Lawyers prepare to defend travelers to US at airports
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN LONG and AMY TAXIN NEW YORK (AP) — When the Trump administration’s travel ban takes partial effect this week, immigrant-rights lawyers plan to head to […]
Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol
Source: Yahoo News Jill Bleed and Andrew Demillo, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man yelled “Freedom!” as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas’ new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the destruction of Oklahoma’s monument at its state Capitol, authorities […]
Sarah Palin sues New York Times
Source: CNN By Dylan Byers The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate filed a lawsuit against the Times on Tuesday alleging that a recent editorial falsely portrayed her as […]
Church and states braced for biggest battle on euthanasia
Source: The Guardian by Gay Alcorn and Melissa Davey The American state of Oregon has allowed doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for terminally ill patients for almost 20 years, and […]
U.S. judge halts deportation of Iraqis nationwide
Source: Reuters By Steve Friess | DETROIT A federal judge halted late on Monday the deportation of all Iraqi nationals detained during immigration sweeps across the United States this month […]
Image of the United States has plunged under Trump, survey shows
Source: Yahoo News By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) – The image of the United States has deteriorated sharply across the globe under President Donald Trump and an overwhelming majority of […]
Trump causes ‘major’ shift in global view of US: Pew
Source: BBC News Donald Trump’s presidency has had a “major impact on how the world sees the United States”, a large new study says. The survey, by the Pew Research […]
Trump causes ‘major’ shift in global view of US: Pew
Source: BBC Donald Trump’s presidency has had a “major impact on how the world sees the United States”, a large new study says. The survey, by the Pew Research Center, interviewed more than 40,000 people in 37 countries this year. It concluded that the US president and his policies “are […]
US warns Syria over ‘potential’ plan for chemical attack
Source: BBC News The US says it has identified “potential preparations” for another chemical attack in Syria, and issued a stark warning to the Syrian government. The White House said […]
Supreme Court Takes Up Travel Ban Case, and Allows Parts to Go Ahead
Source: The New York Times By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ADAM LIPTAK Photo Protesters and bystanders outside the Supreme Court on Monday. The court will hear arguments in October on […]
President Trump Thinks the Senate Health Care Bill Is ‘Mean.’ But He Still Supports It
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Updated: 8:36 AM ET | Originally published: Jun 25, 2017 President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he had characterized the House’s version of the Obamacare […]
22 Retailers That Are at Serious Risk of Bankruptcy
Source: Time BY Brad Tuttle Jun 13, 2017 Things just seem to keep getting worse for the troubled brick-and-mortar retail world. After years of struggling to compete with all-powerful Amazon, […]
Donald Trump’s travel ban allowed ‘in part’, Supreme Court rules
Source: Metro President Donald Trump’s ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries will be reviewed, the Supreme Court has ruled. The ban, which sparked a wave of protests at airports across America, led to chaos as people with green cards and visas found themselves caught up in it. It restricted […]
Donald Trump breaks White House tradition by not holding Eid dinner
Source: Metro The president is the first leader not to host a dinner for nearly two decades after the tradition was started by Bill Clinton and then continued by George W. Bush and Barack Obama.Instead, the Republican chose to release a statement wishing ‘warm greetings’ to those celebrating Eid.In a […]
Trump gift leaves Australian PM Turnbull bemused
Source: BBC News Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionRepaired ties: Mr Turnbull and Mr Trump have reportedly put the past behind them Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been left somewhat bemused after […]
Qatar demands difficult to meet, says US
Source: BBC News Some demands set by four Arab states on Qatar in return for lifting sanctions will be “difficult to meet”, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says. However, […]
Why It’s No Longer Possible for Any Country to Win a War
Source: Time By Yuval Noah Harari Jun 23, 2017 IDEAS Harari is the internationally best-selling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of […]
Extreme Heat Waves Will Change How We Live. We’re Not Ready
Source: Time BY Justin Worland Jun 23, 2017 Extreme heat struck across the Southwest U.S. this week, sending temperatures in Phoenix soaring to near 120°F and grounding airplanes that were […]
Impeachment
Source: Dawn All this supports Comey’s assertion that he was dismissed because he was investigating charges that “the Russians interfered in our elections” against Hillary Clinton and in favour of Trump. That web of ‘the Russian connection’ between Trump’s associates during and after the election campaign is for the recently […]
Racism Is Part of the Health Care Debate
Source: Time Dr. Sandro Galea Jun 22, 2017 IDEAS Galea is Dean of Boston University School of Public Health. Last month, the Congressional Budget Office released its evaluation of the […]