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MAGA Rage Erupts as New Pope’s Views of Trump Prove Unexpectedly Harsh
Right after the news broke that Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church, the internet produced lots of evidence that he has...
Musk-Tied Investor Clashes With One of World’s Biggest Asset Managers
A prominent Silicon Valley investor is in a bitter dispute with his former employer, one of the world’s largest asset managers, accusing it of fraud and attempted bribery.In a...
Vance Just Made Trump’s Dolls Comment Even Weirder
Vice President JD Vance has his own particularly bad explanation for Donald Trump’s already ridiculous way of dismissing the rising prices of consumer goods. In an interview on Fox...
U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Builds on Close Ties but Leaves Some Tariffs in Place
President Trump announced on Thursday that the United States intended to sign a trade deal with Britain that would bring the two nations closer and roll back some of...
5 Takeaways From the U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement
The United States and Britain announced on Thursday that they had reached a deal that would reduce tariffs on some imports, such as steel, cars and ethanol, and deepen...
Trump Sacks FEMA Chief One Day After He Tried to Save the Agency
Prevost is seen as being to Francis’s right on LGBTQ issues. In 2013, shortly after assuming the papacy, Francis expressed openness toward gay parishioners, saying, “If someone is gay and...
The Big Winner of Trump’s Much-Hyped Trade Deal Is … Not the U.S.
Compounding the U.K.’s trade difficulties is Brexit, the U.K.’s spectacularly self-destructive decision to depart the European Union, which took effect in 2020. The U.K. did manage before that breakup...
Kenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality
Kenneth Walker, an Emmy Award-winning journalist whose reporting for the ABC News program “Nightline” helped bring the brutality of South Africa’s racist apartheid system to the attention of the...
We Just Got a New Pope—and MAGA Is Already Losing Its Mind
Within just a few hours of white smoke rising out of the Vatican, MAGA is already fuming over the new pope.Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new leader of...
Trump’s Deportation Plans to Libya Involve Some Chilling Threats
The Trump administration’s plan to deport immigrants to Libya was even more extensive and disturbing than initial reports suggested. Under the plan, nationals from countries including Cambodia, the Philippines,...
Here’s What the New Pope Really Thinks (Beside Hating Trump)
Prevost is seen as being to Francis’s right on LGBTQ issues. In 2013, shortly after assuming the papacy, Francis expressed openness toward gay parishioners, saying, “If someone is gay and...
Crypto Bill Stalls in the Senate as Democrats Balk
A first-of-its-kind bill to regulate parts of the cryptocurrency industry stalled in the Senate on Thursday, after Democrats blocked it amid concerns in their party about how President Trump...