Laurel Raymond
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Study confirms widespread reports of science’s sexual harassment problem
According to a new survey, women of color are at particular risk. → Read More
Trump administration eliminates funding for group countering white nationalism
The group will no longer get any funding through the Countering Violent Extremism program. → Read More
Lawmaker says he won’t hold town halls because of ‘people screaming’
“Just having a town hall setting where people are screaming doesn’t make a lot of sense,” Rep. Renacci said. → Read More
Congressman offers a rousing defense of gerrymandering
On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear Gill v. Whitford, a Wisconsin-based case that is the most promising challenge to partisan gerrymandering to come up through the courts in… → Read More
Hatch was against passing health care through reconciliation before he was for it
Senate Republicans are gearing up for a vote on their bid to repeal and replace Obamacare next week, though the bill itself — crafted in just a few months — is still being hidden behind closed doors… → Read More
Fox News reportedly faces new legal trouble for sexual harassment
A New York state agency is investigating the network, according to Attorney Lisa Bloom → Read More
Trump backers try out the incompetence defense against obstruction concerns
He wasn’t trying to intimidate investigators. He just lacks “language discipline.” → Read More
Dear President Trump: ‘Obstruction of justice’ doesn’t mean what you think it means
On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that the special investigation into the Trump campaign and the Russian hacking of the 2016 election now also encompasses whether President Donald Trump… → Read More
Everything you need to know before Comey’s testimony
On Thursday, former FBI director James Comey will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee. All of the big three broadcast networks will be carrying his testimony live — an extremely unusual… → Read More
Saudi Arabia showers Trump Hotel with cash –
A lobbying firm working against a 9/11 bill spent their money at the Trump hotel for catering, parking, and lodging. → Read More
House Republican calls for mass killing of ‘radicalized Islamic’ suspects
“For the sake of all that is good and righteous. Kill them all.” → Read More
Wonder Woman is the hero 2017 needs –
Wonder Woman is quite possibly one of the most anticipated movies of this summer. And with superhuman stakes riding on its heroine’s Amazonian shoulders, the movie delivers. Patty Jenkin’s film is… → Read More
Brexit architect is reportedly a ‘person of interest’ in the FBI’s Russia investigation
Nigel Farage dismissed the report as “hysterical.” → Read More
The Trump administration is teeing up a devastating blow to birth control access
The Trump administration could soon give nearly all employers the ability to request an exemption to the birth control coverage mandate by citing religious or moral reasons, according to a leaked… → Read More
The Trump administration has started rolling back the birth control mandate
Employers will soon be able to opt-out of providing coverage for birth control by citing religious objections. → Read More
When talking to EU leaders, Trump complained about his golf courses
According to a Belgian report, Trump told EU leaders that he formed his opinions through his business difficulties in Scotland and Ireland. → Read More
Top Trump adviser flirts with lifting Russian sanctions
In his first trip abroad as the leader of the United States, President Donald Trump had multiple opportunities to illustrate his support of the U.S.’s allies and to show his willingness to stand up… → Read More
Russian intelligence reportedly tried to recruit Rep. Rohrabacher
In 2012, the FBI warned Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) that Russian spies were targeting him for recruitment, the New York Times reported on Friday. According to the report, there’s… → Read More
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Congress should abandon Russia investigation, go back to Clinton’s emails
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Fox News on Thursday that now that special counsel has been appointed to investigate alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Congress should abandon their… → Read More
Trump still silent 2 days after protesters in DC were brutally assaulted by Turkish security
There’s a very tangled web between the Trump White House and Erdogan’s Turkey. → Read More