Section: US & Canada
EU ponders future of gloomy ties with Russia
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials on Monday pondered the future of the bloc’s troubled relations with Russia amid deep concern that their large eastern neighbor sees democracy as a threat and wants to distance itself further from the EU. The state of ties took a turn for the worse on Friday after Russia said that it was expelling...
We Broke Phosphorus
In a field of sugar beets outside Cambridge, England, Simon Kelly stands above a narrow trench gouged into the rusty earth, roughly 15 feet deep and 30 feet long. “Welcome to the pit,” says Kelly, a bespectacled, white-bearded geologist in a straw hat and khaki shirt. “You’re seeing something that hasn’t been seen in a long time.”The...
Democrats Are Screwing Up Trump’s Impeachment Trial
When the second and final impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump begins Tuesday, Lewis Carroll may prove a better guide to unraveling the proceedings than the squads of legal experts in boxes on cable TV.Trump’s lawyers will certainly make the risible argument that the president was simply offering a learned commentary on election laws rather...
Trump impeachment trial to open with sense of urgency, speed
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency — by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent U.S. Capitol siege and Republicans who want it over as fast as possible. Scheduled to begin Tuesday, just over a month since the deadly riot, the...
‘My boy’s back’: Biden says reading son Hunter’s upcoming memoir ‘gave me hope’
Hunter Biden, left, and his father, President Joe Biden. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool President Joe Biden said he felt “hope” at reading his son Hunter Biden’s upcoming memoir. Biden said that his family’s personal battles were not unlike many families across the country. The memoir is set to be released in April 2021....
Seven ways to restore our press freedoms before we end up with another authoritarian dictator
Donald Trump’s time in office was defined by death, destruction, disarray, and multiple attacks on democracy. Yet we must never forget that Trump’s legacy also includes an evil milestone, reached in 2018, when the United States, for the first time ever, ranked among the top five deadliest countries for journalists. For context, other...
Sophia, the talking humanoid robot, is being readied for mass production during the pandemic
Sophia has been a regular attendee of conferences around the world. Tyrone Siu/Reuters A Hong Kong robotics firm planned to mass produce an AI robot during the pandemic, Reuters reported. Named Sophia, the robot has been appearing at conferences and speaking to journalists since 2016. “Don’t worry, if you’re nice to me,...
Impeachment Is Working—Just Not as the Framers Expected
In 2020, President Donald Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine to blackmail its president into fabricating dirt on Joe Biden. The House of Representatives impeached Trump for this act. The Senate acquitted him.In 2021, Trump incited a mob of his supporters to attack the Congress, in hopes of overturning his defeat in the presidential...
After canceling Sen. Josh Hawley’s book, Simon & Schuster announces new memoir from Hunter Biden
Simon & Schuster announced this week that one of its imprints will publish a forthcoming memoir from Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.The announcement came just weeks after the publishing house backed out of moving forward with the publication of a book from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.).What are the details?Simon & Schuster...
EXPLAINER: How Trump’s second impeachment trial will work
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, forcing the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. While Trump’s acquittal is expected, all 100 senators will first have to sit at...
