Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy | Why Congress Must Vote on the United States' Role in Yemen's War
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Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy | Why Congress Must Vote on the United States' Role in Yemen's War
Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "In Yemen, a child under the age of five dies of preventable causes every 10 minutes. That is just one startling fact from a country that has been torn by war for nearly three years."
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Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "In Yemen, a child under the age of five dies of preventable causes every 10 minutes. That is just one startling fact from a country that has been torn by war for nearly three years."
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Russian politician Alexander Torshin, standing next to then-Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, attends a ceremony at the Kremlin in 2011. Torshin is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, and says he met Donald Trump through the group in 2015. (photo: Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty)
Depth of Russian Politician's Cultivation of NRA Ties Revealed
Tim Mak, NPR
Mak writes: "A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time over six years to leverage those connections and gain access deeper into American politics, NPR has learned."
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Tim Mak, NPR
Mak writes: "A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time over six years to leverage those connections and gain access deeper into American politics, NPR has learned."
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Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump. (photo: Getty)
FBI Counterintel Investigating Ivanka Trump for Business Deal
Sara Murray, Shimon Prokupecz and Kara Scannell, CNN
Excerpt: "US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump's international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter."
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Sara Murray, Shimon Prokupecz and Kara Scannell, CNN
Excerpt: "US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump's international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter."
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Paul Ryan and the House Republicans. (photo: Getty
Congress' Net Worth Keeps On Growing Even as Average Americans Get Poorer
David Hawkings, The Portland Press Herald
Hawkings writes: "The total wealth of all current members was at least $2.43 billion when the 115th Congress began, 20 percent more than that of the previous Congress."
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David Hawkings, The Portland Press Herald
Hawkings writes: "The total wealth of all current members was at least $2.43 billion when the 115th Congress began, 20 percent more than that of the previous Congress."
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Delta airliner. (photo: Tami Chappell/Reuters)
Georgia Lawmakers Just Passed a Bill That Punishes Delta Airlines for Ditching the NRA
Jim Dalrymple II, BuzzFeed
Dalrymple II writes: "Georgia's newly passed tax bill removed a break for jet fuel. Atlanta-based Delta Airlines would have been the primary beneficiary of the tax break."
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Jim Dalrymple II, BuzzFeed
Dalrymple II writes: "Georgia's newly passed tax bill removed a break for jet fuel. Atlanta-based Delta Airlines would have been the primary beneficiary of the tax break."
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White House senior advisor Jared Kushner. (photo: Jabin Botsford/Getty)
Trump Rolled Back Pipeline Safety Regulations, Benefiting Equity Firm That Loaned Money to Jared Kushner
Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "The equity firm magnate that advised the Trump administration on infrastructure and whose company gave a $184 million loan to Kushner Companies also benefited from three rule changes relaxing pipeline safety regulations."
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Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "The equity firm magnate that advised the Trump administration on infrastructure and whose company gave a $184 million loan to Kushner Companies also benefited from three rule changes relaxing pipeline safety regulations."
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A North Atlantic right whale swimming in Cape Cod Bay, near Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 2015. (photo: David L. Ryan/Getty)
No Sign of Newborn North Atlantic Whales This Breeding Season
Karen Weintraub, The New York Times
Weintraub writes: "The North Atlantic right whale is already one of the most endangered creatures on earth, and all indications are its situation is rapidly getting worse."
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Karen Weintraub, The New York Times
Weintraub writes: "The North Atlantic right whale is already one of the most endangered creatures on earth, and all indications are its situation is rapidly getting worse."
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