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The U.S. has dropped 3,554 bombs on the Taliban this year — already nearly three times the 2016 total — as part of President Donald Trump's shift in strategy.

New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush Sen. Al Franken and Jeffrey Tambor have become the latest public figures to be accused of sexual misconduct.

Two Workers Assassinated in Mexico: NAFTA Renegotiation Is More Important Now Than Ever

The need to fundamentally improve the labor provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement took on a new urgency over the weekend, as a group of armed civilians, calling themselves the “Tonalapa Community Police,” (Policía Comunitaria de Tonalapa) attacked striking workers, killing two, at the Media Luna mine in Guerrero, Mexico. The murders occurred just five hours south of Mexico City, where representatives from the United States, Canada and Mexico are in the midst of their fifth round of talks about rewriting NAFTA.

The aggressors, meanwhile, were released after being briefly detained by an army squadron.

The striking workers, who want to be represented by the National Union of Mine, Metal and Steelworkers (Los Mineros) and are demanding the removal of the employer-dominated "labor" federation CTM (Confederación de Trabajadores de México), identified local CTM leaders as among those responsible for the attack. The practice of false unions siding with the employer over workers is a common feature of Mexico’s failed labor relations model...

The New York Times has suspended prominent political reporter Glenn Thrush following accusations of sexual misconduct, the paper said on Monday.