Sen. John CornynJohn CornynSenate headed for late night vote amid standoff over lands bill Koch-backed group launches ad campaign to support four vulnerable GOP senators “Cornyn to run for reelection in 2020”
Month: October 2020
'They're Trying to Poison Our Future,' Resistance Heats Up to Stop 'Black Snake' From Slithering Through Midwest
Resistance against a new Bakken crude pipeline stepped up this week with the arrest of 12 people on Thursday near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation “'They're Trying to Poison Our Future,' Resistance Heats Up to Stop 'Black Snake' From Slithering Through Midwest”
Is Syria Ceasefire Achievable? US-Russia Talks Bring No Solution
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry took part in a 10-hour negotiation on the Syrian conflict with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Geneva on “Is Syria Ceasefire Achievable? US-Russia Talks Bring No Solution”
WWE Raw ratings up big despite tough competition
A combination of being the day after a pay-per-view and bringing back Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Big Show, and Christian allowed Raw to have a huge “WWE Raw ratings up big despite tough competition”
Despite Obama's Veto Threat, US House Votes to Allow 9/11 Victims to Sue Saudi Arabia
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly voted to allow families of 9/11 victims to sue nations, including Saudi Arabia, for any role their “Despite Obama's Veto Threat, US House Votes to Allow 9/11 Victims to Sue Saudi Arabia”
Evidence of Feared Israel-Led Censorship as Facebook Bans Palestinian Editors
Facebook on Friday disabled the accounts of multiple editors of two of the most widely read online Palestinian publications, The Electronic Intifada reports, fulfilling what “Evidence of Feared Israel-Led Censorship as Facebook Bans Palestinian Editors”
DOJ Launches Unprecedented Investigation into Alabama Prisons
Alabama’s notoriously inhumane and overcrowded prisons are to be investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice, in an unusual move the agency announced late Thursday. “DOJ Launches Unprecedented Investigation into Alabama Prisons”
Ecuador Admits It Cut Internet Access for WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
The Ecuadorian government has confirmed that it “temporarily” cut off internet access for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been living in the country’s embassy “Ecuador Admits It Cut Internet Access for WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange”
GOP mega-donor mulls Wyoming Senate bid
GOP mega-donor Foster Friess is mulling a potential Senate bid in Wyoming that would pit him against incumbent Sen. John BarrassoJohn Anthony BarrassoGOP senators urge “GOP mega-donor mulls Wyoming Senate bid”
Kelli Ward: ‘I look forward to being part of that class of 2019’
Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward (R), who was polling ahead of Sen. Jeff FlakeJeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeGOP lawmakers stick to Trump amid new criticism Kelly holds “Kelli Ward: ‘I look forward to being part of that class of 2019’”