It’s often argued that climate change is not a technological or engineering problem, it is a political problem. And it’s true. We have all the technology we need to power the world with renewables and stave off the worst of climate chaos. What we lackis the political will to take …
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London since the summer of 2012, is back in the news. Last week, word of a sealed federal indictment involving him leaked out. The news came out in a strange way, via an unrelated case in Virginia. In …
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President Trump will host a ceremony on Monday to swear in Brett Kavanaugh as the newest Supreme Court justice, but his status on the court was actually made official on Saturday, hours after the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him. The battle to get those 50 votes was among the …
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency should, ideally, operate independently of the president’s ego.This doesn’t appear to be the case in 2018. During a Sunday morning appearance onMeet the Press, FEMA Director Brock Long defended the president’s claim that the Hurricane Maria death toll in Puerto Rico had been artificially inflated. …
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Barack Obama has largely stayed out of the public eye since he turned the presidency over to Donald Trump in January 2017. That’s about to change. The 44th president is set to embark on a nationwide tour aimed at promoting Democratic candidates this November. Before appearing with any specific hopefuls, …
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On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee about how foreign adversaries have been able to weaponize social media. Crashing the party were InfoWars host Alex Jones and a colorful lineup of alt-right trolls who have been banned from various online …
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Texas congressman and Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke visited Ellen for Wednesday’s episode, with the former punk rock bassist discussing his Election Day battle against Ted Cruz, his stance on the NFL players’ anthem protests and Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to Texas, where the president will voice his support for his …
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As President Trump continues to feel the heat from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, he’s taken refuge in touting America’s booming economy. “Consumer Confidence Index, just out, is the HIGHEST IN 18 YEARS!” the president tweeted on Wednesday. “Also, GDP revised upward to 4.2 from 4.1. Our country is …
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ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA — On the fourth day of Paul Manafort’s trial, the invoices and photos attesting to the luxurious lifestyle of President Trump’s former campaign chairman were replaced by talk of K-1 forms and gross receipts, Schedule Bs and Schedule Es. The ostrich jacket and silk suits were gone. This …
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Back on April 19th, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shocked the political world when he announced he was introducing his own bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. While many publications wrote glowing headlines stating the bill was going to be introduced on 4/20 – the nation’s unofficial weed …
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