Chart of the Day: Right-Wing Violence Soars During Trump Presidency
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GM Follows Ford, Slashes Auto Production
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. GM is cutting back production: General Motors said Monday that it planned to idle five factories in North America and cut several thousand blue-collar and salaried jobs in a bid to trim costs. The action follows similar job-cutting moves by Ford Motor in the face…
Exclusive Video: Secret Service Agents Interview Tom Arnold About His Anti-Trump Tweets
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On October 25, as federal agencies, including the Secret Service, were on a fierce hunt for the person who sent pipe bombs to the Clintons, the Obamas, billionaire George Soros, and other Donald Trump critics, two Secret Service agents paid a visit to comedian and…
Major League Baseball Wants Cindy Hyde-Smith to Return its $5,000 Donation
Cindy Hyde-Smith campaigns in Mississippi before the runoff election.Zach Roberts/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Almost two weeks after Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said that if she were invited to a public hanging she would be “in the front row,” Major League Baseball PAC donated $5,000, the legal maximum, to her campaign. Now…
US Agents Just Fired Tear Gas on Migrants Near the San Diego-Tijuana Border
Three Honduran migrants huddle in the riverbank amid tear gas fired by US agents on the Mexico-US border.Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The San Ysidro Port of Entry between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California, was temporarily closed on Sunday following protests from migrants who reportedly pushed…
Ukraine Is Accusing Russia of Attacking and Seizing Three of its Ships in the Black Sea
The Russian-built Kerch bridge connecting the Russian mainland with the Crimean Peninsula on November 25.AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Sunday, Ukraine accused Russia of opening fire on and seizing three of its ships in the Sea of Azov, off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula, according to…