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 industry representative: "Americans' entire shopping cart will get more expensive." The Trump administration has
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 abortion ban. “It’s work porn. It’s exhilarating work porn.” A study of the subtly professional
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 of the tariffs, and will enact stimulus measures. In an op-ed, Facebook co-founder Chris
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 crisis" (Jerrold Nadler). “I think it’s a constitutional confrontation. I don’t think it’s yet a crisis”
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 this moment, with active shooter drills and lockdowns, since he was in kindergarten. "I’d never
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 oddly become a source of civic pride. Queen Elizabeth I of England drank from "a unicorn
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 again, Trump said, "Really, we didn’t discuss it." “They feel no obligation to provide appropriate
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, mental disorders are "the greatest thief of productive life." See also: Burger King introduces a range of
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 questioning Barr's portrayal of the special counsel's report, some senators pointed out Barr lied during
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, L.A. burned after four cops were acquitted for the savage beating of Rodney King. But
