The plight of a Guatemalan mother and her five-year-old son documented by Debbie Nathan, a journalist for The Intercept, offers a personal view of the torment and heartache that has resulted from the decision by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rip children from their families—a practice that has generated national outrage…
After a 10+ year carer that saw him win the Bellator lightweight championship three times and become the face of the company, free agent Michael Chandler signed with the UFC and already has his first job. On ESPN Thursday, Dana White revealed the news and said that the 34-year-old will serve as the backup for…
As President Donald Trump’s “embarrassing spectacle” of a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin exacerbated concerns about foreign interference in U.S. elections—and Russian national Maria Butina was charged with conspiracy to act as a Russian agent for trying to infiltrate right-wing American political groups including the NRA—the U.S. Treasury on Monday revealed that it…
While President Donald Trump’s appointment of former Fox News executive Bill Shine to a top communications role was unsurprising to critics, many denounced the selection as the latest signal that the president holds contempt for the concerns of women. As the right-wing news outlet’s co-president, Shine allegedly helped to cover up the sexual harassment faced…
Citing threats to human health and the planet, two progressive members of Congress who represent California are calling on Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown—who considers himself a climate leader—to set a new global standard and end fossil fuel extraction across the state. “We believe that transformative climate leadership must include bold action on the production side…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Billionaire activist Charles Koch said Sunday that his network of big-spending political groups would be more aggressive in going after Republicans who have failed to adhere to fiscally conservative principles. Speaking to a small group of reporters in a rare interview at a five-star resort in the Rocky Mountains, Koch vowed to hold GOP…
LAS VEGAS — Attendees at a job fair hosted by the Latin Chamber of Commerce strolled through a local mall on a recent Saturday, taking information and back-to-school giveaways from employers looking for new workers. Those same job-seekers were also being sought out by aggressive canvassers working the crowd, urging state residents to vote against…
A new poll from CBS News Battleground Tracker shows Democrats winning 222 seats in the House if the midterm elections were today, in large part because of party support among women. The tracker, released Sunday, marks a three-seat increase from the tracker’s estimates earlier this summer. Women told CBS that they plan to vote for a Democratic…
While reproductive rights advocates raise alarm about President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as the administration and Republican lawmakers continue to wage war on women’s access to healthcare, new polling shows that public support for Roe v. Wade—the landmark ruling that constitutionally guarantees a woman’s right to have an abortion—has hit a record…
In his first public statement on the wildfires that have ravaged over 150,000 acres in California, President Donald Trump confounded and frustrated many on social media with a tweet blaming California’s “bad environmental laws” for the blazes. While climate scientists in recent weeks have stated that above-average temperatures in the state throughout the summer, driven…