NRA Ties to Russian Operatives Draw Growing Scrutiny From Congress
Alexander Torshin in Houston in May 2013Unknown Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As questions mounted last spring about two Russian operatives with ties to the National Rifle Association who tried to cultivate the Trump presidential campaign, the NRA made a rare public disclosure: The gun group said it had received about $2,500…
Congress Had a Chance to Press Google on Hoaxes and Hate Speech. They Blew It.
Douglas Christian/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House lawmakers spent three and a half hours on Tuesday going after Google CEO Sundar Pichai on a range of issues, but barely addressed one of the tech giant’s biggest problems: its role in spreading misinformation and radicalizing users. Instead, the Republicans…
Chaos Erupts as Trump and Democratic Leaders Clash in Front of Cameras
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a stunning exchange that played out in front of TV cameras inside the Oval Office, President Donald Trump on Tuesday openly clashed with Democratic leaders over the looming government shutdown and funding for a border wall, declaring at one point that he would be “proud…
Donald Trump Tried His Best to Ruin Obamacare, But He Failed Utterly
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s a chart showing estimates of the uninsured from two reliable sources: the CDC and the Kaiser Family Foundation. As you can see, both ticked up slightly in 2017 by about three-tenths of a percentage point. Is this Donald Trump’s fault? It could be. He…
Leaked Memo: Government Scientists Warned Trump’s Oil Plan Would Threaten Alaska’s Polar Bears
Polar bears in the Arctic National Wildlife RefugeSylvain Cordier/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In an internal memo circulated within the Interior Department earlier this year, government scientists issued a stark warning: The Trump administration’s plans to allow oil exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could further jeopardize…
Here’s How the Rich Get Their Money’s Worth From Republicans
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger write today about “How the IRS Was Gutted.” The nickel answer to the question is easy: The IRS was gutted by Republicans who didn’t like having their rich friends audited all the time. For the longer answer, you’ll have to…