Though the Trump administration is celebrating Monday’s official opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, the move does not appear to have brought about any semblance of peace. An estimated 35,000 Palestinians lined the fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel in protest, and at least 58 have been …
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On the day Stephon Clark’s family buried his bullet-mangled body, several dozen protesters gathered on the corner of 9th and G Streets in downtown Sacramento, in front of the office of the county district attorney, Anne Marie Schubert. I recognized many of the diverse faces – young and old, black …
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Keegan-Michael Key plays himself as an overeager new volunteer on Illinois gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy’s campaign in a comedic new clip ahead of next week’s primary election. In the three-minute video, Key presents a series of “election-winning great ideas” for the candidate, including getting the FBI to tap Kennedy’s phones, …
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On Friday, the White House cleared the release of the controversial four-page memo written by Rep. Devin Nunes, chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.President Trump’sdecision comes after Republicans on the committee voted to declassify the memo earlier this week. Democrats on the committee opposed its release, as …
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Net neutrality is not dead yet. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced he had the support of all 49 Democrat senators and one Republican, leaving him just one vote shy of the number needed to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s widely unpopular decision to allow Internet providers …
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George Clooney has his own theory – a straightforward one – about why Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump. “Hillary, for years and years and years, has been the presumptive nominee, and quite honestly, she was incredibly qualified for the job,” he said in a new interview …
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Like a reanimated corpse in the final frames of a horror film, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act lurched back to life this week, giving the American public one last jump scare. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised the Senate will hold a vote on the new …
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While President Trump was threatening to blow up North Korea during a speech at the United Nations, former Secretary of State John Kerry started this week with a two-day event at Yale University, where he is a distinguished fellow for Global Affairs, to discuss the future of climate change policy …
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