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BEIRUT/DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – At least seven people had been killed in mudslides caused by heavy rain in Jordan, the office of the country’s prime minister said. “The Jordanian government spokeswoman, Jumana Ghunaimat, said the number of those killed rose to seven people.…
The most exciting business news story of 2018 ended with a whimper this week as reports surfaced that Amazon’s HQ2 project would in fact be two smaller projects, one on Long Island City in Queens and the other in Crystal…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just upheld a ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects some 600,000 unauthorized immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation…
House Republicans are scrambling to find their Nancy Pelosi. Soon to be in the minority, Republicans are currently leaderless. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his retirement in April, and Republicans are in search of a minority leader — the position…
It’s been a bad week. The sun sets at like 3 pm now. Amazon is coming to Queens. I keep forgetting to call my gynecologist back to dispute an $800 insurance charge; now they’ve sent me another letter about it.…
In April, The New Yorker highlighted the historic number of women running for office—a wave that, even then, was striking for its diversity. Tuesday’s midterm elections saw that wave sweep over Washington. Margaret Talbot, surveying the scene, put it simply:…
