The Deepwater Horizon Environmental Disaster Was Even Worse than Previously Believed
A large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig.Gerald Herbert/AP This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago was much worse than previously…
We Talked to the Man Behind That Nigerian Pete Buttigieg Fan Account. It’s Not Lis Smith.
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s spokesperson Lis Smith speaks to the press.JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images “It’s very stressful. It’s almost midnight here and I’ve just been dealing with controversies all day,” said a man claiming to behind the @easychinedu account, a pro-Pete Buttigieg account that went viral on Sunday morning after high-profile Twitter users…
Zuckerberg Says Facebook Welcomes Regulation. The Question Is: How Much?
Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it’s getting harder to spot and stop election meddling as the technology becomes more and more sophisticated, and he welcomed regulation….to a point. “We don’t want private companies making so many decision-balancing social equities without democratic processes,” he said at the Munich Security Conference…
More Than 1,000 Former Justice Department Officials Urge Barr to Step Down
Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images More than 1,100 former Justice Department officials signed a public letter Sunday that recommends Attorney General William P. Barr’s resignation from office after he intervened to reduce the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Donald Trump’s friend and former campaign associate, Roger Stone. “Such behavior is a grave threat to the…
Report: Barr Protected Turkish Bank From Prosecution to Appease Erdogan
Drew Angerer/Getty President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday to claim he has a “legal right” to interfere in Justice Department cases, but insisted that he has “so far chosen not to.” Anyone following Trump’s social media presence knows that not to be the case. He regularly tweets about business before the Justice Department…
Ukrainian President Asks Trump to “Please, Please Stop Saying That Ukraine Is a Corrupt Country”
President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks after a press conference in Kyiv in February 2020.STR/NurPhoto/Getty President Donald Trump famously had a request for the president of Ukraine when the two leaders spoke over the phone on July 25. That request to launch politicized investigations into Joe Biden and his son turned into a months-long congressional investigation, making…