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Comedian Rosie O'Donnell warned on Monday that President Trump's attacks on the press could lead to someone getting hurt, suggesting that it may take a journalist's death to silence the president.
"When someone dies, maybe he’ll shut up," O'Donnell, whose feud with Trump predates his political career, said in an interview on MNSBC. She also accused Trump of encouraging political violence and empowering racists.
C-SPAN said it reported to the FBI one of their callers for making “what seemed to be a threat” directed at CNN hosts Brian Stelter and CNN anchor Don Lemon.
During an “open phones” segment of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” series on Friday morning, the network said a viewer who claimed to be form State College, Pennsylvania, called in to discuss criticism of the media.
The network said in the statement that the caller made “specific references” to Stelter and Lemon and “ended his call with what seemed to be a threat directed to the two journalists.”
A group of about 60 faith leaders and border activists hiked deep into a wildlife refuge in southwestern Arizona on Sunday, dropping plastic containers of water in the desert to save the lives of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
The activists trekked in over 100-degree heat through the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and delivered a total of 125 gallons of water, according to No More Deaths, a Unitarian Universalist ministry that provides water and first aid to migrants.
Thousands of people have died in Arizona’s deserts while illegally crossing the border, The Associated Press reports. No More Deaths says at least 128 bodies were recovered just last year, including 57 in the desert near Ajo, where clergy focused their action on Sunday.
Donald Trump acknowledged Sunday that his oldest son was trying to dig up dirt on Hillary Clinton when he met a woman linked to the Kremlin in 2016 — an attempt to recast the Trump Tower meeting as an innocuous part of campaigning as the president gets energized about hitting the trail again this year.
His comments, delivered by tweet, directly contradicted a July 2017 statement in which Trump’s team claimed the purpose of Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting a year earlier was to discuss adoption policy regarding Russian children.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday blasted a federal judge’s decision to fully restart the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program by Aug. 23.
Sessions said in a statement that the Justice Department will “take every lawful measure” to defend the decision to terminate the Obama-era program, which offers deportation relief to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
Runaway global warming on our planet remains a distinct possibility in the decades and centuries ahead, scientists reported Monday in a new study, warning that a "hothouse Earth" threatens the very “habitability of the planet for human beings.”
Such a hothouse Earth climate would see global average temperatures some 6 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit higher than they are now, with sea levels 30 to 200 feet higher than today, the paper said.
In addition, even if the carbon emission reductions called for in the Paris Agreement are met – meaning a rise of no more than 3.6 degrees above preindustrial levels – that still may not be enough.
When asked by Assistant U.S. Attorney Uzo Asonye if he was involved in any criminal activity with Manafort, Gates reportedly responded “yes.” When Azonye asked if he committed any crimes with Manafort, Gates said “yes” again.
A mysterious radio signal has been spotted by a telescope in Canada, and it's one of the lowest in frequency to date.
Details of the signal were posted to The Astronomer's Telegram, a website where accredited astronomers can post observations.
An observation posted last week by Patrick Boyle from Canada's McGill University finds a radio telescope called the Canadian Hydrogen Mapping Intensity Experiment (CHIME) discovered a fast radio burst, which are short bursts of radio waves coming from beyond the Milky Way Galaxy.
The FRB was detected at frequencies as low as 580 megahertz, the lowest frequency detection to date.
Rae died inside her home in Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll confirmed. The television star announced in April 2017 that she was diagnosed with bone cancer, choosing not to undergo treatment.
"Now I have to figure out whether I want to go have treatment again or opt for life. I love life. I've had a wonderful one already ... I've had a great life, but I have so many wonderful things happening. I'd like to choose life. I'm grateful for the life I've already had," she said at the time in a statement.
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