White House officials were immediately spooked by President Donald Trump’s phone call to Ukraine’s president, and their concerns prompted a whistleblower complaint from an intelligence official. The complaint, which was released Thursday morning, details Trump’s efforts to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden and U.S.-based...
Measles cases flare beyond 700 and anti-vaxxers — the apex helicopter parent — are to blame
Leaving Kabul, Afghanistan for the border with Pakistan was like traveling back in time from the 21st to the 5th century. I was there in the spring 15 years ago. The dirt roads from one tiny village to another were pock-marked with deep craters, and enormous boulders the size of...
Stephen Miller hatched secret plan to embed ICE agents at refugee agency for children: report
Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller pushed a “secret” plan to embed immigration agents at a refugee agency that cares for unaccompanied migrant children, The Washington Post reports. Miller, who has argued that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) was being exploited by families hiring...
Despite backlash, more states are considering laws to make Big Oil pay for climate change
As climate disasters strain state budgets, a growing number of lawmakers want fossil fuel companies to pay for damages caused by their greenhouse gas emissions. Last May, Vermont became the first state to pass a climate Superfund law. The concept is modeled after the 1980 federal Superfund law, which holds...
The Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry is becoming a mirror for American bigotry
The WNBA stars are helping drive record-setting interest in the league. But the conversation distracts from other players, and brings in unwelcome ugliness At first, it seemed that the Indiana Fever’s home win over Chicago Sky on Saturday would be just another spicy chapter in the rivalry between Angel Reese...
Rival league forges ahead in fresh twist to British basketball’s civil war
Former NBA executive Marshall Glickman, who heads the consortium awarded 15-year league licence, outlines bold plans for change with or without the Super League clubs The machinations over football’s European Super League feel like a distant threat compared with the civil war in British basketball between the top-flight clubs and...
Hinshelwood caps Brighton comeback against Liverpool to boost Europe hopes
Arne Slot spent the week partying in Ibiza after guiding Liverpool to their 20th league title with four games to spare. But against a Brighton team still desperate to qualify for Europe next season, the Dutchman and his side were brought back down to earth as Jack Hinshelwood’s late winner...
Needless controversy over foreign-born Lions players ramps up pressure
The ‘Southern Hemisphere Seven’ long ago proved their commitment, making criticism of selection unwarranted For the class of 2017 it was the Geography Six and for the current crop, it may prove to be the Southern Hemisphere Seven. Andy Farrell’s squad announcement was low on controversy, on glaring omissions or...
Emma Raducanu sweeps past Daria Kasatkina to claim another win on clay
Raducanu beats world No 17 6-1, 6-3 in Strasbourg ‘I’m starting to like clay more,’ says British No 2 Emma Raducanu continued her impressive clay-court form as she swept aside the sixth seed, Daria Kasatkina, in the first round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg. The British No 2, who won...
The Joy of Six: Kevin De Bruyne at Manchester City
Before his final game at the Etihad, our writers pay tribute to a creative genius who lorded over the English game The great passers play passes only they can see. Very occasionally Kevin De Bruyne would go one step further: playing passes even he couldn’t see. Take his little slip-and-slide...