A Former Coast Guard Lieutenant Gets 13 Years After Plotting to Kill Liberals
Hasson’s weapons stockpile.Maryland U.S. District Attorney/AP On Friday, Christopher Hasson, a 50-year-old Maryland man, was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison for various drug and gun charges after drafting a hit list targeting popular left-leaning media personalities and Democratic politicians. Hasson, a former Coast Guard lieutenant who described himself as a white nationalist, was…
Trump’s First Weekend Tweets Screw up Math and Compare Himself to a Circus
Evan Vucci/AP The president of the United States is probably in a good mood. Last night in the Senate, a vote to call witnesses in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial failed, bringing him one step closer to acquittal. So on Saturday morning, in time-tested Trump fashion, he took to Twitter to share some thoughts with America.…
YouTube Creators Cash In on Coronavirus Fears
Hundreds of people on Thursday wait in a queue to buy surgical masks at a store in Hong Kong.Keith Tsuji/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Little-known YouTube accounts are trying to capitalize off fears about the coronavirus to gain viral clout—and for some, it’s paying off. Video creators are cranking out content that, in many cases, spreads alarm, unsubstantiated…
It’s the Home Stretch in Iowa. But Where Are All the Candidates?
Sue Ogrocki/AP Bernie Sanders’ town hall in Creston, Iowa, on Friday afternoon had most of the trappings of the hectic homestretch of a presidential campaign. At a community college auditorium an hour southwest of Des Moines, volunteers handed out cards with information about caucus sites, and a local field organizer gave a hard-sell about picking…
Native Species or Invasive? The Distinction Blurs as the World Warms
An European parrotfish in Aegean Sea in Turkey.Atese/Getty This piece was originally published in Yale Environment 360 and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Across the warming globe, a mass exodus of tens of thousands of species is transforming the distribution of biodiversity—and challenging fundamental tenets in conservation policy and science. Are policymakers,…
The Senate Will Not Have Witnesses for Impeachment
That makes it official. The Senate voted this afternoon, 51 to 49, to move ahead with the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump without further witnesses or documents. This is after the Friday’s news that John Bolton’s forthcoming book says Trump asked Bolton to help with the Ukraine pressure campaign at the heart of impeachment…