President Donald Trump is seeking one of the largest cuts to domestic discretionary spending in history with his $4.7 trillion fiscal 2020 budget proposal that would also increase military spending, squander another $8.6 billion building a border wall and nearly…
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Every Animal Pulled From the Deepest Part of the Ocean Had Plastic in Its Gut
Stories of whales, turtles, and seabirds with guts filled with plastic have become increasingly common. Recently, a team of scientists wanted to determine the extent of plastic pollution and its effects on animals by investigating the most remote regions of the ocean, sending vehicles to the…
Congo violence amounts to crimes against humanity
A woman was brutally raped after watching her attackers decapitate her three-year-old child and kill her husband, as rioting engulfed a part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, sparked by ancient tribal conflicts. The rioters also threw a toddler into…
White supremacist shoots up two New Zealand mosques
Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, was charged with murder on Saturday after the white supremacist killed 49 people and wounded dozens more in mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labeled Friday’s attack as terrorism, and…
Swimmers From The Gateway Family YMCA Compete in Bronze Championships
RAHWAY, NJ – The Gateway Family YMCA Rapids Swim Team kicked off their Championship season with the Bronze Championships held in February 2019 at the Raritan Bay Area YMCA in Perth Amboy, NJ. Swimming against 28 other team from Y’s…
Young people across globe protest against climate change inaction
Young people throughout the world skipped school on Friday to protest world leaders who have failed to take meaningful action on climate change, leading demonstrations from Montclair to Milan. Governor Phil Murphy and other New Jersey leaders have ignored opportunities…
Suicide is the largest number of Americans killed by guns
The largest number of gun deaths each year are suicides, not homicides. Every year in the United States, tens of thousands of people bring their lives to an end with a gun. In 2016, of the 38,658 total gun deaths,…
There’s no emergency, except cowards in Congress
by Robert B. Reich Twelve Republican senators joined all Democrats by voting Thursday to terminate President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration, which was issued to allow the diversion of tax dollars for construction of a wall at the southern border. Trump…
Environmentalists suing to stop offshore oil & gas drilling
Environmental groups are suing the federal government to challenge an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico that could open up more than 78 million acres to offshore drilling without fully analyzing the risks to people, wildlife or the…
Trump Mar-a-Lago Buddy Wrote Policy Pitch. The President Sent It to VA Chief.
by Isaac Arnsdorf | ProPublica In late 2017, on one of President Donald Trump’s retreats to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, he caught up with an old friend: Albert Hazzouri. When Hazzouri is not at Mar-a-Lago, he’s a…