Trump calls for action on mental health laws, video games after shootings
President Donald Trump on Monday called for reforms to mental health laws and criticized violent video games after a pair of mass shootings over the…
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US company will stop supporting 8chan after El Paso shooting
The head of Cloudfare – the U.S. company that helps keep 8chan online – on Sunday said his company will stop hosting the fringe online platform…
Trump drops his choice for intelligence chief
President Trump has dropped his plans to nominate Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe as the nation’s intelligence chief. Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist with little background in intelligence,…
Economy adds 164K jobs in July, unemployment holds at 3.7 percent
The U.S. added 164,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department reported Friday, a positive sign amid concerns about the long term health of the economy….
BREAKING: Federal Reserve cuts interest rate by 0.25 percent, marking first rate cut since 2008
The Federal Reserve cut the interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, marking the first such reduction in 11 years and providing…
Full Fact has been fact-checking Facebook posts for six months. Here’s what they think needs to change
By LAURA HAZARD OWEN @laurahazardowen – Nieman Lab In December 2016, Facebook enlisted a handful of U.S.-based news organizations (ABC News, Snopes, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, and the AP) to help…
Gunman referred to neo-Nazi manifesto before opening fire at Northern California garlic festival
Santino William Legan, 19, had recently waded into the world of white supremacy before he killed three people and wounded a dozen more at the…
Trump names Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that he was nominating Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to be the director of national intelligence, replacing Dan Coats, who…
Supreme Court rules for Trump in border wall funding dispute
The Supreme Court today handed President Trump a major victory by clearing the way for him to divert $2.5 billion from the military’s budget and…
Senate Intel finds ‘extensive’ Russian election interference going back to 2014
The Senate Intelligence Committee has released its long-awaited bipartisan report on election security and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Among the key findings…