Warlord Backed by Trump Is Blamed for Bombing a Migrant Camp in Libya
A migrant shelter hit by an airstrike near Tripoli, Libya on July 03, 2019.Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images A Libyan warlord who has received rhetorical support from President Donald Trump is being blamed for the bombing of a detention center near Tripoli that killed at least 44 migrants Wednesday. The warlord, Khalifa Haftar, whose Libyan National…
The Courts Won’t End Gerrymandering. Eric Holder Has a Plan to Fix It Without Them.
On a frigid March morning, Eric Holder strode into a brick union hall on the west side of Milwaukee, across from a credit union and an auto body shop. The Merrill Park neighborhood was once the center of the city’s Irish political machine, filled with stately Victorian houses—including the childhood home of Spencer Tracy—but it…
Seething Senators Call Trump’s Environmental Plans Literally Toxic and “Dangerously off the Rails”
President Trump with EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in 2018.Win McNamee/Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Senate Democrats are charging that the Trump administration has gone “dangerously off the rails,” in failing to implement landmark legislation meant to protect people from toxic chemicals. In…
More People Than Ever Say They Support Trans Rights. But Do They Support the Policies?
LGBTQ activists and supporters rally in support of transgender people at New York City Hall in late 2018.Drew Angerer / Getty Images A survey by the Public Religion Research Institute made headlines last week with its finding that 62 percent of Americans say they have become more supportive of transgender rights in the last five years. Media…
Felix Sater Will Testify in Private About Trump Tower Moscow. He Says He Was Willing to Do it Publicly.
Donald Trump, Tevfik Arif, and Felix Sater attend the Trump Soho Launch Party on September 19, 2007 in New York.Mark Von Holden/WireImage Felix Sater, a real estate developer who helped Donald Trump secretly pursue a Trump-branded tower project in Moscow, will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday after months of delay, but the…
Ayanna Pressley Wants to Ditch an Old Anti-Abortion Law. House Democrats Aren’t Listening.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks to demonstrators outside of the Supreme Court on May 21, 2019.Stefani Reynolds/AP Images The Democratic majority in the US House appears likely to pass a spending bill which will include the Hyde Amendment, a measure that blocks federal funds from being spent on abortions, despite clear opposition from the the party’s base and…