Chris White Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, now part of President Donald Trump’s legal team, said Sunday that the U.S. Constitution does not forbid the president from pardoning himself. “He’s not, but he probably does,” Giuliani told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in response to a question about Trump’s ability to pardon himself. “He has no intention…
Gabrielle Okun An activist from the Women’s March claimed red lipstick is the ultimate feminist statement, she told Glamour Thursday. Sarah Sophie Flicker, an actress, feminist activist and co-author of “Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World,” explained the power of wearing a red lipstick as a unifying force…
Ryan Pickrell President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back on, but there are still a number of logistical issues that need to be addressed beforehand. North Korea, a proud-yet-impoverished country, apparently needs another country to cover the costs of its supreme leader’s hotel stay at The Fullerton, an…
Year after year, media note and sometimes bemoan the ballooning cost of higher education. There is no doubt that the human costs of this rise are severe: Some 44 million Americans currently carry nearly $1.5 trillion in student loan debt, and the delinquency rate is 11 percent. There are various reasons for surging costs, but…
Companies, like people, make mistakes. And Google came fire on Thursday for making a big one. As first reported by Vice, the powerful search engine company listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party—less than a week before the GOP’s primary. Needless to say, Republicans were not pleased. “It is disgraceful that the…
Steve Birr Advocates of harm reduction technologies for smokers attempting to quit combustible cigarettes are criticizing the World Health Organization (WHO) for misleading users about safer alternatives. Vaping advocates argue the WHO is missing an opportunity on World No Smoking Day to raise awareness on the difference in risk between combustible tobacco and alternatives like vaping and…
Chuck Ross FBI spy Stefan Halper interacted with the media multiple times, according to a Cambridge researcher Former senior FBI officials said the interactions could be a cause for concern for the FBI, one calling them “highly irregular” Halper was reportedly an anonymous source on reports surrounding allegations about Michael Flynn’s relations with a Russian…
Peter Hasson Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez acknowledged that Americans are “forever indebted” to “the many brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending the ideals we all share” on Memorial Day. Two days later, Perez’s debt-stricken organization used the death of an Army captain to ask for campaign contributions. The DNC on…
Eric Lieberman Apple revealed Friday that it will start publishing reports on government requests to shut down apps on its software platform. The new policy, announced in its bi-annual transparency report, is potentially in response to intensified criticism Apple receives for sometimes capitulating to foreign officials’ commands. China, for example, has been trying to clamp downon certain technological capabilities that empower people…
Henry Rodgers An employee at a Little Caesars in Florida shot and killed an attacker wearing a clown mask who was armed with scissors Saturday night, according to police. The employee, Heriberto Feliciano, 28, was reportedly closing the Little Caesars when the attacker ran in and began hitting him with a wooden post in the…