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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who during his confirmation hearings repeatedly vowed to promote human rights as a core American value, alarmed human rights advocates when he did not appear in person to present the State Department’s annual human rights report, released Friday. In a break with long-standing tradition only rarely breached, Tillerson’s remarks were…
A member of the European Parliament votes to lift parliamentary immunity of Marine Le Pen during the plenary session at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, March 2, 2017.(Photo: STEPHANIE LECOCQ, EPA) cxenseparse_start A Polish lawmaker sparked a backlash in the European Parliament after he said women should not have equal pay to men because they…
To hear Vice President Mike Pence tell it, Hillary Clinton‘s email debacle makes her one of the most corrupt politicians since Richard Nixon. But what about his emails? Emails obtained through public record inquiries by the IndyStar show Mike Pence used a private AOL email account, which has been under scrutiny since November, to handle sensitive government…
Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 2, 2017 The media praises Donald Trump for coming across as presidential in his first speech in front of Congress, but Trevor knows it was all just a performance. Watch…
On Wednesday, far-right Twitter user @polNewsNetwork1 denounced this photo as “the future that liberals want.” This is the future that liberals want. — /pol/ News Network (@polNewsNetwork1) ID: 10626977 2. And right off the bat, it kiiiiind of backfired. Imagine getting your panties in a bunch over people literally just sitting there existing https://t.co/rNI4QVDfoy —…
Congressional Democrats are calling for the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions after news broke that he had failed to mention in his confirmation hearing that he had held discussions with a top official from the Russian government. “Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing before the Senate.” House Minority Leader Nancy…
Noted white supremacist and current United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions said under oath at his confirmation hearing that he’d had no contact with Russia during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. That wasn’t true, according to the Department of Justice. “I did not have communications with the Russians” is the new “I did not have…
Donald Trump has announced he will form a new agency to deal with immigrant crime and pledged to publish a regular list of all crimes committed by non-US citizens. During a landmark speech to Congress markedly softer in tone than his inauguration address, in which he dialled back his trademark brash rhetoric, he revealed that…
Here’s what you have to understand about the sort of people who become anchors, nonpartisan pundits, centrist columnists, and cable news political correspondents: They didn’t sign up to be the resistance. They don’t want Donald Trump to fail. They want him to “pivot” and “act presidential.” Yeah, there are guys (and it is guys, for…
WASHINGTON ― Federal immigration authorities arrested a 22-year-old woman in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday shortly after she spoke to the media about the detention of her family. Law enforcement had initially declined to arrest Daniela Vargas, who was previously granted deportation reprieve under the Obama administration’s deferred action program. On Feb. 15, Vargas was half-asleep…