Friday, May 10, 2019

“There’s something wrong with a president having the power to decide which journalists can cover him.”

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Trump administration commits ‘mass purge’ of journalists allowed to enter White House

'There’s something wrong with a president having the power to decide which journalists can cover him'

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Trump reportedly rushed ahead and decided that the 10-year-old’s ball was his. His caddy then backed him up

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Trump ‘declared himself winner of golf tournament after cheating against 10-year-old boy’

President claims he has won as many as 20 championship titles, which experts say is not true

"Wow, it's pretty impressive all the things that he's done in his life"

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Fox News is desperately trying to pretend it’s OK Donald Trump lost $1bn

The New York Times reported on Tuesday evening that Donald Trump had lost a cool $1.17bn (£897m) between 1985 and 1994 on failed business ventures, more than any other...

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“Only the little people pay taxes...”

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Opinion: Trump's taxes revealed what conservatives have hidden for years. How should we respond?

It is hard to tell whether his losses are manufactured or the result of appalling business acumen, but there's no doubt that Trump lived pretty well for someone whose ...

Like Lego, it can be broken down in an acid bath and reassembled into different shapes, colours and textures

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Scientists could have finally created the ‘holy grail’ of plastic

Four men who fled conservative region say they were beaten and humiliated for up to 20 days with limited water

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Gay men 'electrocuted and strung up by legs' in new wave of torture in Chechnya, says human right...

Four men who fled conservative region say they were beaten and humiliated for up to 20 days with limited water

The party supplies company said balloon sales have been hit by a global helium shortage 🎈

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A WELL AS FOR DONALD DUCK VENTRILOQUISTS

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Party City Is Closing 45 Stores As A Global Helium Shortage Makes It Harder To Fill All Those Balloons

The party supplies company said its balloon sales had been impacted because of the global helium shortage.

Scientists say it evolved all over again

A Flightless, Chicken-Sized Bird Keeps Re-Evolving Into Existence Because It DGAF

"We know of no other example in rails, or of birds in general, that demonstrates this phenomenon so evidently."

Bird that went extinct 136,000 years ago comes ‘back from the dead’

There is no other evidence of the phenomenon that has ever been so clear, scientists say

This Bird Keeps Re-Evolving Into Existence Because It's Not Having What Extinction Is Serving

"We know of no other example in rails, or of birds in general, that demonstrates this phenomenon so evidently."

One hundred and fifty years ago, a South African man, whose name was recorded for history only as Swartbooi (“black boy”), found a diamond so big that it warped the entire history of South Africa.

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Mining wrote South Africa’s history. Does it have a future?

Women are breaking barriers to enter Jordan’s workforce. But without support at home, can they handle two jobs?

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Jordan’s men cheer working women. But will they help out at home?

As the number of measles cases in the U.S. creeps ever higher, the already contentious vaccination debate has devolved into a battle between science and belief. But the issue at hand, observers say, has more to do with trust.