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The resolution was gutted after the U.S. threatened to veto the measure altogether unless language referencing reproductive health was taken out

A bold thesis that best makes sense of an astonishingly calamitous Trump week. The unforced Trump implosion invites provocative interpretations, even projection of a readily predictable demise. Trump never thought he'd get this far and is now showing why he should go no further. How does he reverse this week's torrent of political self-destruction, worsening his General Election leverage? Can we not imagine Trump’s PR skills going into full damage control mode, even sniffing how to make lemonade out of souring lemons.

The first ever Muslim Congresswoman, Zinke blames wildfires on environmentalists, Trump wants to open California's public lands to fracking, and more.

Are Americans playing Russian Roulette with their vote?

Some of the conservative Justices did, however, indicate that they would be willing to uphold the ban, in full.

The future seems to free the mind from reality’s restraints and let the imagination soar. Yet it has also proven full of political pitfalls.

The UN is being criticized for not looking into allegations of sexual exploitation of children by French peacekeeping troops. Only one man has been accused of such actions so far and now faces dismissal.

Since Trump’s election, scientists have been scrambling to save climate change data sets. And one Michigan graduate student thought the more copies, the better.

"There’s a historical pattern of detention and separation of families that we’re seeing across the United States, affecting immigrant communities and affecting communities of color."

Trump signs executive order halting family separation policy he created President Trump signed an executive order halting what has become a notorious family separation policy...