The Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday voted down an effort to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the Yemen War Powers resolution. The bill—introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—would have ended U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s deadly bombing campaign in Yemen, which has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. “Yemen is a microcosm of everything that …
President Donald Trump welcomed far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House Monday, drawing outrage from progressive quarters. “By meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán today,” said Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), “Donald Trump is giving tacit approval for his racist, misogynist, ‘soft fascism.’” Orbán, as the New York Times reported, “was, in …
The British Fashion Council is joining forces with Amazon Fashion during London Fashion Week to support British fashion designers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic with a new designer digital storefront. The Amazon Fashion x London Fashion Week digital boutique will support and enable small and medium-sized British fashion designers to showcase their collections and tell …
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Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo says he simply didn’t have the pace to protect his P3 position against Red Bull’s Alex Albon in his final stint in Sunday’s Tuscan Grand Prix Riccardo steered clear of the chaos and mayhem that engulfed Sunday’s race at Mugello, almost unassumingly holding his own among the top six in an event …
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Democrat Joe Cunningham is projected win his bid to represent South Carolina’s 1st district, defeating a candidate closely aligned with President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE and shifting …
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Monday downplayed questions about why he didn’t remove Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes prior to this year’s election, after accusing her in a lawsuit of mishandling ballots, threatening his chances of unseating Sen. Bill NelsonClarence (Bill) William NelsonNASA, SpaceX and the private-public partnership that caused the flight of …
The results of Florida’s Senate and governor races hang in the balance Thursday as the state gears up to announce the outcomes of machine recounts in both contests following a 3 p.m. deadline on Thursday. Florida’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner had ordered the machine recounts for the two races, as well as for agriculture commissioner, as stipulated under …
Providing yet another example of how the billionaire Koch brothers use their immense wealth to influence university research and spread their corporate-friendly ideology, a report released Monday detailed how George Washington University’s ostensibly neutral Regulatory Studies Center is in fact a “key cog” in the Koch family’s fight to slash government regulations designed to protect …
In what advocates for LGBTQ rights condemned as “yet another dangerous and disgraceful attack on transgender people from the Trump administration,” the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday announced a proposal to allow taxpayer-funded homeless shelters to turn away trans individuals. “When shelters are allowed to turn transgender people away—a policy that is …
In a move that elicited fresh concerns and demands for justice, the Michigan prosecution team investigating the Flint water crisis announced Thursday that it was dismissing all pending criminal charges against eight former and current officials and launching a new probe, citing concerns with the initial one. “There is no more time for dubious foot-dragging; …