Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Tuesday announced his support for Puerto Rican statehood, saying the U.S. should listen to the territory's voters. The Associated Press reported that Scott said the U.S. should “respect the will of the people of Puerto Rico," referring to a referendum held there on statehood last year.
The president broke onto the scene as a political punchline making an argument no one else dared: He would gain more from breaking political, democratic and social norms than he would lose. But those around him have fared less well.
A coalition led by California sued the Trump administration over car emissions rules on Tuesday, escalating a revolt against a proposed rollback of fuel economy standards that threatens to split the country’s auto market.
Ukraine, deeply dependent on the Trump administration for financial and military aid, froze its cooperation with the special counsel’s office. Four cases involving Paul J. Manafort have been effectively frozen by Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. Ukrainian officials are wary of offending President Trump
The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years, federal health officials reported on Tuesday. Since 2004, at least nine such diseases have been newly discovered or introduced into the United States.
Twitter users have created a hashtag to mock the prose of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, the newest Supreme Court justice, but a study found it pleasingly informal and accessible.
I promised myself when I was young that when I got this old I would keep up with the hipster elite! So thank you for reporting on what this sector of them are up to, Adam.
Amar Shah is a writer, producer and head of Studio T Creative, a production agency. He is working on a book about his parents, gas station life and Florida.
You may have read bits & pieces about the corruption probe that ensnared two Hasidic businessmen, the police, a hedge fund mogul, an NYC union leader--and the city's mayor.
But here it is, in one place at one time, in all of its grafty, shaggy-dog glory.https://t.co/wHPoOumyfw
Seven of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies — AbbVie, Amgen, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Biogen — cumulatively collected $12.1 billion of profit in the first three months of 2018. That's up 29% from the same time last year.
