US under Trump Series: Comey releases opening statement ahead of congressional hearing
Jun 08, 2017 07:36 am UTC| Commentary
The former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released his opening statement a day ahead of his congressional hearing. He was fired last month by President Trump. In his statement, there is nothing that...
Palmer Luckey Shows True Colors, Takes Up Trump Border Wall In Virtual Form
Jun 07, 2017 07:19 am UTC| Technology
Tech industry pariah Palmer Luckey was placed in a corner a few months ago for his support of then presidential candidate Donald Trump before he was finally fired from Oculus. Now that he is free of corporate suppression,...
US under Trump Series: Evaluating President Trump’s ‘rule of law’ achievements so far
Jun 06, 2017 09:58 am UTC| Commentary
Despite the fake news and biased media being enemy number one, the biggest hurdles for President Trump are the Congress and the Senate, which are key to passing his agendas. While Presidents own party is holding a sizable...
In this climate, you have to take Donald Trump's tweets with a pinch of #covfefe
Jun 02, 2017 11:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Just after midnight, Washington time, on the morning of Wednesday May 31, Donald Trump composed a short tweet. It simply read: Despite the constant negative press covfefe. His words, if indeed that last one is a word...
President Trump Withdraws US From Paris Climate Agreement, Continues Global Rampage
Jun 02, 2017 11:10 am UTC| Technology
After returning from his overseas trip, which the media has nearly unanimously declared as a disaster, President Donald Trump continues to poke the world in the eye. The current leader of the free world just announced that...
US under Trump Series: Mark your calendars for June 8th but not just for UK election
Jun 02, 2017 08:36 am UTC| Commentary
The United Kingdom will hold its snap General Election announced by Prime Minister Theresa May back in April on June 8th. That event alone is enough to mark your calendars for that day, especially when the recent polls are...
The demographics of the #resistance
Jun 01, 2017 14:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, hundreds of thousands of people have marched on Washington, D.C. sometimes, repeatedly. Two more big protests are scheduled for June: the March for Truth and the National Pride...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects