Heeding the international outcry that resulted from the appointment of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Sunday that Mugabe’s title would be rescinded. The decision by WHO’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was commended by Human Rights Watch, which had been sharply critical of […]
Read MoreWhile many experts and critics of military spending have calculated the immense waste of tax dollar revenue expended each year by the Pentagon’s massive budget—estimated to reach nearly $640 billion in 2018—U.S. Navy pilots this week have epitomized just how outsized this problem is by drawing a huge penis in the sky over remote Okanogan […]
Read MoreThis is a breaking news story and will likely be updated… A gunman opened fire inside the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Wilson County, Texas on Sunday, leaving an estimated 25 people dead and 20 more wounded. The shooter—identified as Devin Kelley—fled to a neighboring county where he was found dead in his vehicle. Though […]
Read MoreU.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for his “great” and extraordinarily deadly drug war, and apparently this admiration is seeping into Trump’s policy goals. According to an Axios report published late Sunday, Trump rants often in private about his desire for all drug dealers to get the death penalty. “He […]
Read MoreLewis Hamilton enjoyed a slow start to his Russian Grand Prix weekend, the Mercedes driver admitting to not being “particularly quick” in Friday’s practice sessions. Hamilton’s FP1 was written off when the sic-time world champion made a mess of his tyres and concluded the session unusually at the bottom of the timesheet, a lowly P19. […]
Read MoreA Republican lawmaker from Vice President Pence’s home state is hitting HBO host John Oliver over the “Last Week Tonight” host’s release of a children’s book spoofing one about the Pence family rabbit. Rep. Luke MesserAllen (Luke) Lucas MesserK Street giants scoop up coveted ex-lawmakers Yoder, Messer land on K Street House GOP to force members to give […]
Read MoreThe National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has opened an office in California as House Republicans seek to protect incumbents in the Golden State. The 10,000-square-foot office is located in Irvine, Calif., a city in Orange County — the site of a number of competitive races. The lease runs until 2020, which indicates that the NRCC hopes to be involved […]
Read MoreThe House majority could be in the balance Tuesday when California voters head to the polls to pick nominees in some of the most consequential races up for grabs this year. Their verdicts will offer early clues about the advantage Democrats hold heading into the midterm elections and whether Republicans can mitigate some of the damage […]
Read MoreWith the FCC set to vote on chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to kill neutrality in just over a week, a diverse coalition—ranging from consumer protection organizations to progressive lawmakers to Harvard professors—is denouncing the FCC’s proposals and scheduling nationwide protests to combat the agency’s move to let massive telecom companies “cash in on the internet” […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which refused to perform an environmental impact review of the project, has enraged indigenous and other local opponents by granting a permit for the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana to a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners—the company that is also behind the Dakota Access pipeline. “The Army Corps and […]
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