American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten held a secret meeting with then White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon at a Washington, DC restaurant just months after Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to an article on the Intercept website published earlier this week. Weingarten had not previously reported her rendezvous with Trump’s neo-fascist aide, which the […]

President Donald Trump says he expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Asia, as questions over ties between his campaign and the Russian government continue to intensify. “I think it’s expected that we’ll meet with Putin, yes,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew from Honolulu to […]

The discovery of a ‘monster’ planet which is way bigger than its star has rocked the foundations of astronomical theories. Scientists will now have to reconsider their beliefs on planet formation after spotting the planet known as NGTS-1b. The huge entity – a 986-degree gas giant thought to be the same size of Jupiter – […]

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) said on Monday that reopening investigations around Hillary Clinton’s emails and the Uranium One deal helps Russia create “further discord” in the United States. MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell asked Swalwell what his take was on Republicans taking steps to address the former Democratic presidential candidate’s activities, just as speculation was growing that special counsel Robert Mueller was […]

The New York terrorist may have been a “lone wolf” but his attack is part of the war waged by ISIS supporters against the US and the West as a whole, retired US Army General Paul Vallely told RT, noting that the suspect was likely radicalized in the US. The New York Police Department has […]

Two Indianapolis officers, who fatally shot an unarmed black man in June, will not face criminal charges, a special prosecutor has ruled. Prosecutor Kenneth Cotter issued a statement Tuesday, saying officers Michal Dinnsen and Carlton Howard had to shoot 45-year-old Aaron Bailey out of fear for their own safety. The officers believed that Bailey, who fled […]

Falling into line with other EU governments, the Irish government declared it’s support for Spain against Catalonia. In the wake of the Catalan government declaring independence on October 27th 2017, the government of the Republic of Ireland issued a statement in which it said that it “does not accept or recognise the Catalan unilateral declaration […]

Allegations of Russia exploiting internet giants to meddle with the 2016 US election are “dead and buried,” says former MP George Galloway. His comments follow a report by Google stating there is no evidence RT violated YouTube terms and conditions. On Tuesday, Google published the findings of a probe into the potential of RT using […]

Engineers from NASA and the University of Michigan have revealed record breaking tests of a radical ion engine designed to get man to Mars. Known as a Hall Thruster, it is one of three Mars engine prototypes currently in development, and uses electric and magnetic fields to ionize gases like xenon and expels the ions to produce […]

A new study reveals black Americans’ views of the discrimination they experience in their daily lives, detailing some of the lengths people of color go to in order to avoid racism perpetrated by their fellow citizens as well as government institutions. The report, based on survey results compiled last year by NPR, the Robert Wood […]