UPDATE, 7:55 p.m. ET: San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini confirmed that three people are being treated at a nearby hospital for gunshot wounds, following a shooting at YouTube’s corporate headquarters on Cherry Avenue in San Bruno, California. One woman, believed to be the shooter, was found dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. […]
Police in San Bruno, California confirmed reports of an active shooter situation at YouTube headquarters on Tuesday. The announcement followed a flurry of tweets from YouTube employees who were inside the building when it happened. “We are responding to an active shooter. Please stay away from Cherry Ave & Bay Hill Drive,” the official San […]
During a news conference with Baltic heads of state on Tuesday, President Trump held out hope that he still might become friends with Vladimir Putin — while completely ignoring his regime’s efforts to undermine American democracy and in a chemical attack in Britain. Trump was asked by a European reporter whether he views the regime […]
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) has repeatedly tried to deny federal family planning funds to Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, and on Tuesday lawmakers sent him bill that does just that. Lawmakers passed a budget bill, 38 to 6, that blocks health clinics from participating in the Title X federal family planning program if they […]
Florida congressman Carlos Curbelo is the first Republican to join calls for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign or be fired by President Donald Trump. The news comes as the scandals surrounding Pruitt continue to multiply. In the last 24 hours alone, more information has come to light about a Capitol Hill […]
In his first column for the Atlantic, infamous right-wing troll Kevin Williamson calls the Democrats an “authoritarian” party on the basis of a phony smear about climate change lawsuits. The Atlantic was widely criticized last week for hiring Williamson, who has tweeted that women who have abortions should be hanged along with their doctors. Williamson is also […]
Less than 24 hours after he’d made a deal with the United Nations to send over 16,000 African migrants to be resettled in Western countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed away from the agreement. He did so not because he came to think that Israel should be a country that welcomes refugees, but because […]
President Trump said on Tuesday that he would be sending U.S. troops to guard the country’s southern border with Mexico, citing “weak and pathetic” immigration laws implemented under President Obama. “President Obama made changes that basically created no border. Catch and release. You catch them, you register them, they go into our country. We can’t throw them out. In many cases they […]
Punish a Muslim Day was intended to scare and encourage violence against Muslims. But it ended up uniting communities instead. Communities throughout the United Kingdom and the United States came together on Tuesday to push back against the xenophobic anti-Muslim campaign that started in the United Kingdom and eventually spread to the United States. The […]
Punish a Muslim Day was intended to scare and encourage violence against Muslims. But it ended up uniting communities instead. Communities throughout the United Kingdom and the United States came together on Tuesday to push back against the xenophobic anti-Muslim campaign that started in the United Kingdom and eventually spread to the United States. The […]
News anchors being forced to denounce their competition as “fake news.” TV segments described as “must-run” that air a mix of misinformation and pro-government talking points. Contracts that penalize reporters if they quit. This environment may sound like that of a propaganda outlet but they’re actually conditions gripping reporters and anchors at America’s largest owner of […]
News anchors being forced to denounce their competition as “fake news.” TV segments described as “must-run” that air a mix of misinformation and pro-government talking points. Contracts that penalize reporters if they quit. This environment may sound like that of a propaganda outlet but they’re actually conditions gripping reporters and anchors at America’s largest owner of […]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has triggered a wave of controversy in recent weeks for his extravagant travel, lobbyist-connected apartment, and favors to allies. But his problematic approach to the job, marked by an unabashed favoritism toward industry, stretches back much further. This favoritism is starkly evident in Pruitt’s speaking schedule. He spent […]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has triggered a wave of controversy in recent weeks for his extravagant travel, lobbyist-connected apartment, and favors to allies. But his problematic approach to the job, marked by an unabashed favoritism toward industry, stretches back much further. This favoritism is starkly evident in Pruitt’s speaking schedule. He spent […]
Republicans have made a habit of saying the quiet part out loud lately — and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) appears to be the latest offender. On March 28, The Los Angeles Times reported that officials in Orange County, California were working to push homeless people out of the area, removing bus benches after complaints that homeless […]
From pipeline deals and GOP fundraisers to private jets and pay raises, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s series of scandals has escalated in the past 24 hours. Pruitt is not a man untouched by scandal. Since coming to the EPA in February of 2017, he has made headlines for expensive first-class travel, secretive […]
A Sinclair-owned news station in Madison, Wisconsin pushed back against the conservative-leaning media company’s directives this week, saying it refused to air a recent “must-run” propaganda segment highlighting “false news” from competitor stations out of a commitment to its viewers. “WMSN/FOX47 Madison did not air the Sinclair promotional announcement during our 9pm news this weekend,” a […]
Grindr will no longer share users’ HIV statuses with third parities after BuzzFeed reported the popular dating app shared sensitive information with two outside vendors. Grindr’s vendors — Apptimize and Localytics, two companies that help optimize apps — were able to access HIV statutes, along with GPS data, phone numbers, and email addresses, BuzzFeed first reported […]
People with misdemeanor domestic violence convictions will be prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms in New York State after the legislature passed a bill expanding gun restrictions placed on domestic violence offenders. New York State already prohibits people convicted of felony domestic violence offenses from possessing firearms, but the bill, passed last weekend, takes the […]
A principal at a high school in Louisiana has decided at the last minute to cut a transgender senior’s picture from the yearbook. The principal also threatened not to let the student walk at graduation if she dresses similarly to her photo. Southwood High School Principal Jeff Roberts said that Kami Pham’s photo could not […]
A principal at a high school in Louisiana has decided at the last minute to cut a transgender senior’s picture from the yearbook. The principal also threatened not to let the student walk at graduation if she dresses similarly to her photo. Southwood High School Principal Jeff Roberts said that Kami Pham’s photo could not […]
The Justice Department has ordered a quota for federal immigration judges to complete 700 cases a year “in an attempt to speed up deportations,” according to multiple news outlets. The Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) said the new standards would take effect on October 1, the start of the 2019 fiscal year, and […]
The Justice Department has ordered a quota for federal immigration judges to complete 700 cases a year “in an attempt to speed up deportations,” according to multiple news outlets. The Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) said the new standards would take effect on October 1, the start of the 2019 fiscal year, and […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Afghan officials and residents in Kunduz province have reported that dozens of people were killed in a late Monday morning airstrike on a religious school in the Dasht-e Archi district. While officials say the casualties were Taliban fighters, locals speaking to ThinkProgress say all of the killed and injured were civilians. According […]
Last week, the Commerce Department announced that a citizenship question would be added to the upcoming decennial Census for the first time in 70 years. The implications are stark for the entire country, but results could be dire for one state in particular: Texas. The Census is a constitutionally mandated project, one that meets a number […]
