Trump Blames Obama for Suspected Chemical Attack in Syria
John Angelillo/Zumapress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Sunday morning, President Trump took to Twitter to condemn the suspected chemical attack that killed at least 42 people in the Syrian rebel-held town of Douma on Saturday night. More than 500 people, including many children, have been brought to area hospitals…
Trump Tower Has Its Second Fire of the Year
A firefighter looks out the window of a damaged Trump tower apartment on April 7Craig Ruttle/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday, a fire at Trump tower in New York City killed 67-year-old Todd Brassner, a resident of the building, and left six firefighters injured. The blaze, which broke out on…
A Liberal Who Worked at Fox News Has Some Pretty Good Advice About How to Put Up With Conservatives
Paul Takeuchi Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When progressive political commentator Sally Kohn stepped into an office full of conservatives at the start of her job at Fox News in 2011, “I had this idea that they were oozing hate at me,” she said. “Then I realized the reality was more…
Why Antarctica’s Prehistoric Forests Might Foreshadow Its Future
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On their way back from the South Pole in 1912, Robert Falcon Scott and his team discovered the delicate lines of plant leaves pressed into the hard rock of Antarctica. They were…
Why Does Scott Pruitt Need a Bulletproof Desk, a Bulletproof Car, and $3 Million in 24/7 Security?
Cheriss May/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump stands by his man: While Security spending was somewhat more than his predecessor, Scott Pruitt has received death threats because of his bold actions at EPA. Record clean Air & Water while saving USA Billions of Dollars. Rent was…
Ted Nugent Calls for Shooting “Half of Our Government”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s favorite conspiracy theorist Alex Jones recently sat down with Ted Nugent—the rock guitarist and NRA board member who was invited to the White House for a bizarre photo-op last year—for a conversation on the “true, America-hating” evil found in gun control advocates. The two…