In the wake of all the high-profile turnover, Chris Whipple, the best-selling New York Times author on White House chiefs of staff, describes the Trump administration as “chaos,” and President Donald Trump as “a human wrecking ball.” “[The first year of this presidency] was a completely broken White House. It […]
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Broken seawall puts homes at risk along coast amid second nor’easter
Last Updated Mar 7, 2018 7:04 PM EST DUXBURY, Mass. — Along the coast in Massachusetts, flooding is once again threatening homes for the second time in a week. Residents in Duxbury are still mopping up from last week’s storm, which blasted through and broke open two sections of a 65-year-old […]
Damascus intensifies Ghouta assault in bid to cut rebel enclave in half
Smoke rises from the besieged Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 27, 2018. REUTERS/ Bassam Khabieh March 7, 2018 By Tom Perry and Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces bombarded eastern Ghouta anew on Wednesday in an effort to slice the rebel enclave in two, intensifying a campaign […]
Chile’s President-Elect Pinera places $1.2 billion in blind trusts
FILE PHOTO – Chilean president-elect Sebastian Pinera walks his wife Cecilia Morel in front of his house in Santiago, Chile, December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido March 7, 2018 SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Conservative Chilean President-Elect Sebastian Pinera said on Wednesday he placed $1.2 billion of his family’s wealth in blind trusts […]
Cops: Bomb left by teen at school could have been deadly
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Police say a student accused of leaving a homemade explosive device at a southwest Utah high school Monday was interested in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), reports CBS affiliate KUTV. St. George police say the student, who isn’t being identified because he is […]
What is an NDA?
Stephanie Clifford, the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels, filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to release her from a nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, she signed in October 2016. The agreement prevents her from talking about the affair she alleges she had with Mr. Trump in 2006 and […]
More than 100 Republicans sign letter urging Trump to back off on tariffs
More than 100 members of President Trump’s own party signed a letter addressed to him Wednesday, expressing “deep concern” over his proposed tariffs and asking him to reconsider. Mr. Trump’s announcement last week that he will impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent tariff on imported […]
$7M settlement in man’s death at jail run by Joe Arpaio
PHOENIX – Maricopa County officials voted Wednesday to pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2011 death of a mentally ill man in a jail run by then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The settlement resolves claims against Arpaio and his jail officers in Ernest Atencio’s death. Phoenix police, who arrested […]
4 things to watch for in Trump’s tariff plan
President Donald Trump appears on track to officially impose steel and aluminum tariffs by the end of this week. It would mark another big shift in U.S. policy from free trade to protectionism under Mr. Trump, who backed America out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and is threatening to back out of […]
Before we all smash our computers and phones with hammers, remember why we fell in love with tech
The tech backlash has gotten ridiculous. Yes, a lot of people working at tech companies have behaved badly, and their products have flaws. In particular, tech product design has pre-supposed a zero-sum game for the user’s attention, which has created a landscape of red dots and hyper-partisan Facebook posts competing […]