03 August 18
Jane Mayer | Trump vs. Koch Is a Custody Battle Over Congress
Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
Mayer writes: "Despite the brothers' record as among the country's largest and most consistently partisan financial sponsors, the Kochs' pique at their own party is nothing new."
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Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
Mayer writes: "Despite the brothers' record as among the country's largest and most consistently partisan financial sponsors, the Kochs' pique at their own party is nothing new."
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Russian police officer patrols a street in front of the U.S. embassy in Moscow. (photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/Getty)
Suspected Russian Spy Found Working at US Embassy in Moscow
Nick Hopkins, Guardian UK
Hopkins writes: "US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart of the American embassy in Moscow for more than a decade, the Guardian has learned."
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Nick Hopkins, Guardian UK
Hopkins writes: "US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart of the American embassy in Moscow for more than a decade, the Guardian has learned."
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In Thursday's court filing, the ACLU disputed the Trump administration's claim that it isn't responsible for deportees, saying it 'must bear the ultimate burden of finding the parents.' (photo: Getty)
Trump Administration Says It Isn't Responsible for Locating Deported Parents
Ted Hesson, Politico
Hesson writes: "The Trump administration on Thursday informed a federal judge that it isn't responsible for locating deported parents separated forcibly from their children at the southern border."
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Ted Hesson, Politico
Hesson writes: "The Trump administration on Thursday informed a federal judge that it isn't responsible for locating deported parents separated forcibly from their children at the southern border."
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Americans waiting to cast their ballots. (photo: Getty)
A Serious Attempt to Stop Partisan Gerrymandering
The Washington Post Editorial Board
Excerpt: "Those who believe - as we do - that partisan gerrymandering has become so extreme that it violates constitutional principles and threatens our democracy were disappointed when the Supreme Court dodged the issue last term."
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The Washington Post Editorial Board
Excerpt: "Those who believe - as we do - that partisan gerrymandering has become so extreme that it violates constitutional principles and threatens our democracy were disappointed when the Supreme Court dodged the issue last term."
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Brittany Jacobs consoles her 5-year-old son, Markeis McGlockton Jr., during a vigil for her slain boyfriend Markeis McGlockton Sr. (photo: Octavio Jones/Tampa Bay Times)
'Stand Your Ground' Has Become a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free License to Kill
Benjamin Crump, USA TODAY
Crump writes: "After the most recent Florida incident, members of Congress demand answers on a law that leaves black America vulnerable."
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Benjamin Crump, USA TODAY
Crump writes: "After the most recent Florida incident, members of Congress demand answers on a law that leaves black America vulnerable."
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Bodies of people killed by an air attack on a fish market are laid out in plastic bags at a hospital in Hodeidah, Yemen. (photo: Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters)
Dozens of Civilians Killed After US-Backed Air Strike Hits Hospital and Market in Yemen
Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "Air strikes thought to be conducted by the Saudi-led coalition have hit a hospital's entrance, fishing port and fish market in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah, killing scores."
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Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "Air strikes thought to be conducted by the Saudi-led coalition have hit a hospital's entrance, fishing port and fish market in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah, killing scores."
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Ellen Gerhart has been battling with Sunoco Logistics over the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline on their property in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. (photo: Lindsay Lazarski/NPR)
Environmental Activist Arrested and Placed in Solitary Confinement for Monitoring Pipeline Construction on Her Own Property
Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog
Kelly writes: "On Tuesday, July 26, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. filed paperwork with a Pennsylvania court claiming that retired special education teacher Ellen Gerhart, 63, had violated an injunction. Three days later, Gerhart was arrested and jailed. She's currently held in the Centre County Correctional Facility awaiting a hearing on $25,000 bail. She's been kept in solitary confinement for much or all of that time, according to her supporters, who add that she is unable to afford bail."
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Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog
Kelly writes: "On Tuesday, July 26, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. filed paperwork with a Pennsylvania court claiming that retired special education teacher Ellen Gerhart, 63, had violated an injunction. Three days later, Gerhart was arrested and jailed. She's currently held in the Centre County Correctional Facility awaiting a hearing on $25,000 bail. She's been kept in solitary confinement for much or all of that time, according to her supporters, who add that she is unable to afford bail."
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