An oil tanker carrying nearly a million barrels of ultra-light crude oil burned for days in the East China Sea before sinking on Jan. 14, killing all 32 crew members. Now, the disaster threatens to become the worst oil spill in 35 years, according to a report Friday by Reuters — potentially devastating reefs and […]
On Friday night, each of the 18-member board of USA Gymnastics resigned. USAG accepted an ultimatum put forth by the US Olympic Committee, which urged the board to resign or lose status as a governing body. Executive board members began resigning from their posts on Monday, and by the end of the week, the USAG […]
Dutch security services watched Russian hackers break into email accounts at the State Department, the White House, and the Democratic National Committee and passed critical intelligence along to U.S. officials between 2014 and 2016, according to a report Thursday in the Dutch news outlets Nieuwsuur and Volkskrant. This intelligence from Dutch security services reportedly prompted the Federal […]
UPDATE: Politico reports Steve Wynn has resigned from his position as finance chair at the RNC. Nearly 24 hours after the Wall Street Journal first broke the news that Las Vegas casino mogul and Republican National Committee finance chair Steve Wynn has an alleged history of sexually assault, Republicans have remained radio silent. The RNC […]
Nearly 24 hours after the Wall Street Journal first broke the news that Las Vegas casino mogul and Republican National Committee finance chair Steve Wynn has an alleged history of sexually assault, Republicans have remained radio silent. The RNC itself has yet to release a statement or respond to repeated requests for comment. According to […]
On Friday, a federal judge rejected a request to hide details of rental properties affiliated with Jared Kushner’s real estate empire. Kushner was CEO of Kushner Companies, which owns the companies involved in the suit, before stepping down in Jan. 2017 to join his father-in-law, President Donald Trump, in the White House as a senior […]
When Hassan Ahmad got to Dulles International Airport in the afternoon of Saturday, January 28, 2017, he couldn’t have imagined he would be a witness to active resistance against a newly inaugurated president. The day before, newly-sworn in President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration suspending travel by refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority […]
The Wall Street Journal published a story Friday exposing Las Vegas casino mogul and Republican National Committee finance chairman, Steve Wynn, for his alleged history of sexual assault. One incident detailed in the Journal report claims Wynn forced a manicurist to have sex with him and later paid the woman $7.5 million for her silence. This […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton protected a senior adviser who was accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a subordinate during her 2008 presidential run, according to a report in The New York Times Friday. Clinton’s campaign manager at the time recommended that Clinton fire Burns Strider, who served as Clinton’s faith adviser, but Clinton chose not […]
