• Thousands march in Hong Kong against extradition law

    Thousands march in Hong Kong against extradition law

    Apr 28, 2019 07:43 PM EST

    ... Hong Kong was guaranteed the right to retain its own social, legal and political systems for 50 years following its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997. https://twitter.com/erinhale/status/1122426741295681537Another marcher, Amanda Wong, 40, said it was important to exercise those rights while they were under ...

  • Trump says rebuttal to Robert Mueller already drafted

    Trump says rebuttal to Robert Mueller already drafted

    Dec 07, 2018 02:45 PM EST

    ... Twitter on Friday to say his legal team is preparing to counter special counsel Robert Mueller's findings on whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russian election interference. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071036505676808194 The Republican president says his team's report is 87 pages so far. But he says ...

  • WATCH: Who’s to blame for rising gas prices? Putin tells Trump, ‘Look in the mirror’

    WATCH: Who’s to blame for rising gas prices? Putin tells Trump, ‘Look in the mirror’

    Oct 03, 2018 08:30 PM EST

    ... added. Is Germany a ‘hostage’ to Russia on energy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcfJf1z07uM Trump has claimed that Germany will be beholden to Russia after the construction of a pipeline linking the two countries that will increase Russian oil imports to Europe. Putin, who noted that he spoke ...

  • Ron DeSantis, Florida GOP nominee for governor, resigns from Congress

    Ron DeSantis, Florida GOP nominee for governor, resigns from Congress

    Sep 10, 2018 05:14 PM EST

    ... Florida Republican said in his letter that he will be spending time campaigning and it would be "inappropriate" to accept a salary while he is running for governor. https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/1039178874142289921 DeSantis is locked in a tight battle against Democratic nominee and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. Republican ...

  • How lawmakers, intelligence experts are reacting to Trump’s comments about Russia

    How lawmakers, intelligence experts are reacting to Trump’s comments about Russia

    Jul 16, 2018 07:49 PM EST

    ... Putin a propaganda win he desperately needs.” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1018909308162052096 The Florida senator tweeted that foreign policy “must be based on reality, not hyperbole or wishful thinking,” adding that the reality is that Russia is an adversary. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas

  • Florida stopped doing gun permit checks for more than a year

    Florida stopped doing gun permit checks for more than a year

    Jun 10, 2018 05:08 PM EST

    ... resident, and every child, in Florida, you forfeit any moral right to lead,” said former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, one of the Democratic candidates running for governor. https://youtu.be/79rI6_hlbWg The state used the national system to see if there were reasons such as mental illness or ...

  • In wake of Standing Rock, Native storytelling gets more screen time

    In wake of Standing Rock, Native storytelling gets more screen time

    Mar 16, 2018 01:40 PM EST

    ... chief in 1983, and after rising to chief two years later, she was twice re-elected as the Cherokees' leader, and worked to revolutionize Indian-run health care. https://vimeo.com/121095767#at=0 “Mankiller” is the latest in a series of films garnering mainstream attention in the aftermath of ...

  • Pelosi calls for removal of Nunes as House intel chair

    Pelosi calls for removal of Nunes as House intel chair

    Feb 01, 2018 05:38 PM EST

    ... Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says Rep. Devin Nunes of California took "deliberately dishonest actions" by altering a classified GOP-written memo on the investigation into Russia's election influence. https://twitter.com/NancyPelosi/status/959095510987628544 Pelosi made the demand Thursday in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan. She says ...

  • Everything we know about Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey

    Everything we know about Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey

    May 10, 2017 03:02 PM EST

    ... to the press. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473 On Friday, California Rep. Adam Schiff, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House committee leading the Russia investigation asked Trump to hand over any such tapes, suggesting that if recordings do exist, it was because Trump made them. https://twitter.com ...

  • Vera Rubin, who spotted the first evidence of dark matter, dies at 88

    Vera Rubin, who spotted the first evidence of dark matter, dies at 88

    Dec 27, 2016 03:01 PM EST

    ... eliminates her contention for a Nobel Prize. https://twitter.com/AstroKatie/status/813467072512475136 https://twitter.com/RisaWechsler/status/813539434893312001 https://twitter.com/mslopatto/status/813785071459139588 Rubin's husband, Robert, was a mathematician and physicist who died in 2008. Her four children -- David Rubin, Judy Young (died 2014), Karl Rubin and ...