Новости за 08.02.2017

The Emir of Kuwait and President Donald Trump. (CC-BY 3.0 Unported) (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0)         Donald Trump, the United States’ most active president on social media, appears to have fallen into the fake-news trap, despite his repeated denouncements of the “dishonest media.” On Feb. 2, Trump shared an article on Facebook that claimed Kuwait mirrored his executive order barring entry of travelers from certain majority Muslim countries. Soon, reports surfaced refuting the story. The article that Trump touted... Читать дальше...

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams A coalition of progressive groups has filed suit to block President Trump’s executive order instructing federal agencies to roll back two regulations for every new one implemented.

The Sacred Stone #NoDAPL camp. (Donald Kaufman / Truthdig) “Trump’s Army Corps approved the death of our river.” This is how Chase Iron Eyes, an indigenous activist at the head of the #NoDAPL movement, summed up Tuesday’s news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially granted easement for the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline following Donald Trump’s executive order to expedite the project. NPR explains: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted an easement allowing the... Читать дальше...

There’s a difference between muckraking and fake news. Determining the difference is too difficult for a computer, even one with the smartest kind of artificial intelligence.

Ahead of Jeff Sessions’ confirmation vote, the Massachusetts senator sought to highlight his racism using Coretta Scott King’s words, but was silenced by Republicans.

By Alec MacGillis / ProPublica If Chuck Schumer and his Senate Democrats choose a path of obstructing President Trump’s agenda, they will have learned from the best.

Tapper may have taken the president’s counselor to task on Tuesday’s episode of “The Lead,” but consider the (news) source before chalking one up to journalistic integrity.

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Climate change is fundamentally altering mountains across the world, making ecosystems more vulnerable as tree lines migrate up slopes.

The Truthdig team will talk with author Wellford (Buzz) Wilms on Thursday about the complex relationship between urban neighborhoods and law enforcement.