January 2020

White House Withholds 20 Emails Between Two Trump Aides on Ukraine Aid

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration disclosed on Friday that there were 20 emails between a top aide to President Trump’s acting chief of staff and a colleague at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget discussing the freeze of a congressionally mandated military aid package for Ukraine. But in response to a court order […]

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Greta Thunberg Leans Into Quiz Show Meme, Changes Twitter Name To Sharon

Please only call Greta Thunberg by her real name from now on: Sharon. On Friday, the climate change activist hilariously changed her name on Twitter to the one she inherited from an internet meme. In an episode of the BBC’s “Celebrity Mastermind” that aired this week, British actor Amanda Henderson was asked to identify the

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In Miami Speech, Trump Tells Evangelical Base: God Is ‘on Our Side’

MIAMI — In his first public appearance since the strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran, President Trump rallied his evangelical Christian base of supporters on Friday, portraying himself as the restorer of faith in the public square and claiming that God is “on our side.” Mr. Trump brought to the stage Cissie

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Q&A: How climate change, other factors stoke Australia fires

Australia’s unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say. And these fires are so extreme that they are triggering their own thunderstorms. Here are a few questions and answers about the science behind the Australian wildfires that so far have burned about 5 million hectares

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