US blocks vote on UN's bid for global ceasefire over reference to WHO

Security council had spent weeks seeking resolution but Trump administration opposed mention of organization


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How science finally caught up with Trump's playbook - with millions of lives at stake

The president’s failure to heed the warnings about coronavirus and act quickly has set in train a domino effect that now imperils large swathes of the US


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Donald Trump knows the true meaning of sacrifice

“We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.”
-Canadian soldier John McCrae,
remembering the sacrifice of fellow
World War I troops.

“We’re getting drenched.”-President Trump, noting his own ( Read more... )

Trump-Nato summit or how the United States president does not understand basic math

(see also 'jingoism')

Trump-Nato summit: EU's Tusk warns president to appreciate allies

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"Appreciate your allies... you don't have that many," Trump is warned.
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The anti-Obama: Trump's drive to destroy his predecessor's legacy


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FBI Raids Office Of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen: ReportThe FBI raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen on Monday ( Read more... )

Trump asked the Guggenheim for a Van Gogh. The museum offered a gold toilet.Being the president of the United State offers a lot of perks - a button that summons Diet Cokes, for example. But want to hang some post-impressionist artwork from the Guggenheim in the White House living quarters? Well, not so fast ( Read more... )

Trump Breaks With Bannon, Saying He Has ‘Lost His Mind’WASHINGTON - President Trump excommunicated his onetime chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, from his circle on Wednesday, ending for now a partnership of convenience that transformed American politics while raising questions about the future of the nationalist-populist movement they cultivated ( Read more... )

Trump Keeps Denying His Sexual Misconduct, But Calls Out Other Alleged Predators

He still claims all the women who accuse him are liars, and now reportedly says the "Access Hollywood" tape is fake.

( Trigger warnings: sexual assault, sexual harassment... )

Turkey farmers facing squeeze after Trump kills agriculture rulesIke Horst raises 22,000 turkeys a year on his farm in the rolling hills of south-central Pennsylvania, selling them to a processing company that was providing him with enough of a nest egg that he hoped he could sell the farm and retire ( Read more... )