January 23, 2021

U.S. killed a top al-Qaida leader in Yemen,…

World NewsFebruary 1, 2020

Sean D. Naylor The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this year. The New York Times said three current or former U.S. officials “expressed confidence”…

A Weakened Chinese State Presents Its Own Dangers

World NewsFebruary 1, 2020

Voters line up outside a polling station in Hong Kong, November 24, 2019. (Marko Djurica/Reuters) As China’s authoritarian model begins to show cracks, the West must remain vigilant. You see it in the maps. In…

Fact Check: Joe Scarborough Claims Jimmy Carters Economy…

PoliticsFebruary 1, 2020

Joe Scarborough wants you to believe that the economy of Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise” era was greater than the Trump economy. I swear I am not making this up. The Morning Joe host was set off by Trump’s…

Clarence Thomas Documentary Review: Humanity, a Lifelong Battle…

PoliticsFebruary 1, 2020

Clarence Thomas’ story is uniquely American but not always in a pretty way, from the poverty and racism he faced growing up in the South to the very public and grueling confirmation process that paved…

Weinstein accuser gives graphic testimony about secret relationship…

EntertainmentFebruary 1, 2020

One of Harvey Weinstein's accusers delivered stunning testimony on Friday, alleging the producer raped her in 2013 and describing his body in graphic detail. Jessica Mann, a former actress who now works as a hairstylist,…

Coronavirus: US to bar foreigners, quarantine citizens who…

Health-and-MedicalFebruary 1, 2020

Travelers in Hong Kong. VIVEK PRAKASH/AFP via Getty Images) The Trump administration announced on Friday that it would temporarily bar foreigners from entering the US if they have been to China within the past 14…

Senate voted against calling witnesses in Trumps impeachment…

PoliticsFebruary 1, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Associated Press The Senate on Friday voted against calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial. The motion to call witnesses failed, with 51 senators voting against it and…

Brexit finally happens: The United Kingdom has left…

World NewsFebruary 1, 2020

The United Kingdom has officially left the European Union. There were celebrations and protests nationwide as the UK counted down to Brexit at 11 p.m. GMT. The UK government projected a countdown clock onto Downing…

Doctors release chest X-ray of Wuhan coronavirus patient…

Health-and-MedicalFebruary 1, 2020

When a 33-year-old woman arrived at a hospital in Lanzhou, China, she'd had a fever and cough for five days. The patient, who is being kept anonymous, had a temperature of 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Her…

Wuhan coronavirus: 75k infected, doubling every 6.4 days,…

Health-and-MedicalFebruary 1, 2020

A new study suggests that official figures for the scale of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak have been far too low. The study, published in the prestigious Lancet journal, projected that as of January 25, there…