Politics

A woman sitting on an expensive gold chair while wearing a £1,000,000 hat has encouraged Britain to “live within its means”  during times of austerity while addressing a room full of millionaires. The Huffington Post explains: She also voiced support for a government imposing longer working hours with less pay on junior doctors while wearing a hat encrusted with five rubies, 11 emeralds, 17 sapphires, 273 pearls and 2,868 diamonds. “One also hopes one’s government will put superfast broadband at the top of its agenda,” she added.

Eliot Cohen reminds us at length that he can’t abide Trump, and then tries to make the case for Clinton:

While the US obssesses over the taxable Adjusted Gross Income of real-estate billionaire Donald Trump (and has to be content with his just released 104 personal financial statement posted here), another just as (if not more) important number was revealed in a financial disclosure form filed on Tuesday night by Hillary Clinton’s campaign.  Accordingly, Bill and Hillary Clinton have earned $6.7 million from paid speeches, aka a legal way to purchase influence, since the beginning of 2015, including $2.7 million from speeches the former president gave after his wife officially kicked off her W

On Tuesday, the US Senate passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. The bill allows victims of terror attacks on U.S. soil or surviving family members to bring lawsuits against nation-states for activities supporting terrorism. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) explained that the bill is very near and dear to his heart, and would "allow the victims of 9/11 to pursue some small measure of justice."

With Donald Trump's tax return dominating this part of the republican presidential candidate's news cycle, in an attempt to deflect attention from his IRS filing which Turmp has said he won't disclose, last night Trump filed a personal financial statement with the FEC.