer and sterility. The American experiment is a beautifully chaotic thing. Opposing sides ...
“There’s a certain irony in hearing the president attacking a city and region when his own son-in-law was directly involved in creating the conditions where that quality of life was threatened.” President Trump targeted Baltimore ...
How Do I Know if My CBD Product Has the Entourage Effect? It’s so easy to get caught up in the excitement surrounding the ever-growing presence of CBD products in health and wellness shops. Like ...
“In the context of NATO, the United States [has deployed] around 150 nuclear weapons in Europe, in particular B61 free-bombs, which can be [delivered] by both US and Allied planes.” (By Brian Cloughley, Strategic Culture ...
The U.S. plans for a naval armada in Hormuz will run against the Laws of Seas and Iran’s sovereignty over its territorial waters. We are now sleepwalking to a new war in the region with ...
Amazon, Facebook and Google for the first time ever are among the top 15 lobbying spenders in a single quarter. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) Facing tremendous pressure from regulators and lawmakers from ...
“The ball is in Europe’s court. Are Paris, London and Berlin going to again waste a chance under the influence of (U.S. President Donald) Trump, or use the remaining opportunity to fulfill their promises and ...
Israeli claims that Hezbollah smuggles arms through Beirut is an attempt to rally the international community against Lebanon, says Hezbollah official. In a televised speech aired on Friday by the Hezbollah-run Manar TV, the leader ...
Sharon Tate was not just a pretty-faced victim of a psychopathic cult. At 50 years since her murder by the Manson family this August 8-9, and the release of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time ...
In a surprise move, the Senate Finance Committee struck down industry friendly amendments to a new bill regulating big pharma. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Jessica Piper, Center For Responsive Politics) The Senate Finance Committee advanced a ...
Slowly politicians are catching up with the majority of Americans who support Medicare for all. (By Tim Zelina and Frank Bass, MapLight) Twelve of the current 17 House members who cosponsored the landmark 2009 measure ...
The characteristics of police officers who shoot civilians closely reflect the pool of all police officers. (David Johnson and Joseph Cesario, The Conversation) In the debate over fatal police shootings of minority citizens, one theme ...
Jojo Rabbit is a World War II era satire that follows a lonely German boy who must confront his blind nationalism as he is aided by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit is ...
For Democrats and Republicans alike, going after The Squad is ill-advised.
Wall Street will play big in the 2020 election, whether as a financial backer or as a topic of debate. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Pete Buttigieg have emerged as Wall Street donors’ clear favorites ...
Trump scores a ‘Big VICTORY’ as a Supreme Court decision on border wall funding is split down party lines in his favor. The Supreme Court granted President Trump a significant victory on Friday, ruling that ...
“It isn’t easy to defeat a Democratic incumbent in a primary.” (By Chad Outler and Frank Bass, Maplight) Fifteen moderate House Democrats targeted for a 2020 primary by a progressive organization have at least two ...
With all the spin put on the Mueller hearing, what is actually true? (By Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore and Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org) While former special counsel Robert S. Mueller reiterated in congressional testimony what he said in his ...
“Mueller’s testimony should be a wake-up call to every American, Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative, that the integrity of our elections is at stake.” Despite special counsel Robert Mueller’s warnings of future election interference during his ...
“Banning encryption in America will not stop bad guys from using encryption… it will leave Americans less secure against intrusions by an administration that has shown [it is] willing to support lawless measures.” In his ...
“Our operations will continue unabated, in response to crimes committed by the Saudi-led Arab military coalition.” The Houthi rebel-run Al Masirah TV channel reported on Thursday that a large-scale drone attack by the Houthi-linked Ansaru ...
U.S. Attorney General William Barr ordered the execution of five federal prisoners who now have execution dates set for December and January. (By Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune) In reviving the rarely used federal death penalty, ...
A new batch of leaked documents, dubbed the Mauritius Leaks, shows how multinational corporations dodge taxes by setting up shop in corporate tax-friendly remote locations. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a bombshell ...
The United States refuses to accept that Iran has the right—under international law—to a nuclear energy program. At a Non-Aligned Movement meeting in Caracas, Venezuela, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accused the United States of ...
Jeffrey Epstein used his relationship with Les Wexner to entice and allegedly assault many desperate women with promises of modeling careers. Jeffrey Epstein’s personal and private life was shrouded in secrecy, and many things about ...
Carrie Mitchum’s new documentary Rocking the Couch tells the story of a new group of brave Hollywood professionals sharing their stories for the first time, as well as reviewing an old Hollywood case that could ...
“I came here seeking protection and because I had no other choice. And I was accused of being in a gang, when I was fleeing the gangs, all based on evidence I’ve never seen.” Immigration ...
The trailer for the upcoming biopic Harriet, about the famed abolitionist, suffragette and conductor of the underground railroad was released this week. Tony-award winning actress Cynthia Erivo (the musical “The Color Purple”) will portray Harriet ...
“He’s tough and he’s smart. They’re saying, ‘Britain Trump.’ They call him ‘Britain Trump.’” Boris Johnson replaced Theresa May to become the new prime minister of the United Kingdom on Tuesday, inheriting immediate challenges including ...
“If you think Libya’s slave market was bad then let me tell you, I have seen worse. Children are being shipped off the coast of Yemen under military escort for the Gulf countries, and no ...
Tuesday night, just after midnight, Syria was on the receiving end of Israeli-launched rockets. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, and Syrian state television reported on Wednesday that Isreal launched a rocket attack on military targets ...
“We particularly worry about food‐insecure households with kids and adolescents.” The Trump administration is moving to change the way states calculate who is eligible for food stamp assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...
“In the last school year for which my group had data, 2016 to 2017, the U.S. public schools no longer had a majority of any racial group.” (By Erica Frankenberg, The Conversation) Democratic presidential candidate ...
Last month, the Israeli Supreme court ruled that houses built in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher violated a construction ban. Palestinians contend the majority of the houses are in an area that belongs ...
“The policies we have at the border and this militarization, building fences, they didn’t start with Trump. This is a lot of the policies have continued from the Obama administration much earlier… Bush and Clinton.” ...
Saturday, July 20, was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. The anniversary brought renewed interest in NASA’s new Artemis program to once again take astronauts back to the lunar surface. NASA’s new ...
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