President Donald Trump commented publicly for the first time Friday on a White House staffer who resigned this week after allegations of domestic abuse by two former wives became public. The president had only positive things to say about Rob Porter, his former staff secretary, with any concern reserved for Porter’s well being. “We hope […]
Athletes from North Korea and South Korea marching under the same flag in the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games was a significant symbolic moment for many. Vice President Mike Pence, in Pyeongchang to lead the U.S. delegation, was not impressed, however. The Washington Post’s Anna Fifield described “huge cheers” when the unified […]
For the first time in nearly two years, Cliven Bundy is a free man. In January, U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro ruled that the 71-year-old scion of the Bundy family — best known for leading an armed 2014 standoff with federal officials in Bunkerville, Nevada after he refused to pay his grazing fees — should be […]
California Highway Patrol officers collaborated with armed neo-Nazis to investigate a violent 2016 clash outside the state capitol in Sacramento between members of the white supremacist Traditionalist Workers Party and the leftist group Anti-Fascism Action, the Guardian reported Friday. Several of the antifa counterprotesters in the brawl were stabbed repeatedly by neo-Nazis. But CHP records […]
A record number of openly LGBTQ Olympians will compete in Pyeongchang, South Korea during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, which opened on Friday. While the 2016 Summer Olympics featured 56 out athletes, only seven out athletes competed in the last Winter Olympics, held in Sochi, Russia. This year, 13 openly LGBTQ athletes will compete in the Winter […]
On Friday evening in South Korea, Team USA walked out into the Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, clad in the cheesy and stylistically questionable matching Ralph Lauren gear we have come to expect over the years. Luge star Erin Hamlin led the way, waving the American flag proudly. The delegation of 244 freezing American athletes followed, […]
Although the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) is greatly diminished in Syria, the civil war continues to take lives at a frightening pace there. For those near the capital of Damascus, this has been the deadliest week in nearly three years. At least 229 people have been killed in airstrikes targeting rebels in Eastern Ghouta over […]
It’s been well-documented by now that America’s lawmakers, while increasingly fed-up with tech giants’ negligence in combating fake news and foreign interference, have let much of the problem slide, giving those companies who bring in billions of dollars a year a free pass to continue business as usual. America’s allies, however, seem less star-struck with companies’ massive […]
It’s been well-documented by now that America’s lawmakers, while increasingly fed-up with tech giants’ negligence in combating fake news and foreign interference, have let much of the problem slide, giving those companies who bring in billions of dollars a year a free pass to continue business as usual. America’s allies, however, seem less star-struck with companies’ massive […]
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that in a break from precedent established by previous modern presidents, President Trump “rarely if ever reads the President’s Daily Brief, a document that lays out the most pressing information collected by U.S. intelligence agencies from hot spots around the world.” Instead, every two or three days, Trump receives […]
Could Harvey Weinstein — the alleged serial sexual abuser who was once among the most powerful men in Hollywood — wind up in a courtroom, or even prison? Criminal investigations against the producer-turned-pariah, who has been accused by dozens of women of varying degrees of sexual violence, including rape, are underway in several cities: New […]
Days after the White House unveiled plans to stage a military parade in the nation’s capital, Vice President Mike Pence blasted North Korea for doing the same. North Korean leaders staged a large showing in the capital city of Pyongyang on Thursday, one day prior to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremonies, displaying several new […]
Finding officials who would embrace the Trump administration’s anti-regulation agenda was clearly a priority for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt when he was filling the top spots in the agency’s regional offices. Two of Pruitt’s regional administrators acquired reputations for cutting back on enforcement actions against polluters when they held the title of […]
Buried deep in the budget deal that Congress passed late Thursday night is an expansion to a tax credit that climate groups worry will incentivize more oil and gas drilling, while costing taxpayers $2.8 billion each year. Currently, federal tax code gives companies that capture and sequester carbon a tax credit for every metric ton […]
The issue of security clearances for White House employees gained prominence after Staff Secretary Rob Porter resigned following revelations that his two ex-wives had made detailed allegations of physical abuse to both the police and FBI. According to senior White House administration officials, White House chief of staff John Kelly had prior knowledge of the […]
Two years ago, before President Trump was President Trump, before White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned in the wake of domestic abuse accusations, current White House Chief of Staff John Kelly appeared as a character witness in a court-martial of a Marine colonel who was accused of sexually harassing two woman subordinates. At the […]
The Trump administration has repeatedly insisted on extreme vetting for people coming into the country on national security grounds — but failed to apply the same requirements to a man with direct access to the president and his family. Wednesday was the last day Rob Porter worked as the White House staff secretary, after physical […]
Unexpected wage growth was the detail of the monthly jobs report that grabbed headlines last Friday, with average hourly earnings rising 0.3 percent from a month earlier and 2.9 percent from a year earlier. That would mean this was the strongest wage growth since mid-2009. President Trump has bragged about this repeatedly over the last […]
Nevada Republican Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian paid Sebastian Gorka, the former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump with highly questionable credentials and alleged Nazi ties, $5,000 to hang out with him last December. According to FEC filings first reported on by the Washington Examiner, Tarkanian paid Gorka $5,000 for a one-time “speaking fee,” in December. […]
Lawmakers in Florida want Lorde’s concerts in the state canceled because of the singer’s involvement with the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) movement. Lorde canceled an upcoming concert in Tel Aviv after BDS activists — who call for boycotting, divesting from, and sanctioning Israel because of the country’s occupation of Palestinian land and treatment of […]
The Opening Ceremony for the PyeongChang Olympics is just hours away. As you might have heard, this edition of the Winter Games is being held less than 50 miles from the North Korea border, a country ruled by a man with a nuclear button. While I’m not going to say you should ignore that fact, […]
During the White House press briefing on Thursday, deputy press secretary Raj Shah was asked why Rob Porter was allowed to work in a sensitive White House role for a year after two of his ex-wives told the FBI he had physically and emotionally abused them. “You talked about the fact that there weren’t any […]
On Thursday afternoon, White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah made his first appearance at the podium and attempted to defend the conduct of Chief of Staff John Kelly in recent months. It did not go well. Shah attempted to defend Kelly in the face of reports that he knew about domestic abuse allegations against […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is an MIT-trained engineer and libertarian who has been living off-grid with his family for over a decade and driving a Tesla Model S for five years. On Sunday, he posted a YouTube video on his “DIY battery quest” to replace the 12-year-old lead-acid batteries with some new Tesla lithium batteries. As he explains, while […]
The Trump administration is reportedly considering making it harder for immigrants who use public assistance to become permanent residents, Reuters reported on Thursday. It’s the latest move in a line of actions meant to crack down on documented immigration, in addition to targeting undocumented immigrants. According to a proposal obtained by the outlet, the Department […]