While an aggressive push by grassroots organizations and congressional lawmakers was made to ensure Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosentein was not improperly removed or forced out of his position at the U.S. Justice Department, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday morning that he has indicated to the White House his intention to leave within the coming …
The family of Martin Luther King Jr. was among those who pushed back Monday amid the annual sanitization of the civil rights leader’s message, as the nation marked what would have been King’s 90th birthday—with Vice President Mike Pence drawing particular rebuke for attempting to co-opt his legacy. Martin Luther King III, King’s son, denounced …
From heat waves and hurricanes to fires and floods, the 10 costliest extreme weather events of 2018—driven by the global climate crisis—killed thousands of people and caused at least $84.8 billion in damage, according to a new analysis from Christian Aid. “The world’s weather is becoming more extreme before our eyes—the only thing that can …
Kimi Raikkonen scored his first points of the season at Mugello, but the Alfa Romeo driver dodged a few bullets on his way to P8. Ahead of last weekend’s Tuscan Grand Prix, Raikkonen was one of four drivers yet to put a point on the board in 2020, the Finn suffering from his team’s dismal …
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The charity Stop Hate for Profit is asking Instagram users to join a 24-hour social media “freeze” on Wednesday, during which they put up a message about Facebook Group’s “repeated failures to address hate speech and election disinformation on their platforms.” In July brands including Adidas, Birchbox, Dockers and French Connection US paused their advertising …
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Rep. Chris CollinsChristopher (Chris) Carl CollinsWe can’t afford to let local news die House bill would ban stock trading by members of Congress Former Rep. Chris Collins sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider trading MORE (R-N.Y.) received a total of $80 in contributions from donors within his district after he was indicted in …
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A racist robocall that targets Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is dialing up Florida voters, according to NBC News. “Well hello there. I is the negro Andrew Gillum and I’ll be askin’ you to make me governor of this here state of Florida,” a man impersonating Gillum in a minstrel-stye dialect says, according to audio obtained by …
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Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE on Monday urged her supporters to vote for a number of Democratic gubernatorial candidates campaigning in states currently …
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After Democratic negotiators dropped their demand for a limit on how many immigrants the Trump administration can detain and agreed to provide over $1.3 billion for fencing and other barriers at the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrant rights advocates warned on Tuesday that Democrats are conceding far too much to President Donald Trump and handing “Nativist Republicans …
After The Hill reported that some of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) fellow House Democrats were already working to recruit a primary challenger to her 2020 campaign—just four weeks into her first term—the congresswoman sought to find out whether her supporters planned to back her in the next election. They responded with a clear “yes.” Just …