House and Senate Republicans criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend tariffs on ground beef imports, with lawmakers from agricultural states decrying the impact Trump’s decision will have on farmers.
The Senate has been out of session for about two weeks. It’s convened in brief “pro forma” sessions for just a couple of moments on four occasions since senators called it quits for more than a month at 4:57 a.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 8. Pro forma sessions are where the Senate huddles for just … Read more
33,124 residents still in the dark as utility company says it is working to restore power in north-west of state Thousands of residents of north-west Indiana on Saturday were headed for their 11th day without electric power after storms swept through the state, toppling trees and power lines, earlier in August. The powerless conditions have … Read more
PEN America condemns lawyers using passage from thriller to bolster claim ex-FBI director intended to harm Trump A leading US free-expression group has hit out at federal prosecutors’ use of a novel written by former FBI director James Comey in their case accusing him of threatening to kill Donald Trump. “Citing a novel to save … Read more
Stacy Adair, an award-winning teacher from Colorado, is facing scrutiny after a complaint that accused her of spreading anti-transgender messaging by wearing an “XX ≠ XY” chromosome t-shirt to a professional development training event earlier this month. “They get an anonymous complaint — nobody said anything that day,” Adair, who was named teacher of the … Read more
The United States Postal Service (USPS) published a rule Friday that would require states to provide lists of voters who received mail-in ballots to the agency. The USPS rule, first proposed on June 2, moves to align the agency with President Donald Trump’s March 31 executive order, which, among other things, ordered the agency to … Read more
Omaha police agreed to stop carrying electric shock gloves in the halls of state’s largest public school district Omaha police recently agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska’s largest public school district. The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after the Associated … Read more
The U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on a wide swath of Canadian goods at midnight after trade talks between the two countries collapsed. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to the tariffs saying, “Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar.”
Latest attack happened amid Islamophobic blowback against Arab and Muslim Americans running for office Nashid Shakir describes how assailants used wire cutters to break into the Westwood Islamic Community Center in the early hours of 3 August. “They cut the wire and broke the window to get in. They broke into the office, too. It … Read more
A Democrat’s remarks have resulted in impassioned defenses of the Trump aide. The right has discovered misogyny Jon Ossoff is quite the miracle worker. Perhaps the Democratic senator can’t turn water into wine, but he has managed to turn whining conservatives into impassioned feminists. During a rally last Sunday, the Georgia senator delivered a takedown … Read more
