Trump Shut Down the Government to Protect National Security. He Hurt It Instead.
RomanBabakin/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two days before President Donald Trump finally agreed to end the longest government shutdown in American history, federal employees were already sounding the alarm about the threat posed to national security. From airport employees to FBI agents, Trump’s insistence on security at the southern…
“We’re About to Make Pimps’ Jobs Real Easy”: The Shutdown Has Put Trafficking Victims in Harm’s Way
Favor_of_God/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At Courtney’s House, a Washington, DC, center for young sex trafficking survivors, founder Tina Frundt has been seeing kids every day who are afraid of the government shutdown. They’re worried, she says, that it is affecting the many services they sorely need. She spoke of one 19-year-old she works…
For Algorithmic Perfection, All You Need Is Tove Styrke and Ritual’s New Single
@blakexcharles/Tove Styrke/Twitter Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: “Love Me Back” by Ritual and Tove Styrke (Island Records, 2019) Why we’re into it: This classic electronic-pop track is a master class in contrasting melancholy lyrics with upbeat production. Look, this song may sound exactly like “Closer” 2.0 in the way that it…
Trump Caves, Agrees to Short-Term Spending Bill to End Longest Shutdown in US History
Michael Candelori/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has agreed to a short-term spending bill that would temporarily reopen the government and end the longest government shutdown in US history. BREAKING: Pres. Trump: “I am very proud to announce today that we have reached…
Mueller Indicts Trump Pal Roger Stone
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Roger Mueller has indicted yet another Trump confidant: Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime informal adviser to President Trump, was arrested Friday by the FBI in Florida on charges that he lied and tried to tamper with a witness to hide…
Bloomberg: It Costs $4,000 to Mine a Bitcoin Worth $3,600
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Bloomberg provides the latest on Bitcoin: The production-weighted cash cost to create one Bitcoin averaged around $4,060 globally in the fourth quarter, according to analysts with JPMorgan Chase & Co. With Bitcoin itself currently trading below $3,600, that doesn’t look like such a good deal.…