Supreme Court Rules That Commerce Secretary Won’t Have to Answer Questions in Key Census Case
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, right, listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House, Aug. 27, 2018.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will not have to testify under oath about why he added a controversial question about US citizenship to the 2020 census, after the…
A Man Allegedly Groped a Woman on a Plane. He Told Investigators That Trump Says It’s OK.
Alexey Bychkov/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A Florida man who was arrested Sunday after allegedly groping a woman who had been sleeping on a plane told authorities that President Donald Trump said it was acceptable to—in the words of a federal criminal complaint—”grab women by their private parts.” The…
Trump Appeals Court Nominee Is Working to End Affirmative Action at Harvard
Rowers paddle along the Charles River past the Harvard College campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Charles Krupa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Donald Trump nominated Michael Park to a seat on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month, the announcement was low key. It noted his work as…
Explosive Device Found in George Soros’ Mailbox
Francois Mori/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. An explosive device was uncovered Monday at the Westchester County home of George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist who has been a longtime target of right-wing conspiracy theorists. Authorities confirm that a staffer first found the suspicious package inside a mailbox. Upon opening the…
Here’s How Democrats Should Investigate Trump, From the Congressman Who Investigated Bush
Alex Wong/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Twelve years ago, Democrats won control of Congress in a landslide midterm election. It was six years into the unpopular George W. Bush administration. The war in Iraq was dragging on, the administration had bungled its response to Hurricane Katrina, and a top…
Can Georgia’s “Hipster Mayor” Help America Embrace Refugees Again?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On a sweltering July 4 evening, with mosquitoes out in force, Mayor Ted Terry presided over the grill at Clarkston, Georgia’s annual Independence Day pool party. Nigerian pop blared from loudspeakers as a group of women in hijabs sat in the shade, talking and laughing.…