17 June 19
Andy Borowitz | Kellyanne Conway to Leave White House Immediately and Begin New Job at Kremlin
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The embattled Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway will leave her post at the White House, effective immediately, and begin a new job at the Kremlin on Friday, the White House and the Kremlin have confirmed."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The embattled Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway will leave her post at the White House, effective immediately, and begin a new job at the Kremlin on Friday, the White House and the Kremlin have confirmed."
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Robert Mueller. (photo: James Berglie/TNS)
Supreme Court Reaffirms Double Jeopardy Exception With Mueller Probe Implications
Marianne Dodson, The Daily Beast
Dodson writes: "The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed a 170-year-old exception to the Constitution's double-jeopardy clause, and left the door open for state prosecutors to prosecute Trump campaign officials regardless of whether federal officials have already done so."
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Marianne Dodson, The Daily Beast
Dodson writes: "The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed a 170-year-old exception to the Constitution's double-jeopardy clause, and left the door open for state prosecutors to prosecute Trump campaign officials regardless of whether federal officials have already done so."
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In this June 1, 2019 photo, migrants mill around a courtyard of Siglo XXI migrant detention center in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico. An average stay for a migrant at the overcrowded detention center will not last more than two weeks. (photo: Marco Ugarte/AP)
Overcrowding, Abuse Seen at Mexico Migrant Detention Center
María Verza, Associated Press
Verza writes: "The 36-year-old Cuban mechanic's eyes glazed over as he recalled his time at the Siglo XXI holding facility: 50 people sleeping in 9-by-12-foot pens, feces overflowing the latrines, food and water always scarce."
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María Verza, Associated Press
Verza writes: "The 36-year-old Cuban mechanic's eyes glazed over as he recalled his time at the Siglo XXI holding facility: 50 people sleeping in 9-by-12-foot pens, feces overflowing the latrines, food and water always scarce."
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (photo: Michael Dwyer/AP)
The Supreme Court Strikes a Small but Significant Blow Against Gerrymandering
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "The court's decision in Bethune-Hill marks the end of one of the most rigid gerrymanders in the country."
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Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "The court's decision in Bethune-Hill marks the end of one of the most rigid gerrymanders in the country."
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Stephen Bratton. (photo: Harris County Sheriff's Office)
Texas Pastor, Outspoken Supporter of Bill Criminalizing Abortion, Accused of Molesting Teenage Relative Multiple Times a Day
Ewan Palmer, Newsweek
Palmer writes: "A former Southern Baptist pastor, who supported a strict abortion bill in Texas which would have made it illegal for women to undergo the procedure, has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage relative."
Ewan Palmer, Newsweek
Palmer writes: "A former Southern Baptist pastor, who supported a strict abortion bill in Texas which would have made it illegal for women to undergo the procedure, has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage relative."
EXCERPT:
According to an extensive joint investigation by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio-Express,more than 700 people have been abused by Southern Baptist church leaders over the past two decades.
Mohamed Morsi pictured while on trial in 2016. (photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Egypt's Ousted, First Openly Elected President, Dies in Court
Ruth Michaelson, Guardian UK
Michaelson writes: "Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi has collapsed during a court session and died, almost six years after he was forced from power in a bloody coup."
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Ruth Michaelson, Guardian UK
Michaelson writes: "Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi has collapsed during a court session and died, almost six years after he was forced from power in a bloody coup."
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Coal ash has contaminated the Vermilion River in Illinois. (photo: Eco-Justice Collaborative)
Landmark Coal Ash Bill Signals Hope for Midwest Communities
Jessica A. Knoblauch, Earthjustice
Knoblauch writes: "Summers in the Midwest are great for outdoor activities like growing your garden or cooling off in one of the area's many lakes and streams. But some waters aren't as clean as they should be."
Jessica A. Knoblauch, Earthjustice
Knoblauch writes: "Summers in the Midwest are great for outdoor activities like growing your garden or cooling off in one of the area's many lakes and streams. But some waters aren't as clean as they should be."
WORTH READING IN ITS ENTIRETY: EXCERPT:
The Trump administration, however, was determined to carry out the coal industry's bidding. So in 2018, it announced it was weakening the coal ash rule. Earthjustice quickly sued the administration for its illegal action. At the same time we were defending the rule, Earthjustice attorneys were also arguing that the original 2015 protections should be even stronger. In August 2018, a court agreed, forcing policy makers and coal companies to accept the reality that they would eventually have to address this problem nationwide. Illinois alone, for example, has more than 80 impoundments, including more than 50 that must close in the next few years under the current federal rule.
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