Новости за 18.03.2017

A slew of Republican legislation is flowing out of the Capitol in Des Moines during this radical right-wing moment in U.S. history.

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams President Trump slipped up and called the U.S. a “company,” ignored Merkel’s request for a handshake and said a German reporter’s question was based on “fake news.”

In his St. Patrick’s Day speech Thursday—with the president at his side—Enda Kenny (pictured, right) delved into the history of Irish immigration to the U.S.

Kellyanne Conway speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference. (Gage Skidmore / CC 2.0) Kellyanne Conway is no stranger to media attention, and a lengthy profile in New York magazine illustrates how she is becoming “a bona fide celebrity in her own right.” Reporter Olivia Nuzzi spent 49 days profiling the Trump campaign manager turned trusted adviser. “Conway claims to be sick of herself,” Nuzzi writes. “But she’s also clearly having a lot of fun being the center of attention... Читать дальше...

Her inspiring talk at the Women of the World Festival shows that this civil rights figure is as relevant to today’s fraught world as to the turbulent era from which she sprang decades ago.

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams The president’s latest hires confirm that his policy isn’t so much to drain the swamp as to fill it, according to many observers.

March Madness and its accompanying betting-pool tradition go directly against the NCAA’s staunch anti-gambling policy, but bracketology accounts for billions of dollars in profits.

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