How to Deal with Your Climate Change-Denying Relatives Over the Holidays
Zukovic/iStock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “Birds of a feather flock together,” so I am sure that nearly all of those reading this article accept the main findings of climate science.…
Twelve Grapes, Turkey Curry, and Sushi: How Our Readers Mix Traditions for the Holidays
A couple celebrating New Year’s in Spain.martin-dm/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Every new year, just 12 seconds before midnight, Citlali and her family enact the same tradition: For every second that ticks by, they eat a grape and make a wish. It’s an old Spanish custom that’s meant to bring in luck for the…
Senate Goes Home for Christmas Without Ending Government Shutdown
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The partial government shutdown spurred by Trump’s insistence on funding a border wall isn’t ending anytime soon. That’s what became clear on Saturday afternoon, when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) closed the last-minute session of the Senate he’d called in hopes…
The NYT Just Published a Story Showing Even Trump’s Friends Are Worried About His “Isolated” Behavior
Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Trump regularly fumes during meetings and calls his aides and advisers “fucking idiots.” He watches ever more TV, wonders why the press covers him so critically, and distrusts advisers who tell him that even as president he doesn’t always have the authority to make his wishes…
“Words Fail Me”—This Is Who Donald Trump Really Is
Matt Cardy/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. CNN published a bombshell report last night about more temper tantrums in the White House. This is not surprising because, of course, it’s about Donald Trump, but reading the details is still galling. President Donald Trump has at least twice in the past few weeks vented to his acting…
The Top US Diplomat in the Fight Against ISIS Just Resigned Over Trump Pulling Out of Syria
Brett McGurk briefing reporters at the State Department in 2017Susan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The lead US envoy in the fight against ISIS resigned abruptly on Friday due to his disagreement with Trump’s decision to withdraw 2,000 troops from Syria. Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the State…