May 2019 Archives
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Headlines Edition
Friday headlines: Nightcrawling.
Trump says he’ll impose tariffs on all Mexican imports—an old, favorite threat—unless Mexico prevents migrants from reaching the US border. In West Texas, the...
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Headlines Edition
Thursday Headlines: The not-so-secret history.
Speaking publicly about the Russia investigation, Robert Mueller states the special counsel's report did not exonerate Trump: "If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit...
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Headlines edition
Wednesday headlines: Cheap. Popular. And illegal.
In the Midwest, government weather forecasters have logged reports of more than 500 tornadoes in 30 days. Weeks of heavy rain result in historic flooding that’s swamping Oklahoma and Arkansas. ...
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Headlines Here!
Saturday headlines: That’s the point.
Election, elections, elections: Europe goes to the polls, Modi wins in India, Britain enters chaos post-May, and South Africa’s results reflect widespread disillusion. Nevada may become the 15th...
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Headlines Edition
Friday Headlines: Leaker reporter martyr spy.
Theresa May announces she will step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7, and will remain as PM until a new leader is in place, likely by the end of...
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Them Headlines, Here
Thursday headlines: Into the woods!
The Pentagon presents plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East. For the third time in barely six months, the president blew up...
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Wednesday Headlines: #StopTheBans
Contradicting Mnuchin, a confidential IRS memo says Trump's tax returns must be handed over to Congress, unless the president invokes executive privilege. In more than 500 demonstrations, thousands marched yesterday...
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Headlines edition
Tuesday headlines: End of an era.
President Trump’s former counsel will skip his hearing today with the House Judiciary Committee, at the White House’s instruction. House Democratic leaders spar with Pelosi and...
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Headlines Edition
Saturday Headlines: Sound and vision.
Of the 24 Democrats currently running for president, only 10 mention reproductive rights on their websites. In border wall planning, Trump prefers sharp, injury-prone spikes rather than field-tested anti-climbing surfaces. Trump's ...
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Them headlines
Friday headlines: You’re doing it wrong.
Trump says he doesn’t want war with Iran, while his senior diplomats look for ways to defuse tensions. Iran says Trump’s approach to resuming talks is...
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Headlines Edition
Thursday Headlines: Full hearts. Productive speech. Can’t lose.
After Alabama and Georgia, Missouri is the next state ready to pass a near-total abortion ban. The best time to get angry is earlier, when the local advocates and organizers...
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Headlines, y'all
Wednesday headlines: Off the wall.
Carbon dioxide hit its highest levels in human history this weekend. Also, it was 84 degrees near the Arctic Ocean. Thirty-seven years ago, Exxon scientists described all the horrors we&rsquo...
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Headlines Edition
Tuesday Headlines: Qué será, será.
Following last week's tariff increase on Chinese imports, China retaliates with tariffs on nearly $60 billion of US goods that would go into effect on June 1. According to one retail...
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Headlines Edition
Saturday headlines: It’s work porn.
South Africa's corruption-riddled African National Congress (ANC) returns to office after winning parliamentary election once again. Alabama postpones a vote on what would be the country's most restrictive...
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Headlines Edition
Friday Headlines: Locks, lights, out of sight.
As the trade negotiation deadline passes, Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods jump from 10% to 25%, and economists think it's likely China will miss its growth targets as a result...
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Headlines edition
Thursday headlines: Your relationship is a third thing, and what that means.
The White House on Wednesday asserted executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report, further escalating its conflict with Democrats. Reactions: "We are now in a constitutional...
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Headlines Edition
Wednesday Headlines: Losing to learn.
One student is dead and eight are injured in a shooting at a Colorado school. "I heard a gunshot," said Makai Dixon, 8, a second grader who had been training for...
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Headlines Edition
Tuesday headlines: Camp! Notes.
A massive new UN report finds that nature is collapsing around us, "with devastating implications for human survival." A 25-foot fiberglass shark crashing through a roof in Oxford, England, has...
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The Rooster
Announcing Camp ToB 2019
Three months of conversation, two novels a month, and one final champion that advances to the 2020 Tournament of Books. Vote for the novels you want us to read and discuss this summer.
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Headlines Edition
Saturday Headlines: Let the panda win.
In a phone call yesterday, Trump and Putin agreed "there was no collusion." Asked afterward whether they talked about election meddling or if he warned Putin not to do it...
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Headlines Here!
Friday headlines: Is your city dtf?
Your heavy-think read for the commute: Americans need to consider if our foreign policy is actually an insidious form of empire. In the poorest countries as well as the richest,...
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Headlines Edition
Thursday Headlines: The future was 10 years ago.
In a senate hearing that played out along party lines, Attorney General Barr faced scrutiny over his handling of the Russia investigation findings. Following the release of Mueller's letter...
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Headlines edition
Wednesday headlines: Mayday, mayday—
In Venezuela, anti-government demonstrators clash with forces loyal to the president. France deploys a massive police presence, bracing for a repeat of last year's May 1 violence. Twenty-seven years ago,...