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Putin

Trump in Japan for talks on trade, Iran, North Korea

President Donald Trump on Thursday began what is likely his most consequential overseas trip of the year, one that will present the "America First" president with a flurry of international crises, tense negotiations and a growing global to-do list. Intereste…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Brexit

Any attempt to stop government funding would be irresponsible: UK PM’s spokeswoman

LONDON (Reuters) - Any attempt to cut off funding to British government departments would be “grossly irresponsible”, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, after reports that lawmakers would try to do so to stop a no-deal Brexit. Ea…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Obamacare

Appellate Court Raises New Threat to Obamacare

"There are a lot of blogs and news sites claiming to understand politics, but only a few actually do. Political Wire is one of them." -- Chuck Todd, host of "Meet the Press" "Concise. Relevant. To the point. Political Wire is the first site I check when Im …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Ukrainian Revolution

Georgia Target of Russian Disinformation Machine

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Boeing 737max

Manufacturing Cross-Currents

ACT Research, the leading publisher of commercial vehicle industry data in North America, reported last week that freight rates in for-hire trucking had declined in May. It was the fourth month in a row when prices had been pressured. More and more, there is …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Trickle-Down

The Ascent of the Sick-Girl Narrative

1.I recently saw a playwright I had studied with at a cafe. Her mother had just been hospitalized and this led to a discussion of how womens symptoms of heart attack often present differently than the typical signs weve been told to look for. Nausea and vomit…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Yemen Civil War

Trump, Congress set for new showdown on Saudi Arabia

Lawmakers and President TrumpDonald John Trump2020 Democrats spar over socialism ahead of first debateSenate passes .5 billion border bill, setting up fight with House'Teflon Don' avoids the scorn of the 'family values' GOP againMORE are laying the groundwork…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Hiroshima

How John Hersey Bore Witness

Within hours of the attack on the Philippines, an editor at Knopf asked Hersey to write about it. This invitation led to his first book, Men on Bataan, a hasty synthesis of interviews, correspondents cables, and biographical sketches, one part biography of Ge…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Bees

Those honeybees you’re so worried about? They’re killing off wild bee species.

Those honeybees youve been fretting over are getting native bumblebees sick. A new study shows that viruses infecting domestic honeybees are spreading to wild bee species. This is potentially a much bigger conservation disaster than the better-known honeybee…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Star Wars

‘Star Wars’ star Daisy Ridley casually busts out Lil’ Kim’s ‘Lady Marmalade’ rap

Daisy Ridley has many talents. Obviously acting is the main one, as anyone who's seen her in the Star Wars franchise will know. But it turns rapping is also pretty high on the list. "I do have a strong memory for songs," she told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Trump in Japan for talks on trade, Iran, North Korea

Any attempt to stop government funding would be irresponsible: UK PM’s spokeswoman

Appellate Court Raises New Threat to Obamacare

Georgia Target of Russian Disinformation Machine

Manufacturing Cross-Currents

The Ascent of the Sick-Girl Narrative

Trump, Congress set for new showdown on Saudi Arabia

How John Hersey Bore Witness

Those honeybees you’re so worried about? They’re killing off wild bee species.

‘Star Wars’ star Daisy Ridley casually busts out Lil’ Kim’s ‘Lady Marmalade’ rap

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