Large blast rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, days ahead of verdict in politically sensitive murder trial - many people injured, eyewitnesses say
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President Trump said "the ISIS territorial caliphate has been 100% destroyed."
Although ISIS no longer controls significant areas of land, thousands of fighters remain operating as an underground force — and pose a continued terrorist threat. #SOTU https://t.co/aLTiiL8H7X
My 11 year just nearly had a heart attack when he saw the exit polls in Iowa saying health care was the number one issue.
“Not climate change?” he moans. “It’s like the the house is on fire and all people care about is doing renovations.”
President Trump made an "ironclad pledge" to protect people with pre-existing conditions.
But his administration is arguing in federal court that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional — and Trump hasn't unveiled a plan to replace it. #SOTU https://t.co/yUGPGzjatx
Here are some tips from @NPRLifeKit to help you spot misinformation online:
🤔 Exercise skepticism
📱 Understand the misinformation landscape
🕵🏽♀️ Investigate what you're seeing
🔎 Pay extra attention to emotionally charged, divisive topics
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In discussing the U.S. workforce, President Trump mixed apples and oranges, comparing the labor force participation rate under President Obama with the number of jobs created under his own administration.
They are different numbers. https://t.co/kaUmllFJhe
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and dozens of House Democratic women wore white to tonight's #SOTU address because they said they wanted to show solidarity with the women’s equality movement.
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Women are still earning less than men for doing the same work. Today is #EqualPayDay, which marks the day when women’s wages catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. Today, and every day, @HouseDemocrats will continue to fight for equity in the workplace.
Now that Special Counsel Mueller has finished his investigation, the American people have a right to read the entire report.
What do you think? Take the survey to let me know: https://t.co/hsxBnTD678
I am incredibly excited to see the positive impact @cmichprez will make on CMU's campus. I am sad I could not make it today, but I am hoping the best for Dr. Davies as he joins the Chippewa family!
55 years ago today, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock departed in Cessna 180 "Spirit of Columbus" on a flight that would make her the first woman fly solo around the world: https://t.co/MKmZfVK4zf #BecauseOfHerStory#WomensHistoryMonth
🚰 3 of 10 people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water.
New UN report offers solutions for achieving #Water4All: https://t.co/ydTm2JhYB4 via @UNESCO#GlobalGoals
University of Michigan professor Richard Primus analyzed the currently divided political climate last night in his presentation “A Republic — If We Can Keep It."
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As a Congresswoman, I am heeding and making a plan to get in front of this reversal and what it means for U.S recycling. #MI11 communities are feeling the effects.
We are *also* long overdue to have a conversation on plastics and their impacts to health and the environment.
.@ESA_EO: Bering Strait is usually covered with sea ice in March. @Copernicus#Sentinel1 mission on 7.3 shows it is virtually ice-free. Light blue = solid ice (upper left near Russia). Dark blue = water. Visible currents from drifting ice. #climatechange https://t.co/7sAaAc01nz