Trump Gives White Supremacists an Unequivocal Boost Trump Gives White Supremacists an Unequivocal Boost:- President Trump buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday as no president has done in generations — equating activists protesting racism with the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. Never […]
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Chicago schools budget counts on uncertain funding Chicago schools budget counts on uncertain funding:- A fiscal 2018 budget unveiled on Friday by the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) depends on nearly $570 million in new money from the state and city that may not materialize or has not been identified. The […]
Why Donald Trump Needs Muslim Women On an April morning 10 years ago, I set out to speak at the Indiana General Assembly. I was a graduate student then, green and greedy for any sort of opportunity that would lift me above all of the other sharp and competitive students […]
Trump’s Twitter Fury at McConnell Risks Alienating a Key Ally Trump’s Twitter Fury at McConnell Risks Alienating a Key Ally:- By preventing President Barack Obama from filling a Supreme Court vacancy, Senator Mitch McConnell secured Donald J. Trump the signature accomplishment of his young presidency: the confirmation of Justice Neil […]
Hawaii, First state to prepare for nuclear attack Mitsuko Heidtke shakes her head in disbelief after hearing that Hawaii is now the first US state to prepare for the possibility of a nuclear strike by North Korea. She lives on the island of Oahu now, but 72 years ago she […]
Mattis to North Korea: Stop actions that could lead to destruction of its people US Defense Secretary James Mattis issued a dramatic ultimatum to North Korea on Wednesday to “cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and destruction of its people” — strong […]
Chicago to sue Trump administration over sanctuary city funding threat Chicago will sue the Trump administration on Monday over threats to withhold public safety grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, escalating a pushback against a federal immigration crackdown, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sunday. The federal lawsuit comes less than […]
Mueller’s investigation of Trump is going too far Mueller’s investigation of Trump is going too far:- Last month, when President Donald Trump was asked by The New York Times if special counsel Robert Mueller would be crossing a line if he started investigating the finances of Trump and his family, […]
Hillary Clinton Hires Two Former Campaign Aides For Resistance PAC Hillary Clinton Hires Two Former Campaign Aides For Resistance PAC:- Hillary Clinton has hired two political operatives from her 2016 presidential campaign to help manage Onward Together, the project she founded this spring with former governor Howard Dean to fund […]
Only 6 people have ever voted against an FBI director Only 6 people have ever voted against an FBI director:- Only once had a US Senator ever voted against a nominee for FBI director — until today. Five Democrats cast their ballots Tuesday afternoon opposing the confirmation of Christopher Wray, […]
