Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election has only made matters worse. Not only has Trump previously dismiss ed c limate change as a "hoax," but he has already taken a series of steps that will ensure the ongoing warming of the planet.

The Trump administration is planning to disband the Labor Department division that has policed discrimination among federal contractors for four decades, according to the White House's newly proposed budget, part of wider efforts to rein in government programs that promote civil rights. As outlined in Labor's fiscal 2018 plan, the move would fold the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, now home to 600 employees, into another government agency in the name of cost-cutting.

Nearly five years ago, Ecuador granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum at its London embassy. The original purpose of the asylum was to avoid extradition to the United States.

Even with headphones on, Rachel Macy said, she heard a man shouting and spewing foul language as soon as he boarded the eastbound MAX Green Line train Friday night at Lloyd Center. "He was just being really belligerent and loud," she said.

The lyrics here can be interpreted as obvious or ambiguous. I guess it's all in how you hear them.

MSNBC executives plan to cancel Lawrence O'Donnell highly-rated prime time television show "The Last Word" after his contract...

Last week it was the body-slamming of a reporter on the eve of a special election. This week begins with an elected official threatening to murder another.

Frank Deford died Sunday in his Key West, Florida, home at age 78. He wrote for Sports Illustrated from 1962 to 2017 and in the first two decades at that job defined the word "sportswriter" for many of our younger selves. Some of us also recall him for The National, a glorious, short-lived attempt at a national newspaper of sport.

The giant toddler in the White House is doing unthinkable harm to those of us who need premium supplements under the Affordable Care Act. He spoke to Brad Wilson, the CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.

Pour it on! Canadians love Ketchup Chips more than any other nation on earth. They are an essential part of our national snack psyche and our collective red-stained fingers are a delicious symbol of our patriotic passion.

But judging by the recent polls, the Tories have gone from appearing to be about to destroy the Labour party for all eternity to just about holding on to what they have in about 2 weeks. Of course who knows what will happen on election day.

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a blunt greeting to Vladi mir Putin on Monday, criticizing the use of chemical weapons by Syria's Russian-backed government and blasting Russia's state-run news media as "organs of influence and propaganda." Macron had invited the Russian leader to France to reset a relationship that has turned increasingly sour.

Imagine heading down to your local Scoop Shop to order your favourite two scoops of Cookie Dough in a waffle cone. But you find out you are not allowed - Ben & Jerry's has banned two scoops of the same flavour.

Just days after Donald Trump introduced his controversial travel ban in January, Rudy Giuliani bragged about the role he played in helping to craft it, telling Fox News that the president had called for a "Muslim ban" and asked him to find a way to do it legally. Now, with judges across the country asking whether the restrictions violate the Constitution by targeting Muslims, Giuliani and his allies in the White House are seeking to distance the former New York City mayor from the order.

Canada's massive military cultural outreach effort suffered a blow last week. The Snowbirds aerobatic team was forced to cancel a half-dozen scheduled appearances because they require "additional practice and training."

A decision by Donald Trump this Thursday could prove fateful for the immediate future of Jerusalem, the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the region. He must decide whether to renew a presidential waiver, signed by his predecessor, Barack Obama, that expires on June 1. The six-month waiver delays implementing a law passed by Congress in 1995 that requires the US to recognise occupied Jerusalem as Israel's capital and relocate its embassy there from Tel Aviv.

The Manchester atrocity certainly succeeded in derailing the General Election campaign here in the UK. It has now resumed with the focus on homeland security and a lot of fresh babble about the 'war on terror', much to the frustration of party strategists who planned to preach Brexit Brexit Brexit.

The Unknown Loyal Dead Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on Decoration Day, May 30, 1871 Friends and Fellow Citizens: Tarry here for a moment. My words shall be few and simple.

A deepening budget crisis here has forced schools across the Sooner State to make painful decisions. Class sizes have ballooned, art and foreign-language programs have shrunk or disappeared, and with no money for new textbooks, children go without.

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