Animals They don't look as scary as a snake or a bear, but these animals are surprisingly deadlyUSA TODAY - Joel ShannonBig snakes, scary alligators, wild bears – they all grab our attention for their dangerous appearance. But some of America's most deadly creatures are unexpectedly less terrifying. These creatures are
Politics Recent attempts at reparations show that World War II is not overtheconversation.com - Timothy Webster Next year marks the 75th anniversary of World War II. The war ended in 1945. But the world has never stopped debating its legacy and how to make …
U.S. Politics Senate passes massive disaster aid packagePOLITICO - By MARIANNE LEVINE, BURGESS EVERETT and JOHN BRESNAHANThe bill doesn't include the additional funds Trump sought for the border. The Senate passed a long-awaited bipartisan disaster aid package on Thursday after reaching a last-minute deal with President
Politics How Trump Breaks With Clinton And Nixon On Governing While Under InvestigationNPR - Ron ElvingThe presidency of Donald Trump reached a new and ominous phase this week in its confrontations with opponents within the government. Beleaguered by investigations on several fronts, the president made
Justin Amash Wealthy DeVos Family Ends Support for Lone Republican Backing Impeachmenttheepochtimes.com - Ivan Pentchoukov The powerful DeVos family said on May 22 that it will no longer provide financial backing to a Michigan congressman who is the first and only …
Saudi Arabia Trump may use Iran tensions to bypass Congress, sell Saudis more bombs: Senatorpresstv.com US Senator Chris Murphy warns that President Donald Trump could use the tensions with Iran as a pretext to sell more bombs to the Saudi regime …
Roe v. Wade How often does the Supreme Court overturn precedents like Roe v. Wade?The Washington Post - By Dan Keating, Brittany Renee Mayes, Kevin SchaulFrom the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s, the Supreme Court reversed its own positions in ways that dramatically reshaped the country on civil rights, freedom of speech and protections for criminal defendants.
Steven Mnuchin Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says New $20 Bill Won't Come Out Until 2028NPR - Don GonyeaSteven Mnuchin confirmed Wednesday that an Obama-era plan to put the image of anti-slavery campaigner Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, would not be enacted during the Trump administration. Andrew Jackson
China In the midst of Trump's trade war, Mexico has replaced China as the top U.S. trading partnerAxios - Dion Rabouin Data has consistently shown that trade between the U.S. and China is slowing down significantly, so much so that Mexico recently supplanted China …
Politics This Is Pure Authoritarian AudacityEsquire - By Charles P. PierceThe administration* tries something and, if there's no resistance, tries something more. This time, it's shrouding the Pentagon in secrecy as we saber-rattle at Iran. Right now, every couple of hours,
China China open to US trade talks on one conditionFOX Business - Associated PressChina's foreign ministry says the country is open to resuming trade talks with the U.S., but sincerity and mutual respect are needed. Spokesman Lu Kang said Thursday that China hopes for a restart to that
U.S. Politics Why Trump’s new $16B farmer bailout could hurt agriculturePOLITICO - By CATHERINE BOUDREAUPresident Donald Trump's snap decision to send billions of dollars in new aid to farmers could be bad for the farm economy and the federal budget. Many farmers are still deciding what to plant this spring
Harriet Tubman The Daily 202: Trump administration's spurning of Harriet Tubman opens a new front in the monument warsThe Washington Post - By James Hohmann
Iran Pentagon Reportedly Thinking of Sending Thousands of Troops Near Iran For, Uh, Reasonssplinternews.com - Sophie Weiner This week, Pentagon officials are scheduled to brief Donald Trump’s national security team on a plan to send as many as 5,000 more American troops to …
Ben Carson Ben Carson Claims His Humiliating Oreo Gaffe Was All Part of the Gamesplinternews.com - Nick Martin Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson had a rough Tuesday. Now, he’s blaming his gaffe(s) on a radical Democratic conspiracy to make him …
Tom Udall US could be at war by the time Congress returns from recess, Udall saysRoll Call - Niels Lesniewski Democrats force votes on approving war with Iran, but come up short in the Senate Democrats on both sides of Capitol Hill have been forcing votes on …
Donald Trump A close-up photo of Trump's notes for his angry press conference revealed an embarrassing spelling errorBusiness Insider - Alexandra MaA zoomed-in photo of the notes that President Donald Trump brought to his fiery speech on Wednesday has revealed an embarrassing spelling mistake. Jabin Botsford, a staff photographer at The Washington
Travel Road trip: In New Mexico, a volcano hike and Wild West historyLos Angeles Times - John NelsonThe route: From Taos, N.M., east on U.S. 64 through Eagle Nest and Cimarron to Raton, then New Mexico 72 to Capulin Volcano National Monument. Return through Raton on New Mexico 325 and U.S. 87. Best Spring,
Netflix If you watch Netflix on a Mac, this $4 app is worth checking outMashable - TEAM COMMERCEMost people think of Netflix as a browser-based streaming app (so 2017), but times are changing. Meet Clicker Netflix Player for Mac, a Mac app that takes away every pet peeve you have about your Netflix-watching
Leadership Five ways to find out if someone is smarter than you (and why you need to know)Fast Company - Tomas Chamorro-PremuzicWe all need to determine how smart our work colleagues, employees, or bosses are in order to work more effectively and make better career choices. According to a well-known story, Amos Tversky, the Israeli
Trump Tower Trump’s Financial Secrets Move Closer to DisclosureThe New York Times - By EMILY FLITTER, JESSE McKINLEY, DAVID ENRICH and NICHOLAS FANDOSFor three years, Donald J. Trump has treated the details of his personal and business finances as a closely guarded secret. On Wednesday, those secrets moved two steps closer to becoming public. A federal
Chad Morris Guy Walks Outside And Finds A Whole Family Of Bears In His Carthedodo.com - Caitlin Jill Anders Chad Morris was in the middle of a relaxing vacation with his family in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, when his parents suddenly started screaming for him to …
Fungi A Billion-Year-Old Fungus May Hold Clues to Life’s Arrival on LandThe New York Times - By CARL ZIMMERScientists reported on Wednesday that they have discovered the oldest known fossils of fungi, a finding that may reshape our understanding of how life first arrived on land from the oceans. Fungi are invisible
Trump Tower Trump spreads false claims about Mueller as Democrats start tightening the screwsCNN - By Marshall Cohen, CNNWashington(CNN) — President Donald Trump spread at least four false claims Wednesday about the conclusions and costs of the Russia investigation, while pushing back against Democratic leaders who are to
Donald Trump Trump got millions in 2018 from small Florida bank whose CEO got a Federal Reserve post months laterboingboing.net - Xeni Jardin President Donald Trump, who would have us believe that he is the richest and most moneyed rich guy of all rich guys, borrowed millions of dollars …
Texas Politics Lawmakers in Texas just concocted a new way to keep Democratic voters from the ballot boxThinkProgress - Danielle McLean "It is voter suppression pure and simple,” one Democratic official said about a new ban on mobile polling stations. Texas Democrats are condemning a …
Success 10 harmless mind tricks that make people like youLadders - Travis Bradberry Give these 10 mind tricks a try and you’re bound to notice a difference in how people respond to you. When you’re working hard and doing all you can …
Science Reimagining the Megalodon, the World’s Most Terrifying Sea Creaturesmithsonianmag.com - Arik Gabbai When I reached the world’s pre-eminent sculptor of long-dead monsters, he was standing atop a ladder inside a 16-foot-tall section of a megalodon tail …
Science Forgotten global ‘cataclysm’ that killed millions in 6th century is ‘virtually unheard of’Fox News - The SunIf you think you've had a bad year, spare a thought for the poor souls who lived through 536 AD – as well as the millions who didn't. The terrifying year remains one of the deadliest in humanity's history
Trump Administration Did the delay of the Harriet Tubman $20 bill relate to Trump?MSNBC - Steve Benen Tubman twenty not a priority of Jackson-loving Trump White House Joy-Ann Reid notes Donald Trump’s affinity for Andrew Jackson and reports on Treasury …
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