The urgent lesson of the University of Michigan sexual abuse scandal
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The reluctance to acknowledge male sexual abuse is heightened in a male-dominated environment where masculinity and "toughness" are rewarded, such as in college and pro sports, writes Peggy Drexler, and boys and young men are discouraged from coming forward. Institutions -- and parents -- must ensure that safe avenues of communication are kept wide open to protect youngsters from predators.
Matt Schembechler said that when he told his father -- who was in his first year as head coach -- Bo Schembechler responded by punching him in the chest. He said that he and his mother reported Anderson's behavior to athletic director Don Canham, who fired Anderson, but it is Matt Schembechler's understanding that his father had Anderson reinstated, CNN reported.
President Donald Trump’s sprawling new East Wing ballroom project has attracted widespread controversy — but promises to solve a problem identified by first families and their social secretaries on both sides of the aisle for decades.
For Josh Shapiro, it’s all about being able to win in Pennsylvania.
Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer is expected to announce Thursday that he is retiring after serving more than four decades in Congress.
A top staffer for longtime DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton announced Wednesday he plans to run for her non-voting seat in Congress.
Trump administration officials on Wednesday began outlining a makeshift strategy for taking indefinite control of Venezuela’s oil sales, as they race to maintain stability within the nation after overthrowing its leader.
In the wee hours of Saturday, shortly after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, blindfolded and taken to the United States, video emerged of Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister and one of its most popular talk show hosts, surrounded by a group of armed men in Caracas.
President Donald Trump issued a stark threat to defense contracting companies on Wednesday, saying he would seek to limit stock buybacks and executive salaries unless they improve their delivery of weapons systems to the US military hours before saying he’d decided to substantially increase the defense budget.
Temir Porras, who was ousted President Nicolás Maduro’s chief of staff from 2007-2013, tells CNN’s Isa Soares that he cares about the stability of his country and that the leadership in Venezuela is showing “maturity and balance in the movement they’re making.”
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis strongly criticized White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s recent comments suggesting the US should take control of Greenland, calling the remarks “amateurish” and “absurd,” and urging President Donald Trump to fire people who give that kind of advice.
It was as telling a moment as any when it comes to the Republican Party’s relationship with President Donald Trump.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he plans to call a special session in April for the Republican-dominated legislature to draw new congressional districts, joining the redistricting arms race.