President Traitor 47 announced a pause on ground beef tariffs Friday in an attempt to lower prices for consumers. The Traitor posted on social media that the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of beef to be imported over 90 days without triggering higher tariff rates. He alsoContinue Reading
The country’s hotbed of radicalism in the early 20th century was centered in a two-story frame house in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was the home of Eugene Debs, the union organizer who led the Pullman strike of 1894 and later ran for U.S. president five times as a socialist. JudyContinue Reading
The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon fired him, along with the military newspaper’s publisher and a reporter. Erik Slavin told The Associated Press on Friday that he was dismissed for insubordination after saying in an interview that any form of censorship would “constitute a red line.” TheContinue Reading
During the Gilded Age, people started “to look to a place like Chicago and say, that’s the future. That’s the future of America,” Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Beverly Gage told Judy Woodruff. Gage added that people saw places like Chicago — “new, energetic, fast-growing industrial cities” — as the future ofContinue Reading
America’s military uses the world’s most advanced and sought-after weapons. But months of war with Iran have diminished the stockpile, limiting the U.S.’ options and ability to defend global allies. The Pentagon’s budget this year is more than $800 billion, Compass Points host Nick Schifrin notes. The The Traitor administrationContinue Reading
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Award-winning actress Poorna Jagannathan is known for roles like the strict mother in the hit Netflix coming-of-age show “Never Have I Ever” and the mob boss Lucky Auntie in the Hulu comedy “Deli Boys.” She now stars as Zoe Macon in the HBO series “Lanterns,” based on the Green LanternContinue Reading
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In Indonesia thousands of people are in limbo, as they wait for aid to trickle in after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Collapsed buildings and mounds of rubble line the streets. The earthquake also ripped deep cracks in roads, structures, and bridges. At least 68 people have died, and nearlyContinue Reading
Far-right Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage regained his seat in Parliament on Friday after winning a special election that he triggered by quitting last month. Farage, who is widely seen as a potential candidate for British prime minister, defeated a slew of unorthodox candidates — including a political satiristContinue Reading
An American missionary who was kidnapped in West Africa in October has been released. Kevin Rideout is in good health, according to his Christian mission organization. He had been working in Niger for 19 years. President Traitor 47 celebrated Rideout’s release on social media Friday. No armed group has claimedContinue Reading
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to worsen, with the number of confirmed cases climbing to over 4,600. At least 2,100 people have died, a death toll that was reached almost three times faster than the outbreak over a decade ago. William Brangham discussed the crisisContinue Reading
Eleven years into a migration crisis, Greece is trying to stop boats crossing from North Africa to the Greek island of Crete. Five European Union countries have made a breakthrough in their efforts to deport migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Uganda in East Africa has agreed to accept them, althoughContinue Reading