After 2016’s bruising election cycle, 2017 might seem like a break for Republicans and Democrats to gear up for 2018’s midterms. But a handful of 2017 contests could serve as an indicator of the mood of the electorate in the early months of Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren,…
Laura Poitras’ new documentary about Edward Snowden’s revelations of National Security Agency surveillance will have its global premiere on October 10 at the New York Film Festival, event organizers announced Tuesday. Poitras, an award-winning filmmaker and journalist, was the first reporter to communicate with whistle-blower Edward Snowden about his evidence of NSA spying. Her film…
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Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying refused to resign in a midnight press conference Thursday, saying the chief secretary of the territory, Carrie Lam, would open a dialogue with student leaders as soon as possible. As a midnight deadline approached, tensions were pitched in Hong Kong, where a large and growing crowd of “Umbrella Revolution”…
The Philippines said Friday that the United States has agreed to pay $1.9 million in compensation for damage a U.S. Navy minesweeper caused to a pristine coral reef last year. “I received correspondence just yesterday that the U.S. has agreed to pay the compensation,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario said at a Senate committee…
Dozens of people protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday demanding the expulsion of U.S. troops and calling for justice for the death of a transgender woman allegedly at the hands of a Marine. Twenty-six-year-old Jennifer Laude, identified in some media reports as Jeffrey Laude, was found dead Saturday night at a hotel…
Legal challenges to discriminatory laws which refuse same-sex couples the right to marry were rejected by a federal court on Thursday, meaning such restrictions in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee will likely remain in place until the U.S. Supreme Court takes on the cases. The ruling by the conservative-leaning Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in…