Before taking off for his Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump took some questions from the press and finally responded to the multiple sexual abuse allegations against Roy Moore. “We do not need a liberal person — a Democrat” in that seat, Trump said. “He totally denies it. He says it didn’t happen. You have to […]
A second federal judge has ruled against President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, issuing a preliminary injunction prohibiting it from taking effect. Unlike the first such injunction, issued last month, this order also ensures transition-related medical procedures remain covered. Senior United States District Judge Marvin Garbis, a George H.W. Bush appointee, […]
One of the most popular fake Twitter accounts run out of Russia, going by @TEN_GOP, long purported to be the unofficial representative of the Tennessee Republican Party. After fooling everyone from far-right conspiracy theorists like Jack Posobiec to Glenn Greenwald to the sitting president of the United States, Twitter shut down the account as part […]
The American Petroleum Institute cast shady aspersions on a recent study that warned of increased risks to African Americans who live near oil and gas refineries, citing the discredited and racist argument that “genetics” could be to blame for the health disparities. “Fumes Across the Fence-Line: The Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Oil & […]
On Tuesday, BuzzFeed reported that numerous woman on the staff of Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) say the congressman repeatedly sexually harassed them. Conyers’ conduct allegedly included “requests for sexual favors…caressing their hands sexually, and rubbing their legs and backs in public.” In at least one case, a woman who rebuffed Conyers’ advances says she was […]
On Tuesday, BuzzFeed reported that numerous woman on the staff of Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) say the congressman repeatedly sexually harassed them. Conyers’ conduct allegedly included “requests for sexual favors…caressing their hands sexually, and rubbing their legs and backs in public.” In at least one case, a woman who rebuffed Conyers’ advances says she was […]
Early Sunday morning, Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez and his partner were on patrol on the remote Texas Interstate 10, around 90 miles east of El Paso. The pair said they were “responding to activity.” A short while later, Martinez’s partner radioed to say that they had both been injured and were in desperate need […]
Early Sunday morning, Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez and his partner were on patrol on the remote Texas Interstate 10, around 90 miles east of El Paso. The pair said they were “responding to activity.” A short while later, Martinez’s partner radioed to say that they had both been injured and were in desperate need […]
A federal judge has permanently blocked President Trump’s efforts to bar cities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration forces from receiving funding, the most decisive blow yet to the White House’s efforts to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities. In a ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick ruled Trump’s January executive order seeking […]
Zimbabwe’s Parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced Tuesday that President Robert Mugabe has resigned, a much-anticipated development that brings the leader’s 37-year dictatorial rule to an abrupt end. The announcement came after Zimbabwe’s ruling party, ZANU-PF, on Sunday fired Mugabe as the party chief, ousted his wife First Lady Grace Mugabe, and gave the president an ultimatum: […]
The Trump campaign is halting its legal payments for Donald Trump Jr., a Bloomberg report revealed on Monday night. So far, the president’s eldest son has racked up more than half a million dollars in legal bills and attorney fees related to the ongoing Russia investigation. According to a “person familiar with the matter” who spoke […]
Massachusetts became the first state to cement an Obama-era regulation that women and gender minorities should have access to birth control at no cost. The Trump administration rolled back the so-called contraceptive mandate effective immediately in October by issuing two regulations: nonprofits and for-profit employers could object to providing free birth control to employees based […]
In a rare jury trial, a transgender woman has been awarded $1,165,000 for discrimination when she was denied tenure at Southeastern Oklahoma State University (SOSU). Changes between the Obama and Trump administrations resulted in the unique outcome. Rachel Tudor had begun teaching in the English department at SOSU in 2004, but had not yet transitioned. […]
The Trump administration will terminate a provisional program that has granted work authorization to roughly 50,000 Haitians since a devastating earthquake leveled parts of their country in 2010, according to a press release on Monday night. The TPS program for Haitians will end on July 22, 2019, because the government said conditions on the ground […]
On Monday, the BBC ran a feature on John Collison, the “youngest self-made billionaire” in the world. The 27-year-old, along with his brother, founded a company called Stripe in 2011, which would help companies and individuals process payments online. The current valuation for Stripe, based out of San Francisco, runs over $9 billion, with Collison […]
Jim Cooke is looking to purchase health insurance this open enrollment period on Maryland Health Connection, the state’s Obamacare exchange. He usually pays the penalty for not having insurance, due to the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). But for him, this year is different. “It’s not urgent, I’d just feel more comfortable,” […]
With over 600,000 Rohingya fleeing Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh since late August, after a deadly attack on police posts in the Rakhine State prompted a violent crackdown against them, the humanitarian crisis described as an “ethnic cleansing” by the United Nations is deepening. The international community is struggling with how to hold Myanmar accountable for […]
Less than a week after allegations of sexual harassment were made against Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), a member of Congress came forward to detail her own harassment experience while working on Capitol Hill. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) appeared on MSNBC’s Meet The Press Daily Monday and said her then-colleague Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) tried to forcibly […]
Less than a week after allegations of sexual harassment were made against Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), a member of Congress came forward to detail her own harassment experience while working on Capitol Hill. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) appeared on MSNBC’s Meet The Press Daily Monday and said her then-colleague Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) tried to forcibly […]
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ plan to ring in the holiday season by making reporters look uncomfortable largely went off without a hitch during Monday’s press briefing — with one notable exception. After opening the briefing with a Q&A session, courtesy of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Sanders dove into her usual canned press […]
The House and Senate tax plans, rolled out in October and earlier in November, vary slightly in their details, but in general, they revolve around the same central goal: to permanently reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent. That goal won’t come cheap. According to the Congressional Budget Office, cutting the tax […]
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump tapped out a series of angry Twitter posts attacking black athletes and celebrities. If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The president has gone after LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Jemele Hill, and countless others — all in the past few months. Notice something? There’s no mistaking the fact […]