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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Maine Sen. Susan Collins complained Tuesday that coverage of her role in crafting the Republican tax bill had been “unbelievably sexist” and had failed to note the ways in which she had gotten the law shaped to her liking. I think she has a point that the coverage has painted her as […]
J. Scott Applewhite/AP GOP Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee and White House advisor Ivanka Trump scored a partial victory in the form of an expanded child tax credit in the Senate tax bill. But an amendment sponsored by the senators to enlarge the credit for millions of poor families was voted down, despite receiving […]
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images A federal appeals court allowed part of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to take effect. Several advocacy groups have filed lawsuits challenging administration’s related efforts to restrict or ban certain refugees from entering the U.S. Last month, a federal judge in Hawaii blocked most of Trump’s third travel ban just before it was due to take effect. […]
The artist who left an Ottawa woman blinded in one eye after a tattoo injection went wrong is defending his actions, saying he didn’t make any mistakes during the procedure. CBC | Health News
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hasn’t made a secret of their spaceflight ambitions; they aim to put humans on the moon before China. But private spaceflight is also reaching new heights (literally) in the country. On Sunday, Momo, a startup supported partially by crowdfunding, launched Japan’s first commercial space rocket from Hokkaido. The rocket […]
Arrested Development may already be the twistiest comedy on television — particularly when it’s doing a tiresomely experimental one-character-perspective-per-episode thing, as in its fourth season. (This “experimentation” was also a bit of a logistical necessity: it was structured around actors’ schedules and budgetary constraints.) But the recently confirmed upcoming season will, from what’s revealed in a […]
REUTERS/Hosam Katan The United States, Russia and Jordan reached a ceasefire and “de-escalation agreement” for southwestern Syria on Friday, as the US government under President Donald Trump made its first attempt at peacemaking in the country’s six-year-old civil war. The ceasefire, due to start at noon Damascus time (0900 GMT) on Sunday, was announced after […]
It’s America’s city of the future: a friendly, sustainable, ethical and cultural place that values good living and leisure over acquisitiveness and ambition. Bisected by the Willamette River and surrounded by peaks, it is also a preternaturally attractive place. What better spot for viewing one of nature’s great spectacles, the solar eclipse on August 21? […]
In April, Microsoft sued the U.S. government over the right to let its customers know when authorities had requested access and are going through their email accounts. According to Microsoft, government gag orders that prevent the company from keeping customers informed infringe on Constitutional rights and should be prohibited. A little less than a year […]
