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White House bars FDA commissioner from testifying before House committee
President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Washington. AP Photo/Alex Brandon The White House blocked FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn from testifying before the Energy and...
Russia releases video of its fighter jets intercepting a US B-1B bomber over the Bering Sea
US Air Force Russian MiG-31s and Su-35S escorted a US B-1B bomber in international airspace over the Northern Pacific Ocean as it “approached” Russia’s airspace. US Air Force bombers have been busy in the air over Eastern Europe and around Alaska in recent months, amid heightened tensions between Russia and its neighbors in...
The Trump campaign ran a ‘Support Our Troops’ ad with a stock photo of Russian fighter jets
An advert from the Trump Make America Great Again Committee showing US soldiers and Russian MiG-29 fighter jets. Google Transparency Report/ Trump Make America Great Again Committee An advert from President Donald Trump’s campaign, which urges Americans to “Support Our Troops,” used a stock photo of Russian fighter jets. In the...
Key impeachment witness Alexander Vindman said he now considers himself a ‘Never Trumper’
Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry,...
A fired Facebook employee wrote a scathing 6,600-word memo detailing the company’s failures to stop political manipulation around the world
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaving The Merrion Hotel in Dublin after a meeting with politicians to discuss regulation of social media and harmful content in April 2019. Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images A recently fired Facebook data scientist wrote a lengthy memo detailing the tech giant’s failures to stop election interference in...
Facebook whistleblower claims US politicians were artificially boosted by millions of fake followers and reactions during the 2018 elections
A Facebook whistleblower detailed major revelations about the company’s ongoing struggle to combat misinformation. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call A former Facebook employee wrote a memo revealing multiple stunning failures by Facebook to effectively deal with political misinformation across the globe, BuzzFeed News reported Monday. In the memo,...
A seaweed-based rum is giving this company a new lease on life after COVID-19 decimated its bartending business
F Stop Photography The Yorkshire Explorer Distillery makes rum using local seaweed. Its first batch sold out in less than two weeks. Though the company launched two years ago as side business to an events company, the sales of its gin and rum have allowed both businesses to stay afloat during the pandemic. The company credits the rum’s...
Athletes, priests and politicians: 9 public figures who didn’t take the coronavirus seriously and then got infected themselves
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro adjusts his protective face mask at a press statement during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil, March 20, 2020. Picture taken March 20, 2020. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters Some political figures, athletes, and celebrities didn’t take the COVID-19 pandemic threat seriously,...
Trump appointees sought to alter CDC scientific reports so they don’t contradict or undermine the president
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta. AP Photo/John Bazemore An email obtained by Politico shows a Trump political appointee accusing career scientists at the CDC of undermining the president’s messaging on COVID-19. “CDC to me appears to be writing hit pieces on the...
B-52 bombers are ‘competing every day’ over Europe to send a message to Russia, top US Air Force officer says
A US Air Force B-52 refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the North Sea, August 31, 2020. US Air Force/Senior Airman Shanice Williams-Jones US Air Force B-52s arrived in the UK in late August for another Bomber Task Force deployment, and since then the bombers have conducted training missions from the Arctic to North Africa. Those operations...
