January 29, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – White House officials defended President Donald Trump’s move to give top political strategist Stephen Bannon a permanent spot on the National Security Council while limiting the role of the Director of National Intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
January 29, 2017
Brief Scorecard: India 144 for 8 (Rahul 71, Jordan 3-22) beat England 139 for 6 (Stokes 38, Root 38, Nehra 3-28) by five runs
Jasprit Bumrah rejoices during his match-winning final over, India v England, 2nd T20, Nagpur, January 29, 2017 - AFP
January 29, 2017
Steve Bannon was right: the press is the “opposition party,” the guarantor of the public interest. If democracy stands any chance, journalists must be vigilant in exposing the inner workings of an administration run like a private corporation.
January 28, 2017
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen today termed note ban as an unguided "missile" fired "unilaterally" by the government without adhering to the democratic conventions. "Every now and then we get missiles fired by the government unilaterally.
January 28, 2017
President Trump’s executive order barring refugees from entering the United States and halting entry from seven predominantly Muslim countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — set off a cascade of reaction around the world.
A protester at Kennedy Airport in New York on Saturday.
January 28, 2017
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: When she watched a last, dying ball fall into the doubles lane and harmlessly wide, 35-year-old Serena Williams both crumpled to the court and ascended to a perch. On the other side of the planet from where the Williams tennis story had begun, the younger sister had climbed to the top of the 49-year-old Open era.
January 28, 2017
The seven nations targeted for new visitation restrictions by President Trump on Friday all have something in common: They are places he does not appear to have any business interests.
January 27, 2017
If U.S. taxpayers front the Trump administration's border wall, the average household could owe $120.
A 2006 federal law required a double-layered fence along hundreds of miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. But that law has since undergone significant changes. (U.S Fish & Wildlife Service photo)
January 27, 2017
Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin must unite to spearhead a new resolution banning nuclear war, Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, has urged.
