Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said she was troubled by social media posts that the leading Democrat in Maine’s Senate race made more than a decade ago about sexual assault. Last year, The Washington Post uncovered online comments that Graham Platner posted in 2013, in which the Democratic candidate downplayed the difficulties service members face when...
President Trump said on Saturday that he might pull even more U.S. military troops out of Germany, a threat that came one day after he ordered the Pentagon to withdraw approximately 5,000 service members from the country. “We are going to cut way down, and we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000,” Trump told reporters...
An attorney representing the Trump administration informed a U.S. District Court Friday evening that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts the agency did not renew in January, reversing a controversial decision that prompted a coalition of labor unions, scientific groups and local governments to sue the administration.
The leader of the Czech Republic pushed back this week against President Trump’s accusations that Europe has failed to do its part to support the U.S.’s ongoing military operations against Iran. “I believe that Europe could do much more, but we are not part of it,” Czech President Petr Pavel told CNN’s Christine Amanpour at...
According to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, “Approximately 30 to 60% of children from homes where domestic abuse is present...
President Donald Trump’s trade deals are finally here. Japan, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and others seem ready to sign. At this point, it’s hard to tell if trade will be expanded or reduced overall. The United States is raising tariffs while other countries are reducing them, and the details are still lacking. But […]
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta interviewed an AI recreation of Joaquin Oliver on Monday about gun violence and gun control. Joaquin was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when a gunman killed 17 people there on February 14, 2018. Joaquin was one of those who lost his life. Monday would […]
President Donald Trump should be concerned about the accuracy of the census, especially since the last one undercounted in Republican states, costing them six net seats in the House. However, a mid-decade census would not only be unprecedented but also logistically impossible, as it takes years to plan and hire for. Additionally, while Trump has […]
This year, New York City residents have been benefitting from historic declines in shootings and homicides, and from less-sharp, but still meaningful, decreases in...
