Новости за 07.06.2017

By Kevin Cirilli and Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg The stakes for Thursday’s hearing are regarded as nearly as high as the Access Hollywood crisis, sources said.

By Common Dreams staff / Common Dreams What appears to be the written “statement for the record” by the former FBI director—scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee—surfaces online. Read the full statement here.

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company A chip-on-the-shoulder attitude prevails at the White House. It could destroy the country.

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By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet The singer-songwriter connects his inspiration and his craft to the literary and cultural canon.

By Paul Schemm and Brian Murphy / The Washington Post Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Wednesday Tehran attacks, which would mark the group’s first major strikes in Iran.

“Compared to the buffet of neoliberal homogeneity that we chewed through in [the 2015 U.K. general election],” says the “Trews” host, “the possibility of voting for a politician that offers change seems oddly exotic.”

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network The urban heat island effect can double city temperature increases.

By Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet The education secretary struggled to defend her draconian budget cuts.

By Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg The ride-share company reviewed hundreds of human resources claims after a February blog post by a former worker drew widespread attention to Uber.

By Jesse Eisinger / ProPublica The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is following up on reports that the scandal-ridden bank improperly charged customers from Los Angeles to Oregon.

By Jesse Hamilton / Bloomberg Joseph Otting (pictured at far right), former president and CEO of OneWest Bank, is tapped to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees more than 1,000 lenders.

By Coleen Rowley / Consortiumnews The special “Russiagate” prosecutor (pictured, left) and the fired FBI director have long histories as pliable political operatives.

Pharmaceutical companies are facing lawsuits for the marketing of prescription painkillers such as OxyContin. (Toby Talbot / AP) New data collected and analyzed by The New York Times suggests that 2016 had the largest annual increase in drug overdose deaths ever recorded in the United States, with deaths likely exceeding 59,000. If this number is accurate, deaths due to drug overdose rose by almost 20 percent from 2015 to 2016. The Times writes: Because drug deaths take a long time to certify... Читать дальше...