2019

Inside Conservative Groups’ Effort to ‘Make Dishwashers Great Again’

Dishwasher makers themselves dispute that dishwasher performance has gotten worse because of environmental regulations and they say they aren’t looking for weaker standards. A study from Consumer Reports said this year that today’s dishwashers use roughly half the water and energy of 20 years ago. In fact, using a modern dishwasher tends to be more

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Colbert Trolls ‘El Trumpo’ Over Desperate Plan To Woo Hispanic Voters

President Donald Trump is trying to increase his appeal to Hispanic voters, but as “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert pointed out, he has his work cut out for him. Trump’s approval rating among Hispanics is just 25%, far below his overall approval rating of 38%, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll. So Trump

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Facebook auto-generating pages for Islamic State, al-Qaida

In the face of criticism that Facebook is not doing enough to combat extremist messaging, the company likes to say that its automated systems remove the vast majority of prohibited content glorifying the Islamic State group and al-Qaida before it’s reported. But a whistleblower’s complaint shows that Facebook itself has inadvertently provided the two extremist

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U.S. Outlines Plans to Scrutinize Chinese and Other Foreign Investment

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration proposed new rules on Tuesday that would allow the United States to exert greater control over foreign investment by broadening the government’s authority to block technology and real estate transactions. The regulations, released by the Treasury Department, would add teeth to a 2018 law, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization

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Number of abortions in US falls to lowest since 1973

The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday. The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, counted 862,000 abortions in the U.S. in 2017. That’s down from 926,000

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Jennifer Lawrence, Cooke Maroney Spark Marriage Rumors With New Photos

Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney were spotted at New York City’s marriage bureau on Monday with a friend, a photographer and two security guards, according to the New York Post, fueling speculation the two may have tied the knot after getting engaged in February.  The outlet also cited a since-deleted tweet from someone also at

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