White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said that because he is a “social scientist,” his opinion about an unproven drug that carries serious risks for coronavirus patients should be taken seriously. Navarro made the remark during a tense Monday morning interview on CNN. Host John Berman asked Navarro about a …
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An unlikely crew of environmentalists who took on the powerful Pennsylvania fracking industry in a David vs. Goliath battle to keep an injection well out of their community have notched an important victory in their fight. Using a novel strategy — seeking legal rights for nature itself — the rural …
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White House physician Sean Conley says President Donald Trump has tested negative for the new coronavirus. But the administration has been intentionally spreading disinformation, which gives us little confidence in the veracity of this most recent statement. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham released a statement on Saturday that said …
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President Trump held a press conference on Saturday to give an update on how the government is handling the coronavirus. Per usual, the president’s words included a mixed bag of half-truths and misinformed statements. Trump first told Americans that “there’s no reason to panic at all” and although “additional cases …
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The day after President Trump announced Vice President Mike Pence would be in charge of the country’s response to coronavirus, Pence found time in his schedule to speak at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference that claims to be the “largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world.” …
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Roger Stone on Friday became the latest in a long line of Trump World figures to add “convicted felon” to his resume since the president took office. The vultures now appear to be circling around Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney who is currently waist-deep in a quagmire of corruption the …
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The morning after Kellyanne Conway was portrayed onSaturday Night Liveorchestrating a press conference for a dog, the real Kellyanne made the rounds on the Sunday morning news shows, and the results were no less comical. Visiting CNN’s State of the UnionandFox News Sunday, Conwayplayed dumb when asked if withholding Ukraine …
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Scientists have dramatically underestimated the impact rising seas will have on cities around the world, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday. One hundred and fifty million people are currently living in places that will be below the high-tide line in 30 years — three times …
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Freshman Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.), who admitted to having a relationship with a campaign staffer and was also facing a House ethics investigation involving another alleged improper relationship with a staff member, announced her resignation from Congress on Sunday evening. “It is with a broken heart that today I announce …
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WASHINGTON — These are strange times to live in our nation’s capital for reasons obvious and subtle. The most obvious is this: The District’s most powerful resident, President Donald Trump, is also perhaps its most hated. D.C. is a liberal enclave, and Trump’s place at the center of it — …
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