What White, Western Audiences Don’t Understand About Marie Kondo’s ‘Tidying Up’
When I was a child, I often joined my mother in prayer at the shrine in her bedroom. The shrine looked to me like a doll’s house, a wood-and-glass scale…
‘We Call Ourselves the Badasses’: Meet the New Women of Congress | Politico
When millions of women took to the streets the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration for the largest single-day protest in American history, they were galvanized by a frustration with…
This government shutdown is teaching a hard lesson about inequality in government service
But it is having the unintended consequence of highlighting some inequality here inside the US borders. It’s only about a quarter of the federal government affected by the shutdown, but…
House Democrats launch investigation into White House security clearances
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the new Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced Wednesday that he’s launching an investigation into the White House and Trump Transition…
Protesters arrested outside McConnell’s office
The Lead A dozen protesters, including several government union leaders, were arrested outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office following a protest demanding that he take action to end…
University of South Florida St. Petersburg mistakenly emails 430 acceptance letters, blames ‘human error’
The University of South Florida St. Petersburg says that it mistakenly sent 430 acceptance emails to applicants over the weekend. In a statement to ABC News, the school said that…
Pelosi denies Trump use of House chamber for State of the Union
The back-and-forth escalated one of the rancorous subplots of the extended standoff over border security that has shuttered several government agencies and forced hundreds of thousands of federal workers to…
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s attorneys say his alleged lies merely show a ‘lack of consistency’
Attorneys for President Donald Trump’s one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort sought Wednesday to downplay allegations lodged by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office that their client lied to prosecutors, arguing that…
Nancy Pelosi: Republicans, take back your party
While addressing the Conference of Mayors, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she was concerned about President Donald Trump using government shutdowns in the future if he doesn’t get…
In escalation of tensions, Trump to recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader as head of government
As Venezuelans commemorated the 61st anniversary of an uprising that saw one of the country’s worst dictators dethroned, U.S. President Donald Trump declared Nicolas Maduro’s presidency “illegitimate” on Wednesday and…