Month: June 2019

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell called out President Donald Trump’s response to new allegations of sexual assault as “a rapist’s answer.” Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll “Lawrence O’Donnell Shreds Trump’s Reply To Accuser: ‘That Is A Rapist’s Answer’”

Summer vacation started off big for former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. The former first couple was seen double dating with friends George and “Obamas Hang Out With The Clooneys In Lake Como For Memorable Double Date”

Late night television hosts this week took President Donald Trump to task for the way in which he denied the rape allegation that advice columnist E. Jean “Trevor Noah Nails Why Donald Trump’s ‘Not My Type’ Rape Denial Is So Vile”

San Francisco is expected to become the first city in the country to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes in an effort to combat teen “San Francisco Set To Become First City To Ban E-Cigarette Sales”

Following a flurry of last-minute changes and the quashing of what’s been described as a “mini-revolt” spearheaded by some liberal critics, the Democratic-led House rallied “House Approves $4.5 Billion Emergency Border Aid Bill To Address Humanitarian Crisis”

YouTube announced on Wednesday new policies banning supremacist content from the platform, including videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, “YouTube’s Track Record Suggests Its New Anti-Hate Policy Will Fail”

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of just two Republican senators to publicly express support for abortion rights, has voted for dozens of President Donald “Senator Susan Collins Keeps Voting For Donald Trump’s Anti-Abortion Judges”

By April Simpson SILVER SPRING, Md. — The shelves at your local food bank are likely stocked. Give credit to President Donald Trump’s trade war with “Food Banks Are Winning In Trump’s Trade War With China”

This story was produced and originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ticks, mosquitoes, tree-wrecking beetles, locusts. The list “Is Climate Change Really Driving The Ratpocalypse?”

President Donald Trump is set to meet Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar on Wednesday, but as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow pointed out, the scene of “Maddow Mocks Trump’s ‘Weird’ Meeting With Ireland’s Leader In An Airport Lounge”