Reading @DLind’s overview of the Nielsen Era at DHS and her ouster, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Trump fired her because he’s looking for someone who’ll not just be hardline but actually break the law. https://t.co/jYyLoCptrA
Russia’s doggedly defiant producer of asbestos — a product banned as a killer by more than 60 countries — thinks it has perhaps finally found the perfect figure to rehabilitate its product’s deeply stained image: President Trump. https://t.co/o3FW5W0w7L
Researchers believe Casimir Pulaski’s skeleton indicates the 18th-century cavalry officer may have been female or intersex
Believe it or not! This was no fashionably politically correct operation:The Smithsonian sponsored the research and it was careful and has been going on for a decade. The Smithsonian Channel is televising a documentary on it now.
Netanyahu tells Channel 12 three days before election that he will not 'evacuate any community' nor divide Jerusalem: 'A Palestinian state will endanger our existence'
Netanyahu says will begin annexing West Bank if re-elected prime minister https://t.co/4d4CxZR0oy
As President Trump threatened to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border in recent days, his Department of Homeland Security nearly doubled the number of temporary guest worker visas available this summer.
Last May, an elderly man was admitted to the Brooklyn branch of Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery. A blood test revealed that he was infected with a newly discovered germ as deadly as it was mysterious. Doctors swiftly isolated him in the intensive care unit.
NYT - The Latest in Military Strategy: Mindfulness - "Mindfulness - the practice of using breathing techniques, similar to those in meditation, to gain focus and reduce distraction - is inching into the military." https://t.co/H1hbqtxCjE
By 2050, temperatures in the MENA will be 4°C higher, according to Max Planck Ins. By 2100, highs could reach 50°C. According to research, cities in the region may become uninhabitable before 2100. https://t.co/n7SpL23QOx via @wef h/t @taosci
Highly recommended. Kind of amazing how clear and calm he is about it all!
"I don't think Bill Barr will give us anything but a expurgated version, ... there's a lot that we want to see, because he was hired by Trump. Trump wasn't going to hire anybody that wasn't going to take care of him." - Rep. Steve Cohen on the Mueller report pic.twitter.com/HxsZPyvidK
[....] It marks the first sweep of arrests to target individuals perceived as critics of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman since the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October [....]
By Fariba Nawa, an Afghan-American freelance journalist.
Although the millions of Syrians who have made their way to Turkey might make more news, the number of Afghans entering the country is now surpassing Syrian arrivals. Among them are women trying to make it on their own. https://t.co/sYBalmdHhj
SALT LAKE CITY — Having long called China one of the biggest threats to the U.S, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney and two Democrats introduced legislation this week aimed at protecting the economy and national security.
SCOOP: Trump asked McConnell to fast-track the confirmation of the IRS chief counsel in Feb, saying it should go even before Barr. @npfandos and me https://t.co/KdNOvQJF3r via @NYTimes
