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The U.K. Elections Were the Real Second Referendum
Labour lost 59 seats, putting the party in its worst position since 1935. The Tories won a majority of 78,

Environmental groups saw revenue spike, spent heavily amid EPA rollbacks
(Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Amid rising concerns about climate change and extensive rollbacks of environmental regulations under President Donald Trump’s administration,
Congrats Boris, R.I.P Fiscal Conservatism
Five years of BoJo beat five years of Jeremy Corbyn any day, and will likely guarantee Brexit. But they spell
Jeremy Corbin to Resign as Labor Leader after Defeat in General Election
Even some members of his own party pressured Corbyn, 70, to resign due to the loss, which they claim resulted
Johnson Vows Swift Brexit following Decisive Election Victory
With all but one district declared on Friday morning, Johnson’s Conservatives had won 364 seats, their largest victory in over
Massachusetts Trooper Slashed with Blade at Traffic Stop
A Massachusetts State Police trooper is being treated for slash wounds after being attacked with an edged weapon during a
Slain Houston Sergeant’s Body Armor Did Not Fail, as Previously Suspected
Preliminary reports about the murder of Sgt. Christopher Brewster had raised concerns that the fatal rounds had penetrated his soft
Florida Deputy Shot, Wounded at Call of Suicidal Subject
A deputy with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office was wounded in a gunfight with a suspect during a call of
Boston Bomber in Court but Full Story Still Muzzled
Reading Time: 2 minutes A court in Boston heard arguments on Thursday from lawyers for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar
Conservatives Set to Win British Elections by Wide Margin, Exit Poll Shows
Conservatives are expected to take a wide majority of the vote in the British national elections, according to an exit
Editing tricks in viral Biden ad intensify world leaders’ seeming distaste for Trump
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is running a highlight reel of President Donald Trump’s awkward-to-prickly interactions with world
Cory Booker Announces He Will Not Qualify for Next Democratic Debate
Senator Cory Booker said that he does not expect to qualify for the sixth Democratic primary debate next week but
FBI Will Investigate Anti-Semitic Jersey City Shooting as Domestic Terrorism
The FBI will investigate Tuesday’s anti-Semitic shooting at a kosher market in Jersey City, N.J. as domestic terrorism, MSNBC reported
US Border Officials Are Issuing Fake Court Notices to Keep Out Immigrants Who Have Won Asylum
Reading Time: 2 minutes Exposed Data Shows Where Police Departments Fly Their Drones (Chris) From Motherboard: “Dronesense, which sells a

Economist Dean Baker: Systemic Change Needed to Fight Big Pharma Price Gouging
Imagine there was a miracle drug that prevented HIV infections, but a huge corporation held back its release in order

Luxury hotel stays, private flights, new nonprofits: Leadership PACs can pay for them
(Gonzalo Marroquin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Designed primarily to provide funding for other candidates running for office, leadership PACs are
Federal Prosecutors Seek to Jail Giuliani Associate Lev Parnas After Discovering $1 Million Payment from Russia
Lev Parnas, who was working with President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from Russia in
White House Budget Office Defends Holdup of Ukraine Aid as ‘Pending a Policy Decision’ in Memo
A memo, reviewed by The Washington Post, cited numerous examples of Congress holding up aid to ensure that it would
Ohio Bill Would Mandate Officer Training on Contacts with People with Dementia
New recruits would get at least two hours of instruction on how to interact with dementia patients in peace officer
2 St. Louis Officers Fired Over Social Media Posts
Two of nearly two dozen St. Louis, MO, police officers accused this summer by a watchdog group of posting objectionable
Man Gets Life for Killing Michigan Deputy
A man was sentenced to serve life in prison Tuesday for the killing Oakland County, MI, Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Overall
December 11, 2019 – PBS NewsHour full episode
Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Justice Department’s inspector general answers questions from senators about his report on the origins of
Israel Goes to Third Elections in Less than a Year After Parties Fail to Form Governing Coalition
Efforts to form a so-called “unity government” between Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party and Benny Gantz’s center-left Blue and White
How Trump’s New Anti-Semitism Order Effectively Criminalizes Dissent
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today purporting to target anti-Semitism on college campuses. However, the measure
Only Ten Percent of Vatican’s Annual Collection Spent on Charity
An annual charitable collection from the Vatican which raises over 50 million dollars per year is primarily allocated to filling
Why Liberal Satire and Conservative Outrage Are Both Responses to Mainstream Media — But With Very Different Powers
Reading Time: < 1 minute The New Behemoths of the Healthcare Bureaucracy (Chris) From the New Republic: “Nobody should be

Corporate PAC cash takes a winding route to Democratic Senate challengers rejecting it
Maine Speaker of the House Sara Gideon (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Democrats’ narrow path to taking the

Private Firefighters — the Hottest Luxury of the Super-Rich
Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2018, a team of private firefighters very publicly saved the home of celebrity millionaires Kim
Pennsylvania State Trooper Shot, Wounded at Welfare Check
A Pennsylvania state trooper was shot and wounded Tuesday afternoon by the subject of a welfare check and had to
Officer, 5 Others Killed in New Jersey Standoff
A New Jersey police officer was killed in an hourslong standoff in a Jersey City, NJ, neighborhood Tuesday, investigators said.
College Football Player Charged with Assaulting California Officer
A former football player with the University of California at Berkeley was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of attempted

Michael Cohen Reconsidered
Reading Time: 27 minutes The Taxi King has fallen. In a long magazine article, the New York Times lays out
December 10, 2019 – PBS NewsHour full episode
Tuesday on the NewsHour, a historic day on Capitol Hill as the House delivers articles of impeachment against President Trump
Trump to Sign Executive Order Tackling Anti-Semitism at U.S. Colleges
President Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to target anti-Semitism on college campuses, the New York Times reported

Ukrainian foreign influence operation bankrolled by secret donors in coordinated effort
Yulia Tymoshenko talks to media on consideration of demands of protesters, Kyiv, Ukraine Oct.19, 2017. (Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto via
How the impeachment articles against Trump are similar to, and different from, Clinton and Nixon
House Democrats have settled on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — the first alleging abuse of power
Refurbishing NAFTA
On the campaign trail, Trump excoriated NAFTA as an economic disaster for the United States. But the USMCA mostly replicates
Ask PolitiFact: Why do Saudi pilots train at US military sites such as Pensacola?
The shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola by a Saudi Arabian aviation student put a spotlight on the federal government’s
Former Head of Mexican Police Charged with Drug Trafficking
The former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna was charged Tuesday with drug trafficking and receiving bribes from

Yemenis Know Firsthand the Extremist Underpinnings of the Pensacola Shooter
SANA’A, YEMEN — The attack on U.S. Naval base in Florida exemplifies the harsh reality of life in Yemen where

‘Dark money’ groups drove support for IRS rule eliminating donor disclosure
(ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) A proposed Trump administration rule to exempt some “dark money” groups from disclosing their donors