News
At Least 6 Killed in Nashville Tornado
At least 6 people were killed and others injured when a tornado struck Nashville and its surrounding areas in the early morning hours of Tuesday. Around 12:30 am, two people were killed in the eastern MORE
Year: 2020
Civil Rights
Journalism is under trial and Julian Assange is the defendant
[…] Journalism under trial? Before the court, James Lewis QC, who acts for the United States, tries to convince the judge and the public that the United States is not putting journalism under trial. In MORE
Lifestyle
Helen Mirren wants to scrap the idea of beauty
I keep saying we’ve got to find another word for ‘beauty,’” Dame Helen Mirren said as she waited for her cue backstage at a catwalk show in Paris. “I think we should start calling it MORE
2020 Elections
What Happens if the Democratic Convention is Contested?
Only a handful of states into the 2020 primary, Democratic presidential candidates have already started arguing about what to do if no one wins a majority of delegates to this summer’s Democratic convention. But what MORE
2020 Elections
Former Democratic rivals turn out for Joe Biden in Texas
Ahead of SuperTuesday’s delegate rich primary, former Democratic rivals showed up to support and endorse former VP Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic nominee. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Beto O’Rourke all took the stage and endorsed MORE
News
KKK wants to rally again in Dayton, Ohio; Mayor Whaley does not want them
Mayor Nan Whaley said the city of Dayton will explore whether there is any legal action that can be taken to stop the KKK-affiliated group’s request to visit the city again in September. “Our community MORE
Newscasts
Trump’s border wall construction ignores Native American tribal concerns
The chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation says the current wall construction on the U.S. – Mexico border is no different than “building a 30-foot wall along Arlington Cemetery.” Ned Norris Jr. made the comments MORE
2020 Elections
As Joe Biden rises in the polls, Senator Ron Johnson wants to subpoena documents related to Burisma
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is preparing to subpoena a witness tied to Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma, in an escalation of the GOP probe of the firm that comes as former vice president Joe Biden’s fortunes MORE
News
Chris Matthews announces retirement, mutually parts ways with MSNBC
Chris Matthews, one of the longest-tenured voices at MSNBC, announced his retirement during Monday’s night’s airing of his talk show, “Hardball.” Matthews, 74, said he and MSNBC had mutually agreed to part ways. The decision MORE
Health
Pastor Pence the Coronavirus Guru holds a presser, ‘Now’s the time to wash your hands.’
Vice President Mike Pence and other top health officials briefed reporters on the administration’s latest efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, as four more deaths were announced in Washington state Monday. Top health officials said MORE
News
‘But her emails!’ A federal judge says Judicial Watch can depose Hillary Clinton
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can be deposed for a lawsuit about the State Department’s recordkeeping of her emails, a federal judge said Monday. Judge Royce Lamberth’s order authorizing right-leaning group Judicial Watch to question Clinton and others MORE
Opinion
Op-Ed: Will the Supreme Court crown Trump as king?
President Trump is playing a shell game with the American people and rejecting the founding principle of this nation: We have a president, not a king. In a case to be argued before the Supreme MORE
Health
6 people have now died from coronavirus disease in Washington state
King County buying a motel to house isolated patients Four new cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, were confirmed in King County today. Two of those have died. MORE
Updates
Afghan conflict: Taliban to resume attacking local forces after deal with US
The Taliban are to resume attacks against government forces, just days after signing a deal with the US aimed at bringing peace to Afghanistan. The hard-line Islamist group had observed a “reduction in violence” in MORE
Editorials
Trump has exposed a huge weakness. Democrats should pounce.
If President Trump and his propagandists get their way, no one will ever raise a peep of criticism over his handling of coronavirus — thus placing our government’s response to a looming public health emergency beyond MORE
Breaking News
The Democratic field keeps getting smaller: Sen. Amy Klobuchar will end her presidential bid
Sen. Amy Klobuchar will end her presidential bid on Monday and endorse Joe Biden, a campaign aide tells CNN. The Klobuchar campaign confirmed that the senator is flying to Dallas to join the former vice president at his MORE
2020 Elections
Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions III Resumes Kissing Donnie’s Orange Bum
Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose troubled tenure under Donald Trump ended with him stepping down in 2018, is now claiming he is the president’s “number one supporter” in his Senate campaign. Sessions is MORE
News
Supreme Court agrees to hear a lawsuit threatening the ACA; decision unlikely until after the election
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election. The court said it would hear an MORE
Americas
A Brief Look at the First Nations Protest Presently Rocking Parts of Canada
It began in a remote community in northern British Columbia, when hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en nation declared their opposition to the construction of a C$6.6bn (US$5bn) pipeline through their territory. Members of the band MORE
Health
New York Confirms First Coronavirus Case
New York has confirmed its “first positive case of novel coronavirus—or COVID-19,” according to Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday. In a statement, Cuomo said the patient is a woman in her late thirties who had MORE
Nutter Watch
NUTTER WACH: Roger, Trump and Jesus!
In an interview with “Axios on HBO”, Roger Stone said ” that his only fear in life is “not being right with God.” “I feel pretty good because I’ve taken Jesus Christ as my personal MORE
Health
2nd person to die from the Coronavirus in the U.S.
As Trump tweets out restaurant reviews, the second person in the United States dies from the Coronavirus. A second coronavirus death has been confirmed in King County, Washington, according to a press release from Seattle MORE
Breaking News
The Democratic field just got even smaller: Mayor Pete suspends his campaign
Pete Buttigieg, the former small-city Indiana mayor and first openly gay major presidential candidate, has decided to quit the Democratic race, a person briefed on Mr. Buttigieg’s plans said on Sunday, following a crushing loss MORE
News
Judge rules Ken Cuccinelli’s appointment to top immigration job unlawful, wipes out all policy memos he signed
A federal judge ruled Sunday that President Trump’s appointment last year of Ken Cuccinelli to be head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was a violation of federal vacancy laws, and that Cuccinelli lacked the MORE
Religion
Pakistani ruling allows underage girls to be married
Today Forbes reports that the High Court of Sindh in Karachi, Pakistan, passed a Sharia-based law allowing a girl to marry after she has experienced her first menstrual cycle. The case involved the alleged abduction, MORE