Editor Brian Harrod Provides Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, with aggregated news from sources all over the world from the Roundup Newswires Network
Each weeknight, Fox News Channel airs an unqualified defense of the Trump presidency for one hour. That hour is hosted by Sean Hannity, a media personality who proudly rejects the label of "journalist" and who explicitly endorsed Trump's candidacy.
Two weeks ago, it seemed former President Bill Clinton was finished as a public figure. A variety of public intellectuals on the left had consigned him to the ashtray of history; they'd attested to their newfound faith in his rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick or torn him to shreds for having taken advantage of a young intern, Monica Lewinsky.
So now comes word that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has engaged in a war of words with Roy Moore, Alabama's Republican candidate for Senate. Kimmel has joked about going down to Alabama to settle a score because Moore has apparently challenged him to a fistfight.
They used to say that a lie could make it halfway around the world before the truth could get its pants on. In the internet age, the truth shouldn't even bother getting out of bed.
To the editor: The problems in Mexico with the construction of housing tracts is heartbreaking but not surprising. Having visited Baja California a number of times over the years for vacation, I was always bothered by the way business was done.
U.S. Rep. John Conyers speaks at a session during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 45th annual legislative conference Sept. 18, 2015 in Washington, D.C. That same year, Conyers paid more than $27,000 to settle a sexual harassment complaint against him.
A couple of days ago, he delivered a heartfelt apology to members of the LGBTQ community for the decades-long persecution of sexual minorities by their own government. During his 20-minute speech, he took out Kleenex to dab away his tears.
In light of the tax legislation coming out of Washington, Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy is having tough going pushing his proposal for a so-called "millionaires' tax." Let me offer this advice: Just call it a "billionaires' tax."
At the door of the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse in Denver one Friday in April, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tackled a man to the ground. A chilling video shows the man - who, according to his lawyer, was there to deal with a traffic ticket - yelling "No!" "My hand!" and "Why?" in Spanish.
SLUR? U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., yesterday. When Englishman Samuel Johnson suggested "patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels," he was referring to sunshine patriots, those who would wrap themselves in the flag for personal advancement as opposed to those who actually fought beneath it for love of country.
ONE FOR THE ROAD: State Rep. Geoffrey G. Diehl, candidate for U.S. Senate, shows off his 30-foot RV to the press yesterday, but evaded questions about Roy Moore and the president's calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahanotas'. Republican state Rep. Geoffrey G. Diehl, who is running to unseat U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, sidestepped questions yesterday about President Trump's decision to mock his opponent by referring to her as "Pocahontas" during a ceremony honoring Navajo code talkers.
With Republicans on Capitol Hill and in the White House desperate to post a big legislative win, their push for so-called tax reform - the label being used to sugar-coat costly tax changes mostly benefiting profitable corporations and the wealthiest among us - has reached red-line intensity.
The massive influx of illegal immigrants has been an unmitigated disaster both for the security of the United States and the pocketbooks of its already overburdened taxpayers. According to a 2017 comprehensive report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a non-partisan, public-interest group, there are currently an estimated 12.5 million foreign nationals living in the United States unlawfully.
In one sense it's hard to criticize the bipartisan effort in Washington led by Texas Sen. John Cornyn to make sure that federal agencies properly report people who should not be allowed to buy guns.
At first glance, the Masterpiece Cakeshop case - for which the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on Dec. 5 - looks easy. In 2012 Charlie Craig and David Mullins attempted to buy a wedding cake at Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo.
Sen. Harry Reid's legacy as a Democratic majority leader is that he eliminated the Senate tradition of requiring two-thirds of the senators to confirm judicial appointees, making it easier for President Obama to pack the courts with liberal activist judges. This so-called nuclear option blew up in the faces of the Democrats last year with the election of a Republican president.
By a 2-1 margin, Americans oppose the Republican tax plan and say it favors the rich over the middle-class. Just wait until the massive spending cuts arrive, and programs like Medicare are squeezed dry to cover the costs of this misadventure.
The DR asked its readers if Roy Moore will win Alabama's special election to the U.S. Senate. Here are some comments: Moore will win for the same reason Trump won; partisans don't vote for the other party even if their guy is flawed, maybe terribly so.
Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone recently joined Boston Herald Radio's "Morning Meeting" program to discuss a judge's ruling that delivered a major blow to President Trump's effort to punish sanctuary cities nationwide. A: I'm pleased with the decision.