Azam, who was 32 and worked for global consulting services firm Accenture ACN.N, is one of the latest victims of a wave of lynchings in India, as ill-equipped and outnumbered police struggle to contain mob violence triggered by false messages about child kidnappings spread via platforms like Facebook’s FB.O WhatsApp messaging service, which is very popular in India.
Democratic lawmakers stepped up pressure on President Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, demanding more information on her role in the administration’s immigration policies and her stance on consumer finance issues.
Thousands protested in central Moscow on Sunday against a proposed increase to the retirement age and the crowd chanted slogans critical of President Vladimir Putin whose approval ratings have been dented by the bill.
Trump’s lying tweet forced the New York Times to go on the record with their version of a meeting with Trump which had originally been off the record, in which publisher A.G. Sulzberger warned the President that his rhetoric about journalists and the press was dangerous and would lead to violence.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) and three other House Republicans are threatening to sue Twitter because their accounts were temporarily shadowbanned.
Robert Mueller is investigating Trump’s tweets, so the president responded by attacking the Special Counsel on Twitter.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) responded to a question about Donald Trump Jr. potentially committing a crime by lying to Congress with a call for the Mueller investigation to end.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) humiliated Trump after he threatened to shut down the government by calling his bluff and saying that the American people will not be bullied into paying for his wall.
Top Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow admitted that there is no trade deal with the EU, only an agreement to agree on items that are still being discussed.
Trump tried to tweet tough by threatening a government shutdown before the midterms unless Democrats pay for his wall, but the problem is that any Trump driven shutdown would seal the deal on a Democratic midterm victory.
The Trump administration is unable and unwilling to adequately clean up their mess and hundreds of families have been permanently damaged in the process.
North Korea transferred the remains of an unspecified number of soldiers killed in the Korean War, the White House said on Thursday, a first step by Pyongyang to implement an agreement made in a landmark summit in June in Singapore.
Beleaguered right-wing Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio asserted once again on Sunday that he and Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows of North Carolina will soon force a vote on a House resolution seeking the impeachment of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. According to the belligerent and aggressive Jordan, who wants to be Speaker of the…
After taking a day off for some unexplained reason, President Donald Trump was back on Twitter Sunday morning addressing many of his favorite topics, including:  Attacking his former personal attorney Michael Cohen, Defending his son, Donald Trump, Jr., Threatening to shut down down the government, Demanding Congress give in to his demands on immigration, and Repeating…
Secret “dark money†nonprofits are working with a previously unknown organization that is spending millions of dollars helping Democratic congressional candidates in swing districts during this election cycle. The nonprofts are buying large numbers of TV and other ads attacking swing-seat House Republicans on such issues as affordable health care and tax breaks for billionaires. This…
On Wednesday we reported a problem with respect to Trump campaign flags: “The red, white and blue banners for U.S. President Donald Trump’s second-term campaign are ready to ship, emblazoned with the words “Keep America Great!â€Â  But they are made in eastern China and soon could be hit by punitive tariffs of Trump’s own making as…
Senior officials and donors from the groups affiliated with billionaire conservative businessman Charles Koch expressed great displeasure with President Donald Trump and his Republican enablers in the U.S. Congress at the group’s biannual seminar in Colorado Springs this weekend. “Trump tariffs assailed at Koch network gathering†Trump tariffs assailed at Koch network gathering https://t.co/FeFtFKrgXg —…
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to sue the Associated Press (AP) due to a story appearing yesterday about a confrontation on his book tour. The story said a former high school classmate of Spicer’s accused him of calling him the n-word many years ago. “Spicer threatens legal action over Associated Press…
