Zimbabwe remained without a clear political leader on Thursday in the face of conflicting reports about the apparent military coup on the country’s long-ruling president, Robert Mugabe. While some sources have portrayed the strongman leader’s departure as a “ done deal ,” other reports have…

WASHINGTON ― Aside from the challenge of getting enough votes to reform the tax code , Republicans also have to overcome a series of weird parliamentary obstacles. They don’t seem too worried about it. As the tax legislation currently stands, if Republicans push it through Congress without major…

WASHINGTON ― With President Donald Trump back tweeting from the White House and his chief of staff’s advice to the world about ignoring those tweets still fresh, the world has a simple question: How, exactly? Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly told reporters near the end of Trump’s 12-day Asia trip that…

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly on Monday brushed aside charges leveled at three Trump campaign aides as part of the special counsel’s investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections, but endorsed a new independent prosecutor to delve into a 2010 uranium company deal that has…

Getty Images Deshaun Watson has made some big plays against the Seahawks defense on Sunday, but he’s also made a couple of mistakes that have led directly to Seattle points. The first came when Earl Thomas returned an interception for a touchdown in the first quarter and the second came when…

Mika Brzezinski addressed the mounting sexual harassment allegations against veteran journalist Mark Halperin during Friday’s episode of “Morning Joe,” and said she agreed with NBC’s decision to suspend the longtime contributor. “Our hearts break for Mark and his family, because he is our friend.…

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy leaves the main chamber of the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Prime Minister Rajoy says the government’s plans to take unprecedented control of Catalonia’s key affairs and halt that region’s push for independence are “exceptional” and he…

Impact on California Real Estate after the Wildfires Firefighters continue to battle the 22 large wildfires that continue to burn through seven counties in California, including the famed wine-producing areas of Napa and Sonoma. About 3,500 homes and buildings have been incinerated by the blazes,…

The idea that the tech companies were so deeply enmeshed in the efforts to elect President Donald Trump in particular could also complicate the companies' reputations as political actors. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Facebook, Twitter and Google played a far deeper role in Donald Trump's presidential…

(John Moore/Getty Images) At this point in the nation's opioid epidemic, fighting back is mainly about quickly making money available: Money for treatment. Money for the overdose antidote naloxone. Money to hire more people to help overwhelmed cities and states battle a crisis that killed an…

American Airlines is coming under fire from the NAACP for the way it treats African-American passengers. The nation’s oldest civil rights group released a travel advisory on Tuesday warning African-Americans that their safety and well-being may be at risk when traveling on the airline. “The NAACP…

The tax reform plan espoused by President Donald Trump and Republican members of Congress doesn’t have many supporters, recent polls show ― and most don’t believe the president’s claim that it’s “a middle-class bill.” In surveys from CNN/SSRS , Washington Post/ABC and Reuters/Ipsos , support for the…

Sahar Dofdaa lived a tragically short and painful life. With sunken eyes and frail, protruding bones, the famished infant hardly stood a chance. Trapped in a Syrian conflict zone, her mother was too malnourished to breastfeed, and her father too impoverished to afford milk supplements. Freelance…

Rodrigo Rodriguez personally understands the stakes of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s longstanding problem with youth homelessness and police violence . He grew up in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods ― the International District, once known as the “War Zone” ― and says that as a young person, he…

version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he would go to North Korea on Trump's behalf. REUTERS / Neil Hall Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on a diplomatic mission. "I told him that I was available if they ever need…

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is showing breast cancer who’s boss. In an Instagram she posted Thursday, the “Veep” and “Seinfeld” star struck a feisty note dressed in a funny getup of hoodie, sunglasses and drawn-on mustache. She wrote that she had just finished her second round of chemotherapy, quoting Katy…

At a time when undocumented people nationwide are living in fear under President Donald Trump ’s anti-immigrant policies , one church continues to lead the way in supporting them. Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona, helped launch the “sanctuary church” movement in the 1980s, when…

After defending accused rapist Harvey Weinstein, Lindsay Lohan claims she didn’t receive any public support from “most women in America” when she was in an allegedly abusive relationship. As accusations of sexual misconduct against Weinstein continue to mount, the actress took to Instagram once…

Southwest Airlines on Wednesday celebrated its first “unmanned” flight on the company’s new fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft . The “unmanned” flight was actually staffed with an all-female crew, including two pilots. The flight staff took a photo of themselves after realizing that the day’s shift…

Australian radio personality Dave Hughes says he asked his bosses for a pay cut to ensure that he and his female co-host make the same amount of money . Fans are now praising Hughes for being a “real man leaning in,” but he’s been quick to point out that his co-host is the “real hero.” The story…

Second Opinion on Your Mortgage I don’t know about you, but when I start the process of buying anything of value, something I want to last, whether it’s a new pair of hiking shoes, or a new mattress I start by doing my research. When it comes to bigger items along with my research, I add reviews and…

Veteran football announcer Al Michaels committed one big fumble during the “Sunday Night Football” game between the New York Giants and host Denver Broncos. In an attempt to sum up the struggles of the previously winless Giants, Michaels joked: “The Giants are coming off a worse week than Harvey…

MINNEAPOLIS -- Aaron Rodgers was carted to the locker room after Minnesota Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr hit him in the first quarter Sunday. The Green Bay Packers quarterback was rolling out to his right with Barr pressuring him. As Rodgers threw, Barr hit him in the midsection and he landed on…

In his speech on the Iran nuclear agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Trump made a number of factual assertions. The deal was negotiated by Iran, the five permanent members of the United Nations (United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France and…

Ben Affleck is apologizing for his behavior after former One Tree Hill star Hilarie Burton claimed he groped her when she was a host of MTV’s TRL in 2003. “I acted inappropriately toward Ms. Burton and I sincerely apologize,” Affleck tweeted on Wednesday. I acted inappropriately toward Ms. Burton…

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), seen here in a file photo, said President Trump’s immigration proposals are “a complete non-starter.” (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Some House Democrats are raising the specter of withholding support for must-pass spending legislation later this year in…

Watchdog group Citizens For Ethics is less than pleased with Vice President Mike Pence for using government travel to attend and prematurely leave Sunday’s Indianapolis Colts game . Citizens For Ethics sent several tweets expressing outrage that Pence would spend taxpayer money to attend Sunday’s…

Police said they were aware of reports Thursday that the Las Vegas gunman also booked rooms this summer in a Chicago hotel overlooking Lollapalooza , one of the nation’s largest music festivals, as investigators try to retrace the killer’s steps in the days and weeks before the attack. TMZ reported…

For years, ballet phenom David Hallberg was bullied. Growing up in South Dakota and Tucson, Arizona, the boy who would go on to become one of his generation’s greatest dancers endured teasing, name-calling, ostracism and physical abuse at the hands of classmates — all because he was a boy who…

As Americans tried to make sense of Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, where at least 58 people were killed and more than 500 were wounded , they faced a secondary challenge: weeding through the inevitable misinformation that cropped up in the minutes, hours and days following the initial…

WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday became the highest-ranking Republican to call for scrutiny of so-called bump stocks, which allowed the Las Vegas mass killer to fire semi-automatic assault rifles as rapidly as machine guns. “Look, I didn’t know what they were until this week…

Two of President Trump's adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and White House adviser Ivanka Trump, were very close to being indicted in 2012 on accusations they misled prospective buyers about units in the Trump SoHo, a hotel and condo development that was hurting for buyers. A ProPublica investigation…

Councils and housing associations have welcomed government plans to spend £2bn on a "new generation" of council houses and affordable homes for rent. In her conference speech, Theresa May pledged to dedicate her premiership to fixing the "broken" housing market. The state, she said, must get "back…

The gunman in Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas “sent away” his girlfriend shortly before the attack, her sisters told an Australian TV station. Marilou Danley’s two sisters told 7 News Sydney that Stephen Paddock unexpectedly bought her a plane ticket to the Philippines several days before…

President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday night that he wanted to “wipe out” Puerto Rico ’s debt. “They owe a lot of money to your friends on Wall Street and we’re going to have to wipe that out ,” Trump told Geraldo Rivera of Fox News. “You’re going to say goodbye to that. I don’t know if it’s…

President Donald Trump , who owned a golf club and resort on Puerto Rico before the property went bankrupt in 2015, may find the island unrecognizable when he pays a visit on Tuesday after two hurricanes crippled it in September. Hurricane Irma passed to the north of Puerto Rico on Sept. 6,…

Cross-posted from TomDispatch.com [This interview has been excerpted from Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy , the new book by Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian to be published this December.] David Barsamian: You have spoken about the difference between Trump’s…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― Mayor Michael Signer is still coming to grips with the violent events that took place in this quaint city last month. It hasn’t been easy, but he knows it’s important as he looks ahead to the community’s future. In mid-August, the normally quiet Virginia city erupted with…