Angry Diners Confront Sen. Mitch McConnell At Kentucky Restaurant

Angry Diners Confront Sen. Mitch McConnell at Kentucky Restaurant image Mitch McConnell was confronted by fellow diners in a Louisville, Ky. restaurant on Friday night in the Senate majority leader’s latest encounter with protesters. McConnell and his wife, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, were dining at Havana Rumba, a popular Louisville Cuban restaurant, when he was accosted by fellow patrons. One man took McConnell’s to-go box off the table and dumped it on the sidewalk, reported the Courier Journal . “Why don’t you get out of...

EU Trade Talks Become Contentious As President Trump Threatens Tariffs

EU Trade Talks Become Contentious as President Trump Threatens Tariffs image (Bloomberg) — The European Union and U.S. are reviewing their trade ties, spurred by U.S. accusations that the bloc is duping American businesses. But don’t expect a complete overhaul of their more than $1 trillion commercial relationship anytime soon. Even though President Donald Trump notified Congress Oct. 16 that the U.S. intends to begin official trade talks with the 28-nation EU, formal negotiations are yet to get underway and quarreling between the two sides signals an arduous...

Caravan Of Central American Migrants Swells To 5,000 As It Advances Toward U.S.

Caravan of Central American Migrants Swells to 5,000 as It Advances Toward U.S. image (CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico) — Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the border, a growing throng of Central American migrants resumed their advance toward the U.S. border early Sunday in southern Mexico. Their numbers swelled to about 5,000 overnight and at first light they set out walking toward the Mexican town of Tapachula, 10 abreast in a line stretching approximately a mile (1.5 kilometers). It was not immediately clear where the additional travelers had materialized from since about 2,000...

Russia Says President Trump’S Nuclear Treaty Withdraw Would Be A ‘Very Dangerous Step’

Russia Says President Trump’s Nuclear Treaty Withdraw Would Be a ‘Very Dangerous Step’ image (ELKO, Nevada) — President Donald Trump says his intention to scrap a landmark arms control agreement with Russia follows years of violations by Moscow in developing prohibited weapons, and “we’re not going to be the only one to adhere to it.” The Kremlin said the pullout “would be a very dangerous step.” Britain said it stood “absolutely resolute” with the U.S., while Germany called Trump’s move “regrettable.” Heiko Maas said in a...

Taiwan Train Derailment Kills 18 And Injures 160

Taiwan Train Derailment Kills 18 and Injures 160 image (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — Eighteen people were killed and at least 160 others injured on Sunday when one of Taiwan’s newer, faster trains derailed on a curve along a popular weekend route, officials said.The Puyuma express train was carrying more than 366 passengers from a suburb of Taipei toward Taitung, a city on Taiwan’s southeast coast, when it went off the tracks at 4:50 p.m., the Taiwan central government said in a statement.The National Fire Agency cited the Cabinet spokesman’s...

‘We Won’T Be Broken.’ Caravan Of Migrants Sets Sights On U.S., Defying President Trump’S Threats

‘We Won’t Be Broken.’ Caravan of Migrants Sets Sights on U.S., Defying President Trump’s Threats image Lining up on the rocky bank of the Suchiate river, which runs along Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala, a thronging crowd from the migrant caravan shouted to their companions squatting on the international bridge. “ Venganse ,” they chanted, come on over . Minutes later, groups from the bridge poured down the hill to jump on rafts made with tires and crossed into Mexico. No police stopped them. With large numbers making it over the river into Mexico by late Saturday ,...

Can Laundry And Lettuce Save Cleveland?: New At Reason

Can Laundry and Lettuce Save Cleveland?: New at Reason image About 40,000 pounds of laundry from hospitals and nursing homes—bed sheets, towels, surgical scrubs, bibs, and lab coats—arrive by truck daily at a massive building just east of Cleveland. Literal blood, sweat, and tears must be removed, and the items must be sent back, fresh and clean and folded, by the next day. The interior of the laundry facility is about the size of a football field. Laundry is processed in 220-pound bags. The dirty clothes and linens spend 90 seconds in one washer, then 90...

Trump Plans To Tear Up A 31-Year-Old Nuclear Weapons Treaty. Now What?

Trump Plans to Tear Up a 31-Year-Old Nuclear Weapons Treaty. Now What? image President Donald Trump revealed Saturday the United States intends to withdraw from a 31-year-old nuclear weapons agreement with Russia, delivering a severe blow to the arms control regime that helped preserve peace since the Cold War. “We’re going to terminate the agreement and we’re going to pull out,” Trump told reporters after a rally in Elko, Nevada, without indicating what the next steps might be. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty , first signed by...

President Trump Says He Will Pull U.S. Out Of Nuclear Treaty With Russia

President Trump Says He Will Pull U.S. Out of Nuclear Treaty With Russia image (ELKO, Nevada) — President Donald Trump says he will pull United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. Trump says Moscow has violated the agreement, but provided no details. The 1987 pact helps protect the security of the U.S. and its allies in Europe and the Far East. It prohibits the United States and Russia from possessing, producing or test-flying a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles. Trump made the announcement Saturday...

Angela Merkel And Other European Leaders Press For Facts About Jamal Khashoggi’S Death

Angela Merkel and Other European Leaders Press for Facts About Jamal Khashoggi’s Death image German Chancellor Angela Merkel led a chorus of European leaders pressing Saudi Arabia to come clean about how and why government critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed. While U.S. President Donald Trump called the Saudi response and admission that Khashoggi was killed at its consulate in Istanbul a “good first step,” Merkel portrayed the “horrific events” surrounding his killing as a warning that democratic freedoms are under assault across the globe. “They still...

Former Vice President Joe Biden Says President Donald Trump Is ‘Shredding’ American Values

Former Vice President Joe Biden Says President Donald Trump Is ‘Shredding’ American Values image (ELKO, Nev.) — The values that built America “are being shredded by a president who’s all about himself,” former Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday as the potential 2020 White House candidate and President Donald Trump held dueling rallies in Nevada weeks before Election Day. As early voting in the pivotal state got underway, Trump appeared in rural Elko, wrapping up a swing of Western states where he campaigned for Republican candidates, while Biden was several hundred...

Questionable Saudi Explanation Of Khashoggi's Death Bolsters Rand Paul's Case For Ending Arms Sales

Questionable Saudi Explanation of Khashoggi's Death Bolsters Rand Paul's Case for Ending Arms Sales image Saudi Arabia reversed days of denials on Friday evening and admitted that journalist Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents inside the country's Istanbul consulate. But the new official story is "not even close to credible," says Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.), who today reiterated his call for a reevaluation of the U.S.–Saudi relationship, including putting an end to military cooperation with and arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The so-called "explanation" from the Saudis is not even close to...

Caravan Shrinks As Migrants Attempt To Make Their Way Across The Mexico-Guatemala Border

Caravan Shrinks as Migrants Attempt to Make Their Way Across the Mexico-Guatemala Border image (TECUN UMAN, Guatemala) — A U.S.-bound caravan that once totaled more than 3,000 Central American migrants looked to be about a third that size Saturday morning, when its remaining members woke up on a bridge that divides the borders of Guatemala and Mexico and waited to get past a crossing guarded by hundreds of Mexican federal police. Hundreds of migrants have already crossed, some legally, some not. Others left their spots on the bridge to go to a nearby Guatemalan town for food. It’s...

Deadline Approaching: Intern With Us This Spring

Deadline Approaching: Intern With Us This Spring image The Burton C. Gray Memorial Internship program runs year-round in the Washington, D.C., office. Interns work for 12 weeks and are paid $7,200. The job includes reporting and writing as well as helping with research, proofreading, and other tasks. Previous interns have gone on to work at such places as The Wall Street Journal , Forbes , ABC News, and Reason itself. To apply, send your résumé, up to five writing samples (preferably published clips), and a cover letter by November 1 to...

Afghanistan’S Long-Overdue Parliamentary Elections Reach A Chaotic End

Afghanistan’s Long-Overdue Parliamentary Elections Reach a Chaotic End image (KABUL, Afghanistan) — Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, already three years overdue, ended as chaotically as they began with even the Independent Election Commission uncertain of how many of the estimated 21,000 polling stations closed by 4 p.m. local time, the original closing time. There were a multitude of attacks but the most serious was in a northern Kabul neighborhood where a suicide bomber blew himself up just as polling was about to end, killing three people and wounding...

Over 600,000 People March In London For A Second Brexit Referendum

Over 600,000 People March in London for a Second Brexit Referendum image (Bloomberg)—People from across the U.K. gathered on a sunny Saturday afternoon in London to take part in what may be the biggest public protest over Brexit since the referendum in 2016. The march, which organizers said drew more than 600,000 to west London’s Park Lane, was called by People’s Vote, a group that’s campaigning for the the public to have a say on any final Brexit deal to prevent the ruling Conservative government from forcing it through Parliament. A summit of...

Africa’S Youngest Billionaire Released Unharmed, 9 Days After Being Abducted

Africa’s Youngest Billionaire Released Unharmed, 9 Days After Being Abducted image (Bloomberg)—A Tanzanian billionaire industrialist who was abducted about nine days ago was released unharmed, as police said they’re hunting for the perpetrators of the crime that threatened to spook investors in East Africa’s second-largest economy. Mohammed Dewji, listed by Forbes as Africa’s youngest billionaire with a net worth of $1.5 billion, was dropped off in an area of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s main city, by his kidnappers, police Inspector General Simon Sirro...

Amid Skepticism, President Trump Praises Saudi Response On Jamal Khashoggi’S Death

Amid Skepticism, President Trump Praises Saudi Response on Jamal Khashoggi’s Death image President Donald Trump called Saudi Arabia’s removal of two top officials and more than a dozen arrests a “good first step” in response to the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as U.S. lawmakers from both parties expressed deep skepticism. Trump made the remarks Friday during a meeting with defense industry executives in Arizona, where he boasted about the deals he’s forged with the Saudis and reiterated his opposition to canceling what he says is a $110 billion...

Oregon Oysterman's Poop Problem Shows Need For Market-Based Regulations: New At Reason

Oregon Oysterman's Poop Problem Shows Need for Market-Based Regulations: New at Reason image An Oregon oysterman has sued state environmental regulators over pollution he says comes from dairy farms around his Tillamook Bay oyster beds. Oyster farmer Jesse Hayes says that fecal runoff from the farm is impacting his oyster harvests, and that the state has failed to protect him, his business, and the bay. Manure from livestock enters waterways as runoff, typically carried from farmers' fields—where it's used as fertilizer—by rain. Such problems aren't confined to Oregon. They're national...

Myers-Briggs Is Bunk: New At Reason

Myers-Briggs Is Bunk: New at Reason image In the latest issue of Reason , Katrina Gulliver reviews The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre . An excerpt: The official Myers-Briggs Type Indicator can be taken online for $50, but there are plenty of free knock-offs floating around the internet. I took two while writing this review. One says I'm ISTJ. The other typed me as ENTP. For those who aren't familiar with the phenomenon, the test is made up of statements like "I prefer to stay home rather than go out" and "I prefer a tidy...