During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) pleaded with Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to bring Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump campaign to a prompt conclusion, citing the purported damage it is doing the country. “There’s an old saying that justice delayed is justice denied. I think right […]
A top natural gas industry official acknowledged Thursday that at this late date in the discussion over how to fight climate change, corporate executives may not be the best people to defend the industry’s efforts to reduce methane emissions. Other constituents — perhaps customers who understand the steps that certain companies are taking to address […]
A group of Democratic lawmakers from Maryland is demanding answers from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar regarding the Trump administration’s abusive child separation policy, and how it intends to reunite families split up at the U.S.-Mexico border. The letter, sent Thursday and signed […]
Five people were killed and several others seriously injured when a gunman opened fire at the offices of The Capital newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland on Thursday afternoon. According to Phil Davis, a Capital reporter, multiple people were shot. He tweeted that the gunman shot through the glass door to the paper’s office and opened fire […]
Police responded to an active shooter situation at The Capital newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, Thursday afternoon. Capital staffers also reported a shooting had taken place. The newspaper is owned by The Baltimore Sun Media Group, which also owns its sister site, the Maryland Gazette. According to Phil Davis, a Capital reporter, multiple people were […]
President Donald Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland for one-on-one talks on July 16, the White House announced Thursday. The news has everyone talking about what the two will discuss and what impact the meeting might have on key U.S. foreign policy issues. No matter what — if […]
Scores of federal cops in full riot gear swept protesters off the entryway to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Oregon on Thursday but left the protesters’ main encampment next door untouched. The feds expect to remain on-site indefinitely, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman told local KGW-TV, presumably to prevent the camp […]
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, announced Wednesday afternoon, sent shock waves across the capital, with experts and pundits rushing to analyze the potential repercussions. For the future of environmental protection and climate action, the news means “nothing good,” according to legal experts. During Kennedy’s time on the bench over the past three decades, he […]
Thousands of migrant families continue to grapple with the traumatizing effects of the Trump administration’s family separation policy, first implemented as part of a larger “zero-tolerance” immigration policy this spring. Currently 2,047 children are being held by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and HHS officials won’t comment on whether the agency is […]
On Wednesday, shortly after Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, President Donald Trump released a short-list of candidates for his next SCOTUS nominee. One of those candidates is Robert P. Young, Jr., the newly-appointed Michigan State University Vice President and General Counsel, who is being accused of obstructing the state’s investigation into […]
The Interior Department’s internal watchdog will probe Secretary Ryan Zinke’s role in a land deal backed by the chairman of one of the world’s largest oil field companies. The announcement follows a week of growing demands from Democrats calling for an investigation into Zinke’s involvement with the deal. In a letter released Thursday by House […]
Contention over long-term recovery funds meant to assist Texans still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Harvey sparked a pre-emptive lawsuit this week, only one day after federal funds were finally approved. With this year’s hurricane season in full-swing, southeastern Texas is still reeling from Harvey last year, with the impact disproportionately felt among low-income […]
Walgreens this week said it plans to buy back as much as $10 billion in shares and raised dividends 10 percent in the wake of the GOP tax cut passed in December. The company is the latest to spend its tax windfall on shares, rather than workers, as many corporations pledged when the tax bill […]
Here’s a thought experiment: Could it be possible that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and President Donald Trump are the same person? Not literally, of course, or even in a Victorian-era Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde way. Rather, in the countenance of 21st century American politics, don’t they share more in common — say, an approach and delight […]
During his rally on Wednesday evening in Fargo, President Trump gave a lengthy promo for MyPillow, a Minnesota-based company that does extensive business with Fox News and is owned by a staunch Trump supporter. “You ever see this guy with the pillows on Fox? MyPillow guy, Mike Lindell, where is Mike? He is the greatest. […]
A prominent environmental group informed Republican lawmakers that it has not acted at the direction of any foreign entity in its effort to protect an endangered species on the island of Okinawa in Japan. The group, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), then turned the tables on the lawmakers, asking the Republicans to reveal whether […]
A prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader based in Halifax, Canada, sexually assaulted three of his female students and engaged in coercive sexual relationships with others, according to a report released Thursday by the advocacy group Buddhist Project Sunshine. Sakyong Mipham, whose legal name is Osel R. Mukpo, leads a global network of meditation centers called Shambhala […]
On the same morning the White House announced that President Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, Trump indicated he believes that Russia did not meddle in the 2016 election because that’s what Putin told him. “Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our […]
The Supreme Court made it abundantly clear this term that it is not concerned about voting rights. The justices on the nation’s highest court this year repeatedly sided with Republican-controlled states seeking to maintain their election systems, turning their backs to arguments that gerrymandering and purges disproportionately hurt minority voters. In a 5-4 ruling this […]
One-eighth of the tiny East Pittsburgh Police Department is now facing murder charges for killing an unarmed black teenager. Officer Michael Rosfeld was indicted Wednesday morning for criminal homicide in the June 19th killing of 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr., who was shot in the back three times as he ran from a vehicle. Rosfeld has told […]
During a rally in Fargo, North Dakota on Wednesday evening, President Trump pushed a blatant lie about Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), and then tried to gaslight his listeners about his own history of calling for violence against protesters and his political opponents. “Maxine — she’s a beauty,” Trump said. “I mean, she practically was telling […]
Bill Shine, the former Fox News executive who was forced out of the network for his mishandling of sexual harassment complaints, has reportedly been tapped by President Donald Trump for a key White House communications role — much to the delight of both Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity. The New York Times first reported Wednesday that […]
A new ad released by the Republican National Committee is attacking the left by claiming that liberals have become “unhinged.” The ad, released on Tuesday, prominently features the solitary limousine that was set on fire during Trump’s inauguration, along with graffiti and a voiceover from Bernie Sanders declaring how “fringe ideas, radical ideas and extremist […]
A new ad released by the Republican National Committee is attacking the left by claiming that liberals have become “unhinged.” The ad, released on Tuesday, prominently features the solitary limousine that was set on fire during Trump’s inauguration, along with graffiti and a voiceover from Bernie Sanders declaring how “fringe ideas, radical ideas and extremist […]
The backlash to the Trump administration caging immigrant children has led to store owners asking White House officials to not eat in their restaurants and to protesters publicly confronting those supporting Trump’s policies. Now, voices on the far-right are increasingly unified in their only solution to the matter: civil war. While several far-right figures have been […]
