The Daily Populous

But when it comes to the government shutdown, Trump barely seems to be paying attention.

Some of Trump’s closest advisers told us that the president has been distracted and busy dealing with other matters.

Unlike GOP leaders, Bacon wants Republicans to start discussing a deal on health care even while the government remains closed. »

The NHS has made the morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England in an effort to reduce a “postcode lottery” of access to emergency contraception.

Almost 10,000 pharmacies are now able to offer the pill without charge, saving those in need of free emergency contraception from having to visit their GP or to get an appointment at a sexual health clinic.

Some pharmacies were previously charging as much as £30 for emergency oral contraception. »

Following Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken's declaration that "Moscow will be wiped off the map" if Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin decides to attack a NATO capital such as Brussels, the Russian Embassy in Belgium has issued a statement calling Francken's remarks irresponsible.

Source: Francken in an interview with Belgian newspaper De Morgen, as reported by European Pravda; Russian Embassy in Belgium.

Francken said in the interview that he doubts Putin would dare to launch a missile on Brussels. »

To sum up, a large majority of American voters are greatly dissatisfied with the state of things, most especially the economy.

It turns out that median voters were catastrophically misled about the stakes of the election last year.

Either voters didn’t hear about what Trump said and did—perhaps because of how the mainstream media compulsively laundered or obscured his extremism—or didn’t understand it, or didn’t believe it. »