Sanders Campaign Event Closes Birmingham Warming Station on Coldest Night of Year So Far
Brendan O'Connor · 01/19/16 12:21AMTip: Rand Paul Follows 420 People on Twitter
Ashley Feinberg · 01/19/16 12:00AMBlack Lives Matter Protestors Shut Down the Bay Bridge for MLK Day
Brendan O'Connor · 01/18/16 11:50PMNew York Times Columnist Suggests Housing Homeless in Old Carriage Horse Stables
Brendan O'Connor · 01/18/16 11:28PMSt. Paul Police Sergeant Accused of Encouraging Drivers to Run Over Black Lives Matter Protestors
Brendan O'Connor · 01/18/16 10:41PMOhio Police Officer Killed After Suspect's Ex-Girlfriend Warned Dispatchers He Was "Looking to Kill a Cop"
Brendan O'Connor · 01/18/16 10:15PMFamily of Rogue CIA Contractor Thought to Be Held by Iran Feels "Betrayed" By Obama Administration
Brendan O'Connor · 01/18/16 09:06PMBrendan O'Connor · 01/18/16 08:00PM
Former Nazi Medical Orderly to Stand Trial for Deaths of 3,681 People at Auschwitz
Brendan O'Connor · 01/18/16 07:30PMRNC Cuts Ties With NBC, Cries Over Wet Pee-Pee Diap
Brendan O'Connor · 01/18/16 06:55PM500 Days of Kristin, Day 359: Never Say Never
Allie Jones · 01/18/16 06:36PMReport: The Pentagon Might Retroactively Demote David Petraeus
Ashley Feinberg · 01/18/16 05:45PMThe U.S. Ambassador to Israel Basically Just Called Israel an Apartheid State
Ashley Feinberg · 01/18/16 03:47PM
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro leveled some harsh criticism at the country during a security conference in Tel Aviv, saying that Israel has “two standards of adherence to the rule of law: one for Israelis and another for Palestinians.” This sort of public admonishment is nearly unheard of in current American-Israeli relations.
The Best Parts of Sean Penn’s Insane, Out of Touch 60 Minutes Interview
Ashley Feinberg · 01/18/16 02:31PMHillary Clinton Says She's "Too Busy" to See the Benghazi Movie
Ashley Feinberg · 01/18/16 12:36PMOn CNN yesterday, Hillary Clinton told Jake Tapper that she was “too busy campaigning” to see 13 hours, the new (poorly performing) flick about the attack on Benghazi in 2012. Which—while valid—was probably a poor choice of words, considering it sets conspiracy theorists up perfectly to say things like this:
Three Americans Kidnapped in Baghdad: Reports
J.K. Trotter · 01/18/16 11:32AM
At least three Americans were kidnapped by militants in southern Baghdad on Saturday, according to several American and Iraqi news outlets. An unnamed official of the city’s police force confirmed the group’s disappearance to The Washington Post on Sunday evening, but their precise identities, and why exactly they were kidnapped, were initially unclear:
The Final Nail in El Chapo's Coffin Was a "Big Order of Tacos"
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/18/16 11:18AMDeclassified Documents: U.S. Military Bombed the Nazi Germany Oil Refinery That Fred Koch Helped Build
Andy Cush · 01/18/16 10:42AM
Among the revelations in Dark Money, Jane Mayer’s expansive new book on the Koch brothers and the rise of contemporary American conservatism, is that Fred Koch, the billionaire duo’s father, once helped build an oil refinery in Nazi Germany. The New York Times broke that item last week, but left out a key detail from the book: allied forces bombed the refinery during World War II.
Welcome to the Donald Trump MLK Day Speech Disaster Liveblog
Ashley Feinberg · 01/18/16 10:32AM
Today at 10:30 a.m., in the year of Lord 2016, Donald John Trump, Sr. will take to the stage at weaponized Christianity training institute Liberty University to give a speech about... something. Presumably Martin Luther King, Jr. will be involved, as will one of Donald Trump’s favorite books, the Bible. And of course, freedom.