California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to essentially shutter the state’s high-speed rail project is disappointing to supporters of the Green New Deal. “The United States is overdue for high-speed rail: it represents the standard we are trailing.” Another day in America: An employee opened fire at
Trump is expected to sign the new funding bill today—avoiding another government shutdown—as well as declare a national emergency in order to pay for his wall. The presidential power to declare a national emergency is provided under the National Emergencies Act of 1976, which—in Trump's
Since the Parkland massacre one year ago, there's basically been another Parkland every five days. "Most gun stores face no legal requirements to secure the weapons they sell." How to rob gun stores: an illustrated journey. A federal judge rules that Paul Manafort lied about his
Another partial government shutdown will be triggered Friday if Trump doesn't approve the new funding bill currently making its way through Congress. In addition to falling well short of Trump's $5.7 billion demand for the wall, the bill specifies the barrier cannot be built with
Eight-one percent of American adults believe Robert Mueller’s report should be released, including 79 percent of Republicans. About 34% of Americans say putting on blackface for Halloween is always or sometimes acceptable. A computer model predicts which nations currently are at greatest risk for genocide: the DRC, Afghanistan,
Since the beginning of Trump's Bedminster golf club in 2004, dozens of undocumented workers from Costa Rica—with management's knowledge—have worked there. Some even helped build it. Washington told itself a comforting story that minimized the importance of this outbreak of kleptomania: These were criminal
The United Kingdom has started to recruit civilians to work in an emergency crisis center in the aftermath of a potential no-deal Brexit. One London radio host has become famous for trying to convert Brexiteers every day on his show. A breakdown of Ocasio-Cortez and Markey’s new
After Virginia's attorney general admits he wore blackface at a party, the state's Democratic leadership appears in peril, and Republicans look to capturing a state Trump lost in 2016. A county-by-county census map shows how slavery spread in the US between 1790 and 1860.
President Donald Trump used his second State of the Union address to make repeated calls for bipartisanship, much to Democrats’ puzzlement. Last week the president called bipartisan negotiations a "waste of time." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi trends on Twitter after she “invented this weird walrus clap that was
In violation of US agreements, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have given American-made weapons to al Qaeda, Iran-backed rebels, Salafi militias, and other factions waging war in Yemen. Federal prosecutors have ordered Trump's inaugural committee to hand over financial documents, potentially to investigate money laundering or
