The United States has condemned a pair of recent Houthi rebel attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, warning that the escalation by the Iran-backed militants in Yemen risks jeopardizing freedom of navigation and “maritime security.” “The United States condemns the unprovoked Houthi terror attack on the civilian cargo vessels MV Magic Seas and…
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is set to make a trip to Iowa next month as speculation about possible presidential ambitions stirs around the freshman senator. Gallego’s political operation announced in a press release Wednesday that he will visit the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 8. A day later, Aug. 9, he will also hold a…
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo blasted Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) for blaming cuts to the federal government for the federal response to deadly flooding in Texas over the July 4 holiday weekend. “Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, I have been trying to get him on the show, now I don’t want him,” he said late Tuesday during…
If Brandenburg’s value was understood, those facing prosecution or deportation for their public statements could have relied on the First Amendment to protect them.
Comedian Roseanne Barr, a supporter of President Trump, told the president to “read the damn room” after he questioned whether people still care about the Jeffrey Epstein case during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “Mr. President- Yes, we still care about Epstein. Is there a time to not care about child sex trafficking? Read the…
“The state is showing BK mercy by removing the death penalty. BK did not show Kaylee ANY mercy,” the Goncalves family wrote.
Ryan Routh was accused of staking out Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him.
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell called President Trump’s second term the “stupidest” presidency in history and said it is being covered by the “stupidest” press corps. “Well, the possibility of a relentlessly stupid person becoming president of the United States has been underexplored by screenwriters,” O’Donnell said Tuesday on his nightly show “The Last Word.” “And…
Uma Fox Staff at Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka never expected their small initiative to become the target of the kind of fake news it had actively worked to fight against. The post Defunded by Trump, a Sri Lankan Project Confronts the Problem It Tried to Solve appeared first on The Nation.
Jon Wiener On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson on the fight against ICE in Southern California, and Rachel Kushner on her latest novel. The post Trump v. L.A.—Plus, Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” appeared first on The Nation.
