Wall Street finally peeled off enough Senate Democrats to get major rollbacks of financial regulation one step closer to becoming law on Wednesday, when the Senate passed a bill to exempt dozens of banks from the Dodd-Frank reform law. But now it seems one key House Republican who’s pushed the industry’s wish list for years […]
During Thursday’s White House news briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended a blatant lie President Trump told during a speech to donors about the United States’ trade relationship with Canada. “The [United States Trade Representative] says we have a trade surplus with Canada, the president says we don’t — how do you reconcile those […]
As you may have heard, it’s March. And if upsets, referees, and Grayson Allen haven’t already left your bracket in shambles, a new, unlikely villain has emerged to inject fresh madness into March: The FBI. This particular dance began last September, when the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was pursuing criminal cases against dozens […]
Police say at least one person was killed and several others injured after a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University (FIU) collapsed onto the six-lane road below, crushing several vehicles. The bridge, which was still under construction, collapsed at around 2 p.m. Eastern Time. According to the Miami Herald, it “gave way suddenly while the traffic […]
Thursday afternoon, the New York Times published an explosive report revealing that special counsel Robert Mueller had subpoenaed documents from the Trump Organization, “including some related to Russia.” The subpoenas bring Mueller’s investigation, which has already resulted in the indictment of Trump’s former campaign manager and national security adviser, even closer to the president. One […]
At least one person is missing and two people are badly injured after an explosion at a chemical plant in Hood County, Texas. Witnesses described what sounded like a “big kaboom” on Thursday morning, NBC Dallas-Forth Worth reported. The explosion took place at Tri-Chem Industries in Cresson, located about 20 miles southwest of Fort Worth. […]
At least one person is missing and two people are badly injured after an explosion at a chemical plant in Hood County, Texas. Witnesses described what sounded like a “big kaboom” on Thursday morning, NBC Dallas-Forth Worth reported. The explosion took place at Tri-Chem Industries in Cresson, located about 20 miles southwest of Fort Worth. […]
President Trump’s crackdown on aid for Palestinian refugees may be far more staggering in scope than originally thought, new reports indicate. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, is begging for help following a dramatic loss in funding after the United States slashed contributions to the organization, which deals with issues affecting Palestinian refugees. […]
One of the world’s largest oil companies, Statoil, is scrubbing the word “oil” from its name to reflect a growing focus on renewable energy. The new name will be Equinor. “The world is changing, and so is Statoil,” said Board Chair Jon Reinhardsen in a Thursday morning statement. “The biggest transition our modern-day energy systems have ever […]
One of the world’s largest oil companies, Statoil, is scrubbing the word “oil” from its name to reflect a growing focus on renewable energy. The new name will be Equinor. “The world is changing, and so is Statoil,” said Board Chair Jon Reinhardsen in a Thursday morning statement. “The biggest transition our modern-day energy systems have ever […]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) brought a giant picture of Carl Icahn, billionaire investor and adviser to Trump, to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. The stunt was part of Gutierrez’s effort to highlight a major stock trade, first reported by ThinkProgress, that Icahn executed just days before Trump announced steel tariffs. […]
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) is attempting to defend his proof-of-citizenship law in federal court, and it’s not going well. He and his legal team have repeatedly violated basic rules of evidence, causing the judge to raise her voice and reprimand them on multiple occasions. Now, in the past week, two of his […]
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) is attempting to defend his proof-of-citizenship law in federal court, and it’s not going well. He and his legal team have repeatedly violated basic rules of evidence, causing the judge to raise her voice and reprimand them on multiple occasions. Now, in the past week, two of his […]
A week before Saudi Prince Mohamed bin Salman arrives to the United States to visit his friend and ally President Donald Trump, tidbits of his upcoming appearance on 60 Minutes have been released — and his aggressive comments about Iran show that he remains in lock-step with the U.S. president. Bin Salman, also known as MBS, said that […]
The White House on Wednesday night issued its first statement identifying Russia as the main culprit behind a series of attacks and nerve agent poisonings targeting former spies living in the U.K. “The United States shares the United Kingdom’s assessment that Russia is responsible for the reckless nerve agent attack on a British citizen and […]
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives have shot down a resolution that would have condemned white nationalists and neo-Nazism. House Joint Resolution 583 was filed by Representative John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville) in the wake of the Unite the Right rally, where one counter-protester was killed by white nationalist James Alex Fields Jr. The motion stated […]
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives have shot down a resolution that would have condemned white nationalists and neo-Nazism. House Joint Resolution 583 was filed by Representative John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville) in the wake of the Unite the Right rally, where one counter-protester was killed by white nationalist James Alex Fields Jr. The motion stated […]
Climate activists aren’t the only ones waiting for members of the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus to propose meaningful climate change legislation. A senator, who has become a prominent climate action advocate, is taking the caucus to task for failing to bring Democrats and Republicans together to craft significant climate legislation. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), speaking […]
Climate activists aren’t the only ones waiting for members of the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus to propose meaningful climate change legislation. A senator, who has become a prominent climate action advocate, is taking the caucus to task for failing to bring Democrats and Republicans together to craft significant climate legislation. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), speaking […]
During a speech to donors in Missouri on Wednesday, President Trump admitted to simply making stuff up during a recent meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Trudeau came to see me. He’s a good guy, Justin. He said, ‘No, no, we have no trade deficit with you, we have none. Donald, please,’ ” Trump said, […]
On Wednesday, students from thousands of schools across the country walked out to protest the government’s failure to protect kids from gun violence and to demand tougher gun restrictions. The National Rifle Association, the most powerful defender of the status quo, was not happy. The tax-exempt lobbying group’s national spokesperson Dana Loesch attempted to dismiss the effort […]
The funding for Planned Parenthood’s Lincoln South Health Center, a clinic where Brooke Thomas gets birth control shots every three months to deal with excruciating pain, is at risk. The Nebraska Legislature advanced a budget bill Tuesday evening that includes language that would deny Planned Parenthood and other local family planning clinics public funds. In a […]
Egyptian expats will be able to vote this weekend, but the choices on the ballots are essentially between current president, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, or his supporter, Mousa Mostafa Mousa, who submitted his candidacy papers 15 minutes prior to the deadline and hasn’t bothered to campaign in a major poll in the region’s most populous […]
Egyptian expats will be able to vote this weekend, but the choices on the ballots are essentially between current president, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, or his supporter, Mousa Mostafa Mousa, who submitted his candidacy papers 15 minutes prior to the deadline and hasn’t bothered to campaign in a major poll in the region’s most populous […]
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the Central Intelligence Agency and Mike Pompeo to lead the State Department on Tuesday has raised new concerns about the fate of key documents about the country’s torture program. In 2002, Haspel ran the CIA’s first black site in Thailand, where she oversaw “aggressive” interrogation techniques like […]