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Trump-Russia investigation: the key questions answered | US news | The Guardian
Trump-Russia investigationThe key questions answered<p>Everything you need to know about the inquiry into Russian hacking, alleged collusion and Donald Trump, plus the latest news<p>The key questions<p>The analysis<p>The latest developments<p>The rest of the questions<p>Image sources: Getty/AP/Reuters/CQ Roll Call …
Donald TrumpHeiko Maas: Germany can't protect businesses from US sanctions in Iran
With the US threatening to penalize foreign companies doing business in Iran, European firms are worried. Their fears are likely justified, as …
SanctionsListless And Lonely In Puerto Rico, Some Older Storm Survivors Consider Suicide
A social worker, Lisel Vargas, has come to visit Don Gregorio at his storm-damaged home on the steep hillsides of Humacao, a city on Puerto Rico's eastern coast near where Hurricane Maria first made landfall.<p>Gregorio, a 62-year-old former carpenter who lives alone, looks haggard. He stopped taking …
Puerto RicoThere's a Secret to Making Saltines Even Better
Shockingly enough, it involves butter<p>In a time of cracker and flatbread abundance, the pedestrian saltine gets short shrift. The grocery aisle teems …
BakingMelania Trump Just Swaggerjacked Michelle Obama, Again. This Time With Her Stupidly Named ‘Be Best’ Initiative
Back when America was great, and the Wakanda House held a respectable president and first lady, Michelle Obama sat with Oprah Winfrey during the …
Donald TrumpLight-filled shipping container house cost just $36K to build
Repurposed with style<p>Blame it on HGTV or the rising cost of housing, but more and more people are interested in alternative types of homes. One of the most popular is the shipping container house; we’ve seen them in everything from urban farms to off-the-grid getaways and all-in-one pools.<p>Made …
China insists on airline demands after US dismisses 'Orwellian nonsense'
China has again urged foreign airlines operating in the country to change the way they refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau to comply with Chinese …
ChinaCambridge Analytica is dead – but its obscure network is alive and well
The announcement that Cambridge Analytica is shutting has a certain inevitability to it. Ever since 17 March 2018, when Carole Cadwalladr broke Christopher Wylie’s whistleblower story at the Observer and in the New York Times, there have been continuous revelations about Cambridge Analytica and its …
Cambridge AnalyticaChronicle of the NSU murders
One of the highest-profile neo-Nazi trials of recent years is slowly drawing to a close. DW gives you the background to an affair that has shaken …
Neo-nazismHow soon till we all fly in electric planes?
The trend toward e-cars is growing. But what about e-planes? It might not be long before we're zooming around in electric planes — at least for short …
Flying CarBritish authorities give toxic caterpillar warning
The British Forestry Commission has warned Londoners of an infestation of caterpillars that produce various toxic effects in humans. The hairy …
InsectsAt Nike, Revolt Led by Women Leads to Exodus of Male Executives
For too many women, life inside Nike had turned toxic.<p>There were the staff outings that started at restaurants and ended at strip clubs. A supervisor who bragged about the condoms he carried in his backpack. A boss who tried to forcibly kiss a female subordinate, and another who referenced a staff …
Sexual HarassmentHome prices rise again for 70th month in a row
Home prices across the country are continuing a rise akin to the 15 years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, according to the latest S&P …
House PricesHackers find devious way to break into hotel rooms
Hotels are weird. When we check in somewhere, it’s typically for a very short time — often a week or less. Despite that, we often come to look upon our rooms as our homes away from home. From the moment you drop your luggage on the floor and climb under the Egyptian cotton sheets, you’re in your …
CybersecurityHere’s How the Evidence Changed a Climate Change Skeptic’s Mind
Scientists on Arctic sea ice in the Chukchi Sea, surrounded by melt ponds, July 4, 2010.<br>Image:NASA/Kathryn Hansen<p><b>Scientists have known for a long</b> …
Global WarmingTrump puts the brakes on new Russian sanctions, reversing Haley’s announcement
President Trump on Monday put the brakes on a preliminary plan to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia, walking back a Sunday announcement by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley that the Kremlin had swiftly denounced as “international economic raiding.”<p>Preparations to punish …
RussiaJames Comey’s ABC Interview Has Furious FBI Insiders Lashing Out
The ex-director’s first TV interview finally broke the loyalty of one longtime FBI colleague, others reacted with disbelief as their former boss …
Vladimir Putin’s Billionaire Buddies Are Getting Scared, and Not Just of Sanctions
Some of the oligarchs now face major U.S. sanctions, while others are getting arrested on the Kremlin’s orders. Is Putin’s circle of the shameless …
Russian Journalist Who Reported on Secretive Paramilitary Dies
MOSCOW — A Russian journalist who had reported recently on clandestine Russian paramilitary groups in Syria died on Sunday after falling from the balcony of his fifth-floor apartment in Yekaterinburg, the authorities there said.<p>The journalist, Maksim Borodin, 32, was hospitalized in a coma after he …
RussiaThe 70 must-see lines in James Comey's ABC interview
<b>(CNN) —</b> On Sunday night, James Comey told his side of the story.<p>The former -- and fired -- FBI director sat down with ABC's George Stephanopoulos Sunday night to talk about his deep concerns about President Donald Trump and to recount a number of now-famous/infamous episodes between the two men. …
Donald TrumpSheet Pan Pancake Recipes That Will Feed a Crowd
1<p>Buttermilk<p>Serve everyone at the table a warm stack of pancakes all at once. We’ve made the breakfast favorite hassle-free by baking the batter in a …
FBI Raid on Michael Cohen Is the Most Dangerous Day of Donald Trump’s Life
The president’s low-rent Ray Donovan can bully porn stars, but not Robert Mueller. The shtick is up.<p>Monday’s FBI raids on Michael Cohen’s Rockefeller …
Donald TrumpMark Zuckerberg says Facebook didn't notify FTC of leak: 'We considered it a closed case'
Mark Zuckerberg testified Facebook did not notify the Federal Trade Commission about the Cambridge Analytica data leak years ago because the social …
InternetA Second Paul Manafort Associate Has Turned on Him
The one-time Team Trump honcho was already in hot water. And that was before an ex-employee led an FBI agent to a storage locker filled with …
Paul ManafortPresidential historian Gil Troy: Donald Trump has committed “a crime against the American people”
Scholar Gil Troy says it’s not too late for Trump to change — but history will judge his enablers harshly<p>Donald Trump is president of the United States by title and law. He is not president of all Americans. Trump cares only about his voters and the most enthusiastic part of his "base." He is a …
Donald TrumpSigner’s Remorse: Trump Scrambling to Reverse Effects of Spending Bill He Signed
Trump is reportedly planning to partially cut down to size the massive bill he just passed.<p>Just weeks after <b>Donald Trump</b> threatened to veto, and then signed, a massive spending bill, the president is reportedly scrambling to undo its effects. The new developments follow massive blowback from his …
Donald TrumpJames Comey treads fine line as book set to turn up heat on Trump
At 6ft 8in tall, James Comey is hard to miss. But two days after the inauguration of Donald Trump, Comey, then director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, tried to hide from the president at a White House reception, by standing in front of blue drapery that matched his blazer, he later told a …
Donald TrumpWhy are Millennials running from religion? Blame hypocrisy
<b>(Getty/Mark Wallheiser)</b><p>White evangelicals embrace scandal-plagued Trump. Black churches enable fakes. Why should we embrace this?<p>D. Watkins<p>April 8, 2018 2:00pm (UTC)<p>I think we can safely say that President Donald Trump has changed American politics forever. He won the White House with no political …
FaithAnti-inflammatory diet may guard against cancer
<i>Leslie Beck, a Toronto-based private practice dietitian, is Director of Food and Nutrition at Medcan.</i><p>It’s increasingly recognized that chronic inflammation is a major contributor to illnesses including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, asthma, arthritis, depression and Alzheimer’s …
How I Got Delightfully High On Legal Mushrooms
Ever since Moon Juice founder Amanda Chantal Bacon’s eccentric but oddly compelling food diary went viral — and people finally started taking Goop …