Новости за 22.07.2017

By Richard Lardner / Associated Press If the bill is passed, legislators might be on a collision course with the president. (Pictured, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.)

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (left) and Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin on Capitol Hill in May. (Carolyn Kaster / AP) Two senators from opposite sides of the aisle are joining together to try to pass the Dream Act, a piece of legislation that would pave the way for illegal immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship. Sen. Richard J. Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, are hoping for success this time around, as numerous versions of the legislation... Читать дальше...

Amy Goodman discusses a set of bills targeting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel with Rabbi Joseph Berman of Jewish Voice for Peace and The Intercept’s Ryan Grim.

By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Amid Democratic silence, Sen. Bernie Sanders (pictured) is winning praise for condemning what environmental groups call a “giveaway to oil and gas interests.”

By Allen Barra Christopher Nolan’s film is not only different from any other ever made on the subject. It’s different from any other connected to war.

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Much of that will have to be spent on expensive technologies engineered to suck 1,000 billion metric tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the air by the year 2100, the study adds.

Winston Churchill called the World War II battle “a colossal military disaster” and the evacuation “a miracle of deliverance.”

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By Lance Williams / Reveal Retired Chicago business executive William H. Regnery II (pictured, right) provided Spencer with the platform he needed to launch the alt-right movement.

Donald Trump and his family during the grand opening of Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., in October. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP) Just when you think Donald Trump’s presidency can’t get any stranger, it does. After the partial transcript of his odd interview with The New York Times was released Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that Trump is discussing with lawyers the possibility of pardoning himself, his family and close aides in order to undercut special counsel Robert... Читать дальше...

By Robert Parry / Consortiumnews Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel opposes the Trump-Putin cease-fire in Syria—a position that pushes the U.S. toward wider wars.