10 things you need to know today: August 30, 2013
Protesters gather outside a Seattle Subway restaurant during a strike aimed at the fast-food industry and the minimum wage on Thursday. The Week Fast-food workers strike, Kim Jon-Un’s girlfriend is...
View ArticleCongressman Botches Attempt To Compare Sebelius To North Korean Dictator —...
Think Progress A Republican Congressman tried, but failed, to compare Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to the North Korean dictator during a House Energy & Commerce Health...
View ArticleWest Wing Week 12/13/13 or, “Madiba, Farewell”
The White House Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and far beyond. This week, the Vice President wrapped up a six-day, diplomatic...
View Article10 things you need to know today: April 25, 2014
Kerry said Russia was making a “grave mistake.” | (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The Week Kerry warns Russia over Ukraine, conservatives condemn Nevada rancher, and more 1. Kerry warns Russia it’s running...
View Article10 things you need to know today: October 4, 2014
South Korea’s Prime Minister Jung Hong-won (left), and North Korea’s Hwang Pyong So (far right), attend the closing ceremony of the Asian Games. (REUTERS/Jason Reed) The Week North Korea and South...
View Article10 things you need to know today: December 27, 2014
Ukrainian troops traded POWs with pro-Russia militants on Friday |(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) The Week Ukraine exchanges POWs with militants, U.S. nears an intel-sharing agreement with South Korea and...
View Article10 things you need to know today: January 1, 2015
Palestinians hold torches on Wednesday evening as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fatah movement in the West Bank city of Ramallah | (AP Photo/Majidi Mohammed) The Week Palestinians request...
View Article10 things you need to know today: March 2, 2015
(Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO via Getty Images) The Week 1.Netanyahu arrives ahead of controversial address to Congress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to the United States on...
View Article10 things you need to know today: March 5, 2015
(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) The Week 1.U.S. ambassador to South Korea injured in knife attack A leftist activist slashed U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert with a knife early Thursday during a...
View Article10 things you need to know today: June 3, 2015
AP Photo/Michael ProbsT THE WEEK 1.Sepp Blatter resigns FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced his resignation Tuesday shortly after reports surfaced suggesting his top lieutenant made a bank transfer...
View Article