Giuliani: Trump Won’t Talk Unless Mueller Talks First
Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I see that President Trump has a shiny new excuse for not talking to Robert Mueller: President Trump’s lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Tuesday that Trump will not agree to an interview with the special counsel until prosecutors allow the president’s…
ABC Cancels “Roseanne” After Racist Tweet Comparing Obama Adviser to “Ape”
Kristin Callahan/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. ABC announced Tuesday afternoon that it was canceling “Roseanne” amid outrage sparked by its namesake star, Roseanne Barr, who posted racist comments on Twitter mere hours before. The Trump-supporting comedian described Valerie Jarrett, an African American senior adviser to former President Barack Obama,…
How to Draw an Elephant Using Trigonometry
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Alex Tabarrok points to a new paper this morning that should thrill data nerds and chart enthusiasts everywhere. Steven Piantadosi of the University of Rochester has produced a simple equation with one variable that is “not novel mathematically” but can perfectly fit any set of…
New Study: Hurricane Maria Killed 75 Times More Puerto Ricans Than the Government Has Admitted
Ramon Espinosa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new study published Tuesday estimates that Hurricane Maria killed over 5,000 people after striking Puerto Rico last September. That’s more than 75 times higher than the island’s previous official count, and if widely accepted would cement the storm as one of the most deadly…
Elizabeth Warren’s Protégée Is Running for Congress in Orange County—and Might Actually Win
Bill Clark/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Katie Porter was a rookie law professor at the University of Iowa in 2006 when she started asking questions about mortgage fraud. Egged on by a $100 million lobbying campaign from the financial services industry, Congress had recently overhauled federal bankruptcy laws,…
Trump Finally Tweets Some Good Advice for Himself on Russia Probe
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After indulging in his usual habit of blasting the special counsel’s Russia investigation as a “Rigged Witch Hunt” in a series of early-morning tweets, President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to briefly acknowledge that there might be better ways to spend his time. In…