Conspiracy Theories Have Been Around Forever. In a New Book, Anna Merlan Explains Why They’re Getting More Powerful.
David Reinert holds up a large “Q” sign while waiting in line to see President Donald J. Trump on August 2, 2018 at a rally Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Rick Loomis/Getty Images In many ways, this moment we’re in feels like the age of the conspiracy theory—one in which “wellness” schemes are the grift that keeps…
Presidential Candidates Are Trying to Prevent Sexual Misconduct—in Their Own Campaigns
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speaks during the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, 2017. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) stands to her left.Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Veteran campaign staffers are likely to notice some big changes around the office when they report for work in the…
House Democrats Will Subpoena Mueller Report
Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House Democrats say they will vote this week to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s complete report, underlying evidence, and other material—rejecting as insufficient Attorney General William Barr’s pledge to produce a redacted version of the report later this month. House Judiciary…
Barr Says He’ll Release Redacted Mueller Report by Mid-April
U.S. Attorney General William Barr departs his home March 26, 2019.Win McNamee/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General William Barr said in a letter Friday that he expects to release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report “by mid-April, if not sooner.” Last Sunday, after Mueller…
We Still Don’t Know Anything About Mueller’s Counterintelligence Findings
U.S. House Select Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calf.) speaks as ranking member Devin Nunes (R-CA) looks on. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The results of a key part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation were excluded from the four-page letter that Attorney General William Barr sent to…
Researchers Just Found a Way to Map Trump’s 10 Most Embarrassing Moments Using Twitter
Joe Mahoney/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The past two-plus years have been a ride. President Donald Trump’s tenure so far has been peppered with such a range of awkward, upsetting, disturbing, and downright horrifying moments: from talk of grabbing pussies to “covfefe” to the paper towel tossing in Puerto Rico to calling former…