The biggest news in yesterday's big news out of the Mueller investigation was that George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, actively tried to court a relationship between his candidate and the Russians. 1/21 Also entangled in the Manafort indictment is Tony Podesta—brother of Clinton campaign manager
New aerial photos of North Korea show its network of prisons and labor camps, which Pyongyang says don't exist. 1/22 The China Post commissions five commemorative stamps to celebrate the country's most important technologies. Completely unrelated: ongoing revelations around who commissioned the Trump dossier. 2/
Elections in western Kenya postponed after protests prevent voting. Turnout is generally lower across the country. 1/22 A list of highlights from an impromptu press conference shows, if nothing else, how much Trump truly loves the media. 2/22 Related: A new bot can detect whether that's
The Senate voted to kill the fine print that opens banks and credit card companies to class-action lawsuits, instead forcing consumers to seek arbitration to resolve financial disputes. 1/17 Chinese President Xi Jinping, elevated to Mao status with the enshrinement of his words in the Communist Party of
Trump's executive order temporarily banning refugees expires today, as the White House preps stricter refugee admission procedures. 1/21 The Pentagon provides a loose, detail-free timeline of the events in Niger, while local sources say US troops were almost certainly set up. 2/21 As the caliphate
In dealing with drug laws and lobbyists, Congress is way out of its league, and the result is legislation that's stripping law enforcement of its power to protect Americans from prescription drug abuse. 1/17 Puerto Rico faced a pollution crisis even before Maria struck. Now with an
Senate passes a budget resolution protecting a planned $1.5 trillion tax cut—that's been crafted behind closed doors—from Democratic filibuster. 1/23 In addition, the budget resolution passage leaves Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge open to oil exploration. 2/23 New research finds that
ISIS may be losing physical ground, but its roots in recruiting jihadists from afar are still intact, as shown by the months-long standoff, now quelled, in the Philippines. 1/15 Spain says it will rule Catalonia directly from Madrid, further blocking the region's independence. 2/15 The
If passed, the bipartisan Senate deal would continue funding the ACA insurer subsidies and advertising outreach Trump wants to kill. 1/17 US-backed forces have captured Raqqa, the "capital" of ISIS, which in the past three months has lost two of its three most important strongholds. 2/
In Iraq, the government seized Kirkuk's resources to help starve moves for a separate Kurdish state. 1/22 Part of the power of "me too" is it confirms ordinary people harass other ordinary people every single day. 2/22 With the discovery of a wi-fi
