Donald Trump’s lawyer John Dowd isn’t concerned about accusations that the US president might have tried to interfere with FBI’s Russia probe—after all, he’s the president! Dowd told Axios that the “president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under [the Constitution’s Article II] and has every right to express his view of any case.”
The GOP tax bill, which will make rich Americans richer, and everyone else poorer, is likely about to pass in the Senate. Hidden among the tax cuts—and the provisions that help those who own golf courses and also take a whack at those who have student debt—is a short passage that could threaten women’s reproductive rights.
Two years ago, many in America would have deemed it unthinkable to read the title “Alt-right founder questions if Jews are people” on national television. Today, there’s that and more: White supremacists march openly with tiki torches; the president of the United States has claimed that there are “very fine people” among neo-Nazis; and in a clumsy attempt to demonstrate the banality of evil, the New York Times has published an article about how Ohio’s “Nazis next door” enjoy the sitcom Seinfeld.
There has scarcely been a day in the past weeks without a high-powered man being accused of sexual misconduct—from harassment all the way to rape—in the workplace.
Most analysts agree that the biggest beneficiaries of the GOP’s tax reform bill would be very rich people. Nevertheless, Donald Trump has often insisted on the importance of the bill for the working and middle class, as he did today during a speech in St. Charles, Missouri. Then he made a surprising aside: a special shout-out to the wealthy.
In an ending befitting a Shakespeare tragedy, former Bosnian Croat general Slobodan Praljak publicly killed himself by drinking poison, after being convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal.
Just days after revelations of sexual harassment within the ranks of the US Congress, American women working in national security are speaking out, too. An open letter titled #metoonatsec accuses their industry of systemic discrimination and harassment.
The White House held an event today (Nov. 27) to honor Native American veterans who worked as code talkers in World War II, protecting secret information by communicating it in their native languages. Trump did not miss the opportunity to throw in his own poorly coded racial joke.
Every year in the UK, more than half of babies are delivered with the guidance of a midwife. In Scandinavian countries, it’s more like three quarters (pdf), similar to the rate in France. In fact, in these and many other countries, midwives take part in almost all deliveries, as they also assist OB-GYNs in more complicated cases.
With the fall of Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood is finally being called out for its sexist dynamics. Women seem closer to finally being recognised for their role in the industry; they demand to be fairly represented—through female-led plots, and by having more movies written and directed by women.
Thanksgiving is the ultimate American family holiday—one that unites people across religions in the celebration of a history rosily misremembered. Like other US national holidays, it comes with big sales and displays of patriotism—but this one is also about eating (and not just barbecues), gratitude and, of course, family.
The White House administration hasn’t delivered on most of president Donald Trump’s campaign promises. There’s been no repeal and replacement of Obamacare, and construction of a wall along the Mexico border has not yet begun. One thing the Trump administration has done, however, is chipped away at women’s reproductive health rights, both in the US and internationally.
North Korea is about to be officially designated a state sponsor of terrorism, Donald Trump announced today (Nov. 20).
As sexual harassment and assault allegations spread across the US, one congresswoman is pointing the finger at America’s elected representatives.
The GOP has not been able to replace, or repeal, Obamacare, but its new tax bill contains a provision that could effectively kill the plan: The end of the individual mandate.
Read this article in English here: Italy’s soccer team isn’t out of the World Cup—only the boys are
The Italian national soccer team played Sweden last night (Nov. 13), and lost both the game and a place in the World Cup. The match was its final chance to make the quadrennial tournament, and Italians didn’t take their team’s failure to qualify very well. Players cried on the field. Fans cried at home, or sat in disbelief, trying to understand how a team that only two editions ago won the cup could not even qualify for it.
Republican Roy Moore, an evangelical Christian running for an Alabama senate seat, has been accused by four women of making sexual and romantic advances toward them when they were in their teens and he in his early thirties, reports the Washington Post. One woman said he sexually propositioned her when she was just 14 (he was 32).
Louis C.K. has issued a public statement to five women who accused him of sexual misconduct, including masturbating in front of them on multiple occasions.
Until the GOP manages to overhaul it, Obamacare requires that certain preventive reproductive services for women are covered by insurance, with no co-pay. These services include birth control, UTI screenings, folic acid supplements, PAP smears, and breast cancer screening.
Like many American mass shooters before him, Devin Kelley, who attacked Texas churchgoers on Nov.5, killing 26, had a history of domestic violence. He had been court-martialed by the US Air Force for attacking his wife and toddler stepson—fracturing the boy’s skull—and served 12 months in jail before being dishonorably discharged.
Donald Trump’s trip to Japan has been predictably dotted with supposed faux pas: He scolded Japanese automakers by asking them to make cars for the US market in America—but they already do. He fed koi by dumping a whole box food in the pond, while his host Shinzo Abe looked on a bit startled, patiently waiting to drop the food in the water bit by the spoonful.
Why did so many actresses in Hollywood wait so very long to speak up about sexual misconduct?
Today US president Donald Trump made a long-expected announcement: Janet Yellen will not serve a second four-year term as head of the Federal Reserve. Jerome Powell, currently a member of the Fed’s board of governors, will take over when Yellen’s term ends in February.
