President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised that the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) will be “gone by tonight.” Holding up a paper printout showing ISIS-held territory in Syria and Iraq, Trump told reporters “…everything in the red — this was on Election Night in 2016 — everything red is ISIS. When I took it over, it was […]
In the United States, there have already been more than 60 mass shootings in 2019, according to statistics compiled by the Gun Violence Archive. In New Zealand, such events do not happen with the same frequency, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is taking on the challenge of ensuring that it stays that way. Last week, […]
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway spoke to Fox Business Thursday morning about the growing animosity between her husband, attorney George Conway, and her boss, President Donald Trump, saying she had never considered quitting over the feud because, among other things, it would send a bad message to “feminists everywhere.” One day earlier, speaking with reporters […]
Like clockwork, the issue of reparations for descendants of U.S. slaves surfaces every presidential election cycle, and it’s back on the campaign agenda in 2020. To be sure, mounting scholarly research and aggressive community activism has made it increasingly obvious to many Americans that the nation’s history of slavery and racism continues to adversely impact […]
JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive Jamie Dimon claim to be strong supporters of climate action and the Paris climate accord. But in reality, they are “the world’s worst banker of climate change” according to a major new analysis. Just this week, the company launched a wildly misleading attack on the Green New Deal, asserting […]
Last month, at the Women’s Careers in Football Forum, which exists to aid the National Football League in identifying “qualified women to join its next generation of leaders,” newly-minted Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians announced his plan to hire a woman as a full-time assistant coach this season. On Wednesday, Arians over-delivered on his promise […]
Less than a week after the worst mass shooting in the country’s history, New Zealand has announced a national ban on military-style semi-automatic weapons, with the support of both the government and opposition parties. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the ban on Thursday, which also included assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, and parts that allow weapons […]
On the same day Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) blasted President Donald Trump for “deplorable” attacks on his late colleague, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) also unleashed an attack — on people criticizing Trump. Days after attacking McCain, who died last August, for not voting for his TrumpCare legislation to take health insurance […]
While the Democratic Party determines where it wants to go next on health care — whether it’s Medicare for All, Medicare for America, or any one of the other 2020 health proposals — state lawmakers are shoring up the party’s signature policy, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). So far in 2019, state legislatures in Colorado, […]
A new bill making its way through the North Carolina Legislature seeks to ensure doctors are held accountable for sexually assaulting their patients. The bill is partly influenced by Larry Nassar, a former doctor and convicted serial sexual predator who, during his time at USA Gymnastics, molested hundreds of young girls and women. The legislation, […]
Franklin Graham, America’s most prominent evangelical leader, says Vice President Mike Pence signed off on his trip to Russia earlier this month, when Graham met with sanctioned Kremlin officials even as tensions between the United States and Russia continued to escalate following Moscow’s recent election interference efforts. One official Russian governmental social media account touted […]
Wednesday marked the 16th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The 2003 military action, authorized by President George W. Bush and predicated on the false belief that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the displacement of millions more, and the rise of ISIS. Officials […]
The Pentagon has agreed to form a task force to investigate sexual assault in the military, Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) said Wednesday. McSally, who recently revealed that she was raped by a superior officer while serving in the Air Force, requested in a letter earlier this week that the Department of Defense institute a task […]
