Remember the Nice Things We Don’t Have Anymore. There Will Be One In the Sky Tonight.
When the perigee occurs at the same time as a full moon, we get a “perigee syzygy”—colloquially known as a supermoon. When this happens, the moon appears up to 15 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than it usually does. The last supermooon to hit the night skies was over a year ago, and it was…
This Book Will Challenge Everything You Thought You Knew About Hate Crimes
Students at Maybeck High School in Berkeley, California, wear skirts in support of their classmate Sasha Fleischman, an agender teen, in November 2013. AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Doug Oakley Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It seemed to happen so suddenly. One minute Sasha Fleischman, an agender teen on their…
Senate Passes Sweeping Tax Bill That Overwhelmingly Benefits the Wealthiest Americans
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tells reporters “we have the votes,” as he walks to the Senate chamber on Friday.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just before 2 AM Saturday morning, Senate Republicans passed the most sweeping tax legislation in 30 years. The final version of the three-week-old bill was not released until…
Republicans Only Circulated Their 500-Page Tax Bill Hours Before the Vote. Read It Here.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, Republican lawmakers spent hours scrambling to rewrite its sweeping overhaul of the tax code. Now, it appears that the new 479-page bill is finally circulating, nevermind that it’s just hours before the Senate is expected to vote on it. Unsurprisingly, Democratic lawmakers aren’t thrilled about it. Here’s…
With Votes in Hand, Republicans Are Now Opening the Floodgates For Everyone’s Pet Giveaways
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The swamp is back! After rounding up 51 votes, Senate Republicans are busily rewriting their tax bill so that every lobbyist will love it. The thing is already a Rube Goldberg monstrosity, and now it’s time to break out the Christmas presents. The senator from…
The Trump Administration Set a Record-Low Refugee Cap. Now It’s Falling Far Short of It.
Refugees arrive in Greece last month. The Trump administration has slashed the number of refugees the United States will accept.Angelos Tzortzinis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In September, President Donald Trump cut the annual limit on the number of refugees who can come to the United States from 110,000 to…