Report: John Bolton’s Book Draft Says Trump Conditioned Ukraine Aid on Biden Investigations
John Bolton, then Trump’s national security advisor, speaks at an August press conference in Ukraine.Serg Glovny/ZUMA President Donald Trump told his former national security adviser John Bolton that he would maintain a freeze on military aid to Ukraine until the country took steps to open investigations into the Bidens, according to an unpublished manuscript by the…
Kobe Bryant Killed in Helicopter Crash
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant was one of five people killed in a helicopter crash Sunday, according to multiple news outlets. The LA County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that all of the aircraft’s passengers died when it went down near Calabasas, but the department has not released the names of the victims. Five…
Trump Says Schiff “Has Not Paid the Price, Yet.” That’s Even More Terrifying Than You Thought.
Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump took his war on Rep. Adam Schiff to new heights Sunday morning, tweeting that the Democrats’ lead impeachment manager had not “paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!” Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid…
Trump Threatens to Cut NPR’s Funding After Pompeo Meltdown
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Two days ago, NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly revealed that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had berated her with expletives after she asked him about the Ukraine scandal. Today, President Donald Trump chimed in—by appearing to threaten to cut off NPR’s federal funding. Trump retweeted a comment from right-wing radio host Mark…
New Emails Reveal that the Trump Administration Manipulated Wildfire Science to Promote Logging
An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 15, 2018 in Paradise, California.Justin Sullivan/Getty This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Political appointees at the Interior Department have sought to play up climate pollution from California wildfires while downplaying emissions from…
Americans Are Getting Evacuated from China because of the Coronavirus
Kyodo/AP American diplomats and their families are getting evacuated from Wuhan, China, which has become the epicenter of an outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. In an effort to contain the epidemic, Chinese authorities have nearly completely cut off this city of 11 million from the rest of China, with all transportation and other points of…