Republicans How Republicans defended Trump’s tweets: Avoidance, semantics and whataboutismThe Washington Post - By JM RiegerIt took 14 hours for the first congressional Republican to condemn President Trump’s racist tweets over the weekend. But the criticism came with a caveat. “POTUS was wrong to say any American citizen,
Politics Trump Attacks Congresswomen At N.C. Rally, As Crowd Chants 'Send Her Back'NPR - Jessica Taylor , Ayesha RascoePresident Trump continued his attacks against four freshman Democratic congresswomen at a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., on Wednesday, with the crowd breaking into a chant of "send her back" against
Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood to defy Trump abortion referral ruleAssociated Press - By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Federally funded family planning clinics, including Planned Parenthood, are defying the Trump administration's ban on referring women for abortions, drawing a line against what they amounts
News Trump makes 13 false claims in Cabinet meetingCNN - By Daniel Dale, CNN(CNN) — President Donald Trump uttered a rapid series of false claims, at least 13 in all, during his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. He made another claim for which there is no public evidence, and he offered
John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens: Canny Strategist and the ‘Finest Legal Mind’ Ford Could FindThe New York Times - By ADAM LIPTAKWASHINGTON — Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired from the Supreme Court in 2010 and died on Tuesday at 99, was the last of a breed. He was chosen for his ability as a lawyer and not, as is common today,
Politics Republicans have changed their tune on Trump since his first attack on a member of CongressThe Washington Post - By Paul KaneIt’s been four years since Donald Trump launched his first attack on a member of Congress. And the arc of Republican lawmakers can be measured between how they denounced his initial broadside to their
U.S. Politics A second candidate for Mississippi governor says he won’t meet alone with womenThe Washington Post - By Felicia SonmezA second gubernatorial candidate in Mississippi has stated he will not be alone with a woman who is not his wife, arguing that “appearances are important.” Former state Supreme Court chief justice Bill
Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway says ignoring congressional subpoena is ‘taking one for the team’The Washington Post - By Colby ItkowitzWhite House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday that she’d “love to go testify” to Congress but that her decision to ignore a House committee’s subpoena as it investigates whether she broke the law
Opioid Crisis 76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemicThe Washington Post - Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz and Steven RichAmerica’s largest drug companies saturated the country with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills from 2006 through 2012 as the nation’s deadliest drug epidemic spun out of control, according
Politics Trump admin begins implementing domestic gag ruleMSNBC - Steve Benen In the spring, the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new policy designed to silence taxpayer-funded family …
U.S. Politics Religion is fueling a new wave of immigration activismAxios - Orion Rummler Never Again Action, a Jewish activist organization formed last month, led a protest of hundreds on Tuesday that closed ICE's headquarters in …
Strait of Hormuz U.S.-Iran tensions are unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz. Here's how.Axios - Orion Rummler The U.S. suspects Iran has seized a small oil tanker from the United Arab Emirates, AP reported Tuesday. Why it matters: Tensions between Iran and the …
Wisconsin A Girl, 15, Reported a Sexual Assault, Then the Detective Abused Her, TooThe New York Times - By KAREN ZRAICKA Los Angeles County sex crimes investigator accused of raping a teenager after having been assigned to investigate her previous sexual assault allegations has pleaded guilty to lesser charges, and is
John Paul Stevens Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Dead at 99MSNBC - All In John Paul Stevens, the third-longest serving justice in US Supreme Court history, has died at age 99, according to a Supreme Court official.July 17, …
U.S. House of Representatives Most Republicans stand by Trump as House votes to condemn his racist tweetsMSNBC - 11th Hour The House of Representatives votes to condemn racist remarks by the President, but Trump continues to go after four women of color, all duly elected …
Climate Change Union of Concerned Scientists report warns of extreme heat coming for U.S. cities in less than 20 yearsMic News - Tebany Yune Within as little as 20 years, regions in the United States could be looking at a life-altering increase of days with extreme heat due to …
Stephen Colbert Colbert Gives Trump A Reminder Of His Own Ugly History: 'Racism Is Your Brand!'HuffPost - Ed Mazza"Late Show" host has a bone to pick with the president's latest claims. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he doesn’t have a “racist bone” in his body... but “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert had a
Death Penalty Former statewide judge leaves GOP, citing Trumps racismstatesman.com - Chuck Lindell Citing what she called President Donald Trump's racist ideology, Elsa Alcala, a retired Republican judge on the state's highest criminal court, …
Latino News Judge orders Mexican megachurch leader held without bail in child rape caseNBC News - Associated PressAttorneys for the leader of La Luz del Mundo, Naasón Joaquín García, said they will appeal, arguing that the judge didn't allow them to present witnesses or consider alternatives. LOS ANGELES — The leader
Republican Party These GOP women see nothing wrong with Trump's commentsCNN CNN's Randi Kaye speaks to a group of Republican women who say they don't have a problem with President Trump's racist attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color.
Finance (India) ITR filing: 7 things to keep in mind while filing Income Tax Returnsbusinesstoday.in - BusinessToday.In ITR filing: Individual taxpayers are now required to file income tax returns electronically with an exception of super senior citizens who can file …
Eric Garner William Barr's decision in Eric Garner's case is a disgraceCNN - By Joey Jackson, CNN Legal Analyst(CNN) — The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it would not be pursuing federal charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner, who was approached by
Discrimination Federal Law Says 'Go Back To Where You Came From' Counts As DiscriminationHuffPost - Sanjana KaranthThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cites the phrase President Trump recently used against four congresswomen as workplace harassment. Lawmakers spent most of Tuesday hashing out whether condemn
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services CBP denies Marine Corps veteran entry for citizenship interview - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Kate MorrisseyA deported Marine Corps veteran who has been unable to come back to the U.S. for more than a decade was denied entry to the country Monday morning when he asked to be let in for a scheduled citizenship
Steve Scalise Steve Scalise says Republicans didn’t disrespect Obama: Here’s all the times they didMSNBC - Hardball House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said today that when Obama was President, Republicans didn’t "disrespect" the office of the presidency. Here’s a …
News Here are the 4 Republicans who voted to condemn Trump's racist tweetsCNN - By Paul LeBlanc, CNNWashington (CNN) — Tuesday's vote on the House Democratic effort to condemn President Donald Trump's use of racist language ended up falling along party lines, with 240 Democrats in favor and 187 Republicans
Jeffrey Epstein Trump’s tweets are a distraction for something else he doesn't want us to seeThe Washington Post - By Kathleen ParkerDon’t breathe a word, but President Trump is up to something. His insulting, too-dumb-to-fail comments about four female first-term members of Congress have the civilized world’s trousers in a twist, it’s
Freedom of Information The Government Asked Asylum Seekers About Their Sex Lives, Then Fought To Keep The Interviews SecretBuzzFeed - Hannah Ryan A government employee asked two asylum seekers for intimate details. The government didn't want you to know about it.
Republicans How Republicans defended Trump’s tweets: Avoidance, semantics and whataboutismThe Washington Post - By JM RiegerIt took 14 hours for the first congressional Republican to condemn President Trump’s racist tweets over the weekend. But the criticism came with a caveat. “POTUS was wrong to say any American citizen,
Politics Trump Attacks Congresswomen At N.C. Rally, As Crowd Chants 'Send Her Back'NPR - Jessica Taylor , Ayesha RascoePresident Trump continued his attacks against four freshman Democratic congresswomen at a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., on Wednesday, with the crowd breaking into a chant of "send her back" against
Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood to defy Trump abortion referral ruleAssociated Press - By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Federally funded family planning clinics, including Planned Parenthood, are defying the Trump administration's ban on referring women for abortions, drawing a line against what they amounts
News Trump makes 13 false claims in Cabinet meetingCNN - By Daniel Dale, CNN(CNN) — President Donald Trump uttered a rapid series of false claims, at least 13 in all, during his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. He made another claim for which there is no public evidence, and he offered
John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens: Canny Strategist and the ‘Finest Legal Mind’ Ford Could FindThe New York Times - By ADAM LIPTAKWASHINGTON — Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired from the Supreme Court in 2010 and died on Tuesday at 99, was the last of a breed. He was chosen for his ability as a lawyer and not, as is common today,
Politics Republicans have changed their tune on Trump since his first attack on a member of CongressThe Washington Post - By Paul KaneIt’s been four years since Donald Trump launched his first attack on a member of Congress. And the arc of Republican lawmakers can be measured between how they denounced his initial broadside to their
U.S. Politics A second candidate for Mississippi governor says he won’t meet alone with womenThe Washington Post - By Felicia SonmezA second gubernatorial candidate in Mississippi has stated he will not be alone with a woman who is not his wife, arguing that “appearances are important.” Former state Supreme Court chief justice Bill
Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway says ignoring congressional subpoena is ‘taking one for the team’The Washington Post - By Colby ItkowitzWhite House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday that she’d “love to go testify” to Congress but that her decision to ignore a House committee’s subpoena as it investigates whether she broke the law
Opioid Crisis 76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemicThe Washington Post - Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz and Steven RichAmerica’s largest drug companies saturated the country with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills from 2006 through 2012 as the nation’s deadliest drug epidemic spun out of control, according
Politics Trump admin begins implementing domestic gag ruleMSNBC - Steve Benen In the spring, the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new policy designed to silence taxpayer-funded family …
U.S. Politics Religion is fueling a new wave of immigration activismAxios - Orion Rummler Never Again Action, a Jewish activist organization formed last month, led a protest of hundreds on Tuesday that closed ICE's headquarters in …
Strait of Hormuz U.S.-Iran tensions are unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz. Here's how.Axios - Orion Rummler The U.S. suspects Iran has seized a small oil tanker from the United Arab Emirates, AP reported Tuesday. Why it matters: Tensions between Iran and the …
Wisconsin A Girl, 15, Reported a Sexual Assault, Then the Detective Abused Her, TooThe New York Times - By KAREN ZRAICKA Los Angeles County sex crimes investigator accused of raping a teenager after having been assigned to investigate her previous sexual assault allegations has pleaded guilty to lesser charges, and is
John Paul Stevens Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Dead at 99MSNBC - All In John Paul Stevens, the third-longest serving justice in US Supreme Court history, has died at age 99, according to a Supreme Court official.July 17, …
U.S. House of Representatives Most Republicans stand by Trump as House votes to condemn his racist tweetsMSNBC - 11th Hour The House of Representatives votes to condemn racist remarks by the President, but Trump continues to go after four women of color, all duly elected …
Climate Change Union of Concerned Scientists report warns of extreme heat coming for U.S. cities in less than 20 yearsMic News - Tebany Yune Within as little as 20 years, regions in the United States could be looking at a life-altering increase of days with extreme heat due to …
Stephen Colbert Colbert Gives Trump A Reminder Of His Own Ugly History: 'Racism Is Your Brand!'HuffPost - Ed Mazza"Late Show" host has a bone to pick with the president's latest claims. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he doesn’t have a “racist bone” in his body... but “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert had a
Death Penalty Former statewide judge leaves GOP, citing Trumps racismstatesman.com - Chuck Lindell Citing what she called President Donald Trump's racist ideology, Elsa Alcala, a retired Republican judge on the state's highest criminal court, …
Latino News Judge orders Mexican megachurch leader held without bail in child rape caseNBC News - Associated PressAttorneys for the leader of La Luz del Mundo, Naasón Joaquín García, said they will appeal, arguing that the judge didn't allow them to present witnesses or consider alternatives. LOS ANGELES — The leader
Republican Party These GOP women see nothing wrong with Trump's commentsCNN CNN's Randi Kaye speaks to a group of Republican women who say they don't have a problem with President Trump's racist attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color.
Finance (India) ITR filing: 7 things to keep in mind while filing Income Tax Returnsbusinesstoday.in - BusinessToday.In ITR filing: Individual taxpayers are now required to file income tax returns electronically with an exception of super senior citizens who can file …
Eric Garner William Barr's decision in Eric Garner's case is a disgraceCNN - By Joey Jackson, CNN Legal Analyst(CNN) — The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it would not be pursuing federal charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner, who was approached by
Discrimination Federal Law Says 'Go Back To Where You Came From' Counts As DiscriminationHuffPost - Sanjana KaranthThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cites the phrase President Trump recently used against four congresswomen as workplace harassment. Lawmakers spent most of Tuesday hashing out whether condemn
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services CBP denies Marine Corps veteran entry for citizenship interview - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Kate MorrisseyA deported Marine Corps veteran who has been unable to come back to the U.S. for more than a decade was denied entry to the country Monday morning when he asked to be let in for a scheduled citizenship
Steve Scalise Steve Scalise says Republicans didn’t disrespect Obama: Here’s all the times they didMSNBC - Hardball House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said today that when Obama was President, Republicans didn’t "disrespect" the office of the presidency. Here’s a …
News Here are the 4 Republicans who voted to condemn Trump's racist tweetsCNN - By Paul LeBlanc, CNNWashington (CNN) — Tuesday's vote on the House Democratic effort to condemn President Donald Trump's use of racist language ended up falling along party lines, with 240 Democrats in favor and 187 Republicans
Jeffrey Epstein Trump’s tweets are a distraction for something else he doesn't want us to seeThe Washington Post - By Kathleen ParkerDon’t breathe a word, but President Trump is up to something. His insulting, too-dumb-to-fail comments about four female first-term members of Congress have the civilized world’s trousers in a twist, it’s
Freedom of Information The Government Asked Asylum Seekers About Their Sex Lives, Then Fought To Keep The Interviews SecretBuzzFeed - Hannah Ryan A government employee asked two asylum seekers for intimate details. The government didn't want you to know about it.
