Sunday marked eight months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and about 14,500 people there still don’t have electricity. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority said that number represents less than ...
Read More »Daily Archives: May 23, 2018 , 11:05
Trump’s hypocrisy, in 1 answer
On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump — with South Korean President Moon Jae-in sitting next to him — spent more than 30 minutes answering questions from reporters. Or, more accurately, ...
Read More »A lot of people are saying they had spies in my campaign
President Donald Trump continued to fuel GOP accusations that an informant was embedded in his presidential campaign for political purposes, saying Tuesday that “a lot of people are saying” there ...
Read More »Trump may extend UK visit to play golf in Scotland
US president Donald Trump may extend his visit to the UK in July in order to play golf in Scotland. The property magnate-turned politician owns two golf courses in Scotland, ...
Read More »Grenfell Tower fire inquiry opens in London with tributes to 72 victims
The inquiry into the June 2017 Grenfell Tower on Monday kicked off in London, with tributes from friends and relatives to 72 victims in the disaster. The first substantive hearings ...
Read More »French public sector workers strike against Macron’s reforms
From air traffic controllers and street sweepers to librarians and teachers, French public sector employees joined rail workers in striking Tuesday to protest reforms planned by President Emmanuel Macron, calling ...
Read More »Stormy Daniels lawyer alleges Cohen is leaking recordings seized in FBI raids
Stormy Daniels’s attorney, Michael Avenatti, is alleging that President Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen may have selectively leaked audio recordings seized during the FBI raid on his office to the media. In ...
Read More »Trump: summit with Kim Jong-un may be delayed
US President Donald Trump has said there is a “very substantial chance” a historic summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un next month may not happen. He said the North must ...
Read More »Three reporters are turned away from an E.P.A. event
Journalists from CNN, the Associated Press and E&E News, a publication that covers energy and environment issues, were barred by the EPA from entering the event, which was focused on ...
Read More »Democrats not invited to DOJ briefing on FBI informant
The White House has invited two senior House Republicans — and no Democrats — to a Thursday briefing to facilitate access for lawmakers to information about an FBI informant involved ...
Read More »