John Oliver Delivers Emotional Plea to Trump and America in Wake of Dayton and El Paso Mass Shootings
06 August 19
John Oliver Delivers Emotional Plea to Trump and America in Wake of Dayton and El Paso Mass Shootings
Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast
Stern writes: "The 'Last Week Tonight' host was close to tears, pinning some of the blame for the shootings that left 29 dead on the president's xenophobic rhetoric."
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Robert Mueller. (photo: AP)
Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast
Stern writes: "The 'Last Week Tonight' host was close to tears, pinning some of the blame for the shootings that left 29 dead on the president's xenophobic rhetoric."
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Robert Mueller. (photo: AP)
Judge Signals Interest in Removing Mueller Report Redactions
Darren Samuelsohn, Politico
Samuelsohn writes: "The judge, an appointee of President George W. Bush, sounded increasingly skeptical of the government's arguments pressing him to leave the redactions untouched."
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Darren Samuelsohn, Politico
Samuelsohn writes: "The judge, an appointee of President George W. Bush, sounded increasingly skeptical of the government's arguments pressing him to leave the redactions untouched."
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Workers and patrons gather before the start of a memorial service to recognize the victims of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Republican Who Blamed Shootings on Gay Marriage Urged by Own Party to Resign
David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "A Republican state representative in Ohio who blamed 'homosexual marriage' and 'recreational marijuana' - along with many of Donald Trump's favourite targets - for gun massacres is facing calls from her own party to resign."
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David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "A Republican state representative in Ohio who blamed 'homosexual marriage' and 'recreational marijuana' - along with many of Donald Trump's favourite targets - for gun massacres is facing calls from her own party to resign."
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, August 5, 2019. (photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Does the Inverted Yield Curve Mean a US Recession Is Coming as US Stocks Suffer Worst Day of Year?
Daniel Kruger, The Wall Street Journal
Kruger writes: "Yield on U.S.'s benchmark 10-year Treasury notes touches lowest intraday level since October 2016."
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Daniel Kruger, The Wall Street Journal
Kruger writes: "Yield on U.S.'s benchmark 10-year Treasury notes touches lowest intraday level since October 2016."
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Protesters demonstrate against the Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (photo: Andrew Cullen/Reuters)
Politicians Keep Ignoring Native American Voters. It's a Huge Mistake.
Joshua Adams, The Washington Post
Adams writes: "Only five Democratic candidates have committed to attend a Presidential Candidate Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, on Aug. 19-20, organized by a group of Native American organizations to spotlight issues such as housing, health care, environmental impact, education, poverty, and missing and murdered indigenous women."
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Joshua Adams, The Washington Post
Adams writes: "Only five Democratic candidates have committed to attend a Presidential Candidate Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, on Aug. 19-20, organized by a group of Native American organizations to spotlight issues such as housing, health care, environmental impact, education, poverty, and missing and murdered indigenous women."
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About a quarter of Venezuela's 30 million-strong population is in need of aid, according to the United Nations. (photo: Carlos García Rawlins/Reuters)
Trump Imposes Economic Embargo Against Venezuela
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "This is the first-ever expanded sanctions against a western hemisphere government in over 30 years similar to those faced by Cuba."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "This is the first-ever expanded sanctions against a western hemisphere government in over 30 years similar to those faced by Cuba."
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The London heatwave. (photo: AF)
Human Activity Caused Latest European Heat Wave, Scientists Say
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Davidson writes: "The latest heat wave that crippled Paris with 109 degree Fahrenheit heat and saw the mercury hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the Netherlands and Belgium was caused by humans, according to a new study published on Friday."
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Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Davidson writes: "The latest heat wave that crippled Paris with 109 degree Fahrenheit heat and saw the mercury hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the Netherlands and Belgium was caused by humans, according to a new study published on Friday."
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