No czar for you: Trump’s drug control pick abdicates after opioid scandal

Published time: 17 Oct, 2017 17:39 Edited time: 17 Oct, 2017 17:40 President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Tom Marino, has withdrawn his name from consideration following whistleblower claims that he pushed a law that protects opioid drug distributors. “Rep. Tom Marino has informed me that he is withdrawing […]

Revolution begins: Mass protests, bloody uprising & Tsar abdicates (#1917LIVE coverage)

An all-out strike in Petrograd, bread shortages, looting, anarchy will shake Russia in March 1917, pushing Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate. #1917LIVE – RT’s social media real time drama of the events from 100 years ago – is nearing its first climax. In early March 1917, Russia is in total mayhem with an all-out strike […]