New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers The Guardian today reveals the 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves MORE
Turkish troops have begun an offensive in northern Syria, which could bring them into direct conflict with Kurdish-led forces allied to the United States. The move was announced by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey MORE
A new book-length study on the tax burden of the ultrarich begins with a startling finding: In 2018, for the first time in history, America’s richest billionaires paid a lower effective tax rate than the MORE
CNN’s Chris Cuomo reached into the Republican Party’s past to find a quote that could haunt GOP lawmakers today as the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump gets underway in Congress. In 1950, Sen. Margaret MORE
During a two-hour hearing, Beryl Howell, chief judge for the U.S. District Court, challenged the Justice Department to explain its “extraordinary position” of trying to block lawmakers from seeing the special counsel’s grand jury materials, MORE
Two people have been killed, and one suspect arrested, in a shooting incident near a synagogue in the eastern German town of Halle, according to local police. CNN: One person was arrested, police said, but other MORE
Raine Riggs, 46, daughter-in-law of Bernie Sanders died Saturday, two days after a diagnosis of neuroendocrine cancer. She was married to Levi Sanders and was a neuropsychologist. According to her obituary, she had fallen ill MORE
Recap of some of the latest events: The Trump administration on Tuesday blocked a planned deposition from Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Trump and his goons declare War on the House MORE
Donald Trump is probably the weakest he’s been since becoming president. And yet most congressional Republicans refuse to break with the president. Despite his obvious wrongdoing and complete unfitness for the job, the vast majority MORE
CNN: Turkey’s military is set to cross into northern Syria “shortly,” the Turkish communications director said, as part of an impending offensive to move US-backed Kurdish forces away from its border.”Turkish military, together with the Free Syrian Army, will MORE
During his campaign, Trump promised Cult 45 he would eliminate the deficit within 8 years. Hopefully, voters will just send him home as opposed to giving him any more years. Trump inherited a deficit of MORE
This October, skip the atrocious spoof that American Horror Story has become and instead check out this legitimately frightening French Netflix series. It has the endorsement of Stephen King himself, and for good reason. It MORE
Simone Biles won a record 21st medal at the world gymnastics championships on Tuesday as the United States women retained their team all-around title. It was the 15th world championship gold of Biles’s career, and MORE
Although he won’t officially join Team Trump and have a cushy office in the West Wing, Trey ‘Benghazi’ Gowdy will assist “the White House team combating the U.S. House’s impeachment inquiry into the president.” Folks MORE
In a pair of exceptionally hard-fought arguments on Tuesday, the Supreme Court struggled to decide whether a landmark 1964 civil rights law bars employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status MORE
The White House declared war on the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, announcing that it would not cooperate with what it called an illegitimate and partisan effort “to overturn the results of the 2016 election” MORE
Dallas cops said during a press conference on Tuesday that the three assailants traveled from Louisiana to buy drugs from Brown, ending speculation that the shooting was linked to the criminal trial of former Dallas MORE
An anti-Muslim organization had planned to host its annual gala next month at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Fla., before an apparent reversal on Sunday, a day after news reports appeared about MORE
Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Edward Stack says the company has destroyed $5 million worth of guns in their inventory instead of selling them to the public. Since discovering that the weapon used in the Marjory MORE
A day after President Donald Trump threatened to “ruin the economy of Turkey” if it goes too far with a planned invasion of northern Syria, he announced on Tuesday that he’s invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to MORE
In her first 14 months as Transportation secretary, Elaine Chao met with officials from Kentucky, which her husband Mitch McConnell represents in the Senate, vastly more often than those from any other state. MORE
The Trump administration on Tuesday blocked a planned deposition from Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a central figure in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, according to a statement by his lawyer. MORE
A US Magistrate in San Francisco had words for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Monday, finding that the department had violated her orders to stop collecting debts from 80,000 students of Corinthian Colleges Inc., including MORE
He traded his honor to be “relevant” as a Trump adviser. But on Syria, Trump didn’t bother to ask what he thought. It was a cri de cœur from Lindsey Graham, the lament of the sycophant MORE
On Thursday, Trump will hold a bigly rally at the Target Center in Minneapolis. But, according to the campaign, the Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, just slapped them with $530K in security fees. The Trump MORE