'We're the ones affected': teen climate activist on her viral clash with US senator

In a Guardian interview, Isha Clarke says she’s been inspired by student climate strikes in the UK and is planning one in the US


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Corey Stewart is ready to drag down every Virginia Republican on the ticketWhen Virginia Republicans nominated Corey Stewart, President Trump’s kind of candidate (race-baiting, pro-Confederate statues, prone to incendiary language), they effectively wrote off the Senate race against incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Kaine, a former governor as well ( Read more... )

Republican senator Ted Cruz caught liking pornographic video on social mediaFORMER Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says an aide “inadvertantly” ‘liked’ a pornographic post, causing it to appear on the senator’s Twitter feed ( Read more... )

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The decision overturns the sensible restrictions imposed by the Obama administration after Ferguson, MO.


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In an act of political retribution, a budget amendment passed at 3 a.m. targets spending on education, public works in Democratic districts, leaving Republican districts intact.


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Of course, neither he, his family nor the GOP ever have to find out if that's true.


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Bannon ousted from National Security CouncilWhite House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been removed from an important seat on the National Security Council - a posting that had stirred controversy for placing one of President Donald Trump’s top political hands in a key national security position ( Read more... )

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has apologized for his website’s role in spreading a fake news story that inspired an armed man to storm a pizzeria in search of abused children in December.

Jones, who operates the website Infowars, had suggested that Comet Ping Pong in Washington, D.C., was hiding child sex slaves in its basement as part of a ( Read more... )

“First you get the votes, then you take the vote,” the Washington saying goes.

Paul Ryan failed to get the votes for his health bill. So he’s not taking the vote.

Republican leaders told members of Congress Friday that the House vote on the American Health Care Act, which President Donald Trump demanded for Friday, will not in fact happen.

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