Month: October 2020

Amid collapsed diplomatic efforts over Syria and increasing tensions with the United States, the Russian government is beginning emergency response exercises on Tuesday that will “Amid Escalating Tensions, 40 Million Russians Practice for Nuclear Emergency”

This post may be updated. At his blog Lawfare, Brookings Institution senior fellow Benjamin Wittes offers his take on Friday’s news that the FBI is examining “FBI to Review Additional Clinton Emails as Part of Server Probe”

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday said recent claims by former interim Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Donna Brazile that the party’s presidential primary “Pelosi: Talk of primary being rigged for Clinton 'almost a waste of time'”

Just ahead of the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a broad spectrum of New Yorkers are asking that the state’s public pensions stop investing in “Remembering Sandy's Wrath, New Yorkers Demand Massive Fossil Fuel Divestment”

And the swamp keeps filling. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to appoint anti-worker billionaire Wilbur Ross to serve as his commerce secretary, giving more evidence “Trump Expected to Name Anti-Worker Billionaire Wilbur Ross as Commerce Secretary”

Women, immigrants, disabled people, activists, people of color, journalists, and LGBTQ people are fearing for their rights—and in some cases, for their lives—as they face “From Birth Control to Passports: Embattled Groups Prepare for Trump”

Former U.S. senator and astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday at age 95, according to Ohio State University. “Astronaut, Senator, 'American Hero' John Glenn Dies at 95”

President-elect Donald Trump unexpectedly tweeted in support of boosting the United States’ nuclear capacity on Thursday, marking a potential reversal in U.S. policy. Click Here: “Trump Advocates 'Greatly' Expanding Nuclear Arsenal”