There is a robust argument being made, by prominent public figures but also among everyday Americans, that the white evangelical movement has made a Faustian bargain by supporting the GOP, and President Trump, in exchange for promises to eliminate abortion.
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:18:35 -0400

"We are the ones with those scary guns," James Dale Reed wrote in a note left outside a house with Biden-Harris campaign signs in the front yard.
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:37:30 -0400

As voters consider recreational legalization, the outcomes of legal marijuana in Colorado, Washington and California help show what would happen.
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:34:02 -0400

Another day, another on-board confrontation.
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:17:28 -0400

A shooting in a Texas club left three dead and a fourth critically injured, police said, hours after another incident in which an officer was shot dead.
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:24:26 -0400

Chaos broke out when thousands gathered in a stadium in Afghanistan to apply for visas to Pakistan.
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:05:46 -0400

A United States Marine Corps helicopter crew chief has accused Australian special forces of shooting dead one of seven bound Afghan prisoners because there was only space for six on the US aircraft due to collect them. The chief, Josh, flew 159 combat missions for the Marine Corps Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469. He told Australia's ABC Investigations he was a door gunner providing aerial covering fire for the Australian soldiers of the 2nd Commando Regiment during a night raid in mid-2012, north of his squadrons base in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. The raid was part of a broader joint Australian special forces-US Drug Enforcement Administration campaign targetting drug operations financing the Taliban. Josh told the ABC: We just watched them tackle and hogtie these guys and we knew their hands were tied behind their backs. He said the Australian commandos then called for the US aircraft to pick them and seven prisoners up. The pilot said, 'That's too many people, we can't carry that many passengers.' And you just heard this silence and then we heard a pop. And then they said, 'OK, we have six prisoners'. The USMC chief said it was apparent to everybody involved in that mission that they had just killed a prisoner that we had just watched them catch and hogtie.
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:28:29 -0400

The Marine Corps has removed a two-star general from command of Marine forces in Europe and Africa based on an investigation into allegations that he used a racial slur during a training event, officials said Tuesday. The decision to relieve Maj. Gen. Stephen Neary of command of Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, headquartered in Germany, was made by the commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David Berger. Neary was relieved due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to serve in command, the Marines said in a brief written statement.
Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:21:37 -0400

An ugly fight over social media about racism at USC had one positive outcome: the university president's strong statement condemning anti-Semitism.
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:00:50 -0400

Republicans clearly never intended to pass a new relief bill so why has the media consistently blamed Democrats?
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:44:24 -0400