Ayanna Pressley Just Pulled Off a Historic Upset in Massachusetts
Ayanna Pressley for Congress/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrat Ayanna Pressley on Tuesday defeated 10-term incumbent Rep. Michael Capuano in one of the biggest upsets of this year’s primary season. With no Republican challenger, she will almost certainly go on to represent Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District, which is solidly blue…
Los Angeles Welcomes Its Scooter Overlords
This is a fancy concept scooter from MINI, shot against the LA skyline from Dodger Stadium. The yellow thing on the left is a car, soon to be obsolete.MINI USA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The city of Los Angeles has decided to approve the use of scooters within city…
I Can’t Stop Laughing at John Kelly’s Response to Bob Woodward’s Book
Ron Sachs/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The White House just sent out some responses to Bob Woodward’s Trump book. This one made me laugh out loud. From General Kelly: “The idea I ever called the President an idiot is not true. As I stated back in May and still…
Parkland Dad Escorted Out of Hearing After Trying to Shake Kavanaugh’s Hand
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fred Guttenberg—the outspoken gun control activist whose daughter was killed during the Parkland school shooting—was detained by Capitol police on Tuesday after he tried to shake Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s hand during a recess in Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing. Guttenberg attended the hearing as…
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Won’t Seek a Third Term
Rahm Emanuel at a press conference in August 2018.Teresa Crawford/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel will not seek reelection to a third term in office, he said at a press conference this morning. The announcement came as a surprise, as the embattled mayor has raised millions…
Inside the Special Police Unit That’s Transforming How Cops Investigate Sexual Assault
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One day near the end of spring semester, a 22-year-old I’ll call Abbie stood in front of a roomful of cops and recounted what happened after she was raped by another student at her college. Standing very still behind a large podium, she described how…