For Ross Roberts, it was a lack of resources that drove him from the classroom. For Danielle Painton, it was too much emphasis on testing. For Sergio Gonzalez, it was a nasty political environment. Welcome to the U.S. teaching force, where the “I’m outta here” rate is an estimated 8 percent a year — twice […]
Category: Domestic
Trump Offering Foreign Donors Political Access to Whitehouse
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is facing a fundraising scandal after a Telegraph investigation exposed how key supporters were prepared to accept illicit donations from foreign backers. Senior figures involved with the Great America PAC, one of the leading “independent” groups organising television advertisements and grassroots support for the Republican nominee, sought to channel $2 million […]
Trump Threatens Female Accusers With Lawsuits
Donald Trump vowed Saturday to sue every woman who has accused him of sexual assault or other inappropriate behavior, as an adult film star claimed publicly that the Republican presidential nominee offered her $10,000 for sex 10 years ago. Trump called his accusers “liars” and blamed the Democrats for orchestrating their allegations. Trump’s campaign had […]
Pentagon Asks Soldiers to Repay Decade Old Bonuses
After giving thousands of California soldiers bonuses for re-enlisting in the National Guard, the Pentagon is now asking soldiers to return the money they were paid almost 10 years ago, according to a new report. The payments came during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan when the Pentagon feared a shortfall of troops, according to […]
Britain Pardons Men Convicted of Being Gay
By all accounts, Alan Turing was a genius. At age 15, he wrote an abridged version of Einstein’s theory of relativity for his mother. By 22, he was cracking long-unsolved conundrums that had vexed Europe’s most cunning mathematicians. By the onset of World War II, he’d become the British military’s most brilliant code breaker. He is credited with […]
Trump Boo’d at Annual Charity Fundraiser
UPDATE: After earning hearty laughs for many of his early jokes at the annual Al Smith dinner, Donald Trump appeared to lose the crowd as he crossed the line from jokes to deeply personal insults aimed at rival Hillary Clinton. Trump was repeatedly booed when he described Clinton as corrupt and latched onto information contained in […]
Philippines’ President Disavows United States in Favor of China
Beijing (AFP) – Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte declared his “separation” from longstanding ally the United States in Beijing on Thursday, as he rebalances his country’s diplomacy towards China. Duterte is in China for a four-day trip seen as confirming his tilt away from Washington and towards Beijing’s sphere of influence — and its deep pockets. […]
Black Lives Matter Leader Abandons Movement
A Black Lives Matter leader in Minnesota who once led a rally chanting, “pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon,” has since abandoned the movement, saying that it is “on the wrong side of history.” He attacked the organization as bad for the black community, especially on the issue of education. Shortly after defending the hateful […]
Wheelchair-bound, Patriotic teen shames anthem protesters
A Florida teenager with spina bifida was caught on camera shaming athletes who sit for the national anthem — using his arms to proudly “stand” from his wheelchair as the American flag passed by him during a parade. Arek Trenholm, 16, has become a social media sensation after his uncle Myron Leggett, a professional photographer, […]
Rubio Warns WikiLeaks Could Target GOP Next
Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is urging other Republicans not to use the WikiLeaks revelations given that U.S. intelligence officials say the emails are a product of a hack with foreign government influence. That’s the message Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is sending to his fellow Republicans, as he swears off using campaign material that originates with WikiLeaks. […]
Debate Turns Ugly… Again.
LAS VEGAS — Donald TrumpDonald TrumpVan Jones: ‘You can’t polish this turd’ GOP senators slam Trump for refusing to say he’ll honor election results Sanders slams Trump after being criticized during debate MORE and Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonClinton pledges not to ‘add a penny to the national debt’ GOP senators slam Trump for refusing to […]
Trump Blames Hillary for Accusers Coming Forward
Donald Trump has been accused by several women of sexual assault and abuse. Many of these stories are backed up by witnesses, whom the women told of the alleged assaults over the course of many years. In Wednesday’s final presidential debate, Trump was asked about all of these women and why they might possibly be […]