Tag: Yellow

Aa Aa Yellow Vest Protests in France pick up steam After a hiatus over the festive season, demonstrators were back in action across France as the Yellow Vest movement gains momentum again. Meanwhile, protests are spreading to cities across Europe, with security personnel in Berlin demanding better pay and trade unions, while protesters in Belgium were blocking roads and calling for better treatment of transport workers. US government shutdown continues Across the pond, US lawmakers are at loggerheads over a Trump demand for the funding of a border wall with Mexico. The government is now entering its third week of being partially shut down. The Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives with Nancy Pelosi taking over as House Speaker while the deadlock with Republicans set to continue. EU-Romania spat overshadows bloc Presidency Romania has become president of the bloc for the next six months, but disagreements with the EU are set to overshadow their reign.

Today in 5 Lines President Trump confirmed that CIA Director Mike Pompeo met secretly with North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un earlier this month, and said “a good relationship was formed.” White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said his office will investigate Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s spending of $43,000 on a phone booth for his office. Three men from rural Kansas were found guilty in a plot to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees. The Senate advanced the nomination of Representative Jim Bridenstine to be the new NASA administrator, after Arizona Senator Jeff Flake switched his vote to support the nomination. A federal judge ordered that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach be held in contempt of court for ignoring her orders in a proof-of-citizenship voter registration case. Today on The Atlantic Why the Statue Had to Come Down: J. Marion Sims was known as the “father of gynecology.” But his medical advances were made through experimentation on enslaved women. (Adam Serwer) Why Aren’t Disadvantaged Students Going to Elite Colleges? (Adam Harris) Snark and Sick Burns: In the past two years, one thing in American politics has become particularly clear: Donald Trump has made everyone a little more like him. (Jane Coaston, Vox) Stop Crying: Instead of prematurely accepting defeat in November, Republicans should start leading, writes Deroy Murdock. (National Review) Remembering Barbara Bush: The former first lady died on Tuesday at age 92. After the 2016 election and various financial problems, his world came crashing down.