Ending a Week of Blunders, Joe Biden Remembers Something That Never Happened
John Locher/AP Speaking to reporters in Iowa on Saturday, Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden said that student survivors of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, “came up to see me when I was vice president.” Except they didn’t. The Parkland shooting took place in 2018, more than a year after Biden left office. Biden did meet with…
Reports: Guards Weren’t Properly Monitoring Epstein Before His Death
Elizabeth Williams/AP The night before Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide, guards failed to monitor the disgraced financier as closely as required at the Manhattan jail where he was being held, the New York Times and Reuters are reporting. While the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Epstein was detained pending trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, requires corrections officers…
On the Heels of Another Massacre, Texas Is Loosening Gun Laws
John Locher/AP New, looser gun laws will go into effect in the state of Texas in September, just before the one-month anniversary of the mass shooting that killed 22 people in an El Paso Walmart. Texas already has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the nation. But for Republican lawmakers during the state’s…
Trump Retweets Conspiracy Theory That Implicates Clintons in Jeffrey Epstein’s Death
Chen Mengtong/China News Service Hours after Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent death by suicide, President Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory alleging the Clinton family’s involvement in killing the accused sex trafficker. “Died of SUICIDE on 24/7 SUICIDE WATCH ? Yeah right!” read the post from comedian Terrence K. Williams. “#JefferyEpstein had information on Bill Clinton &…
Jeffrey Epstein Was Reportedly Taken Off Suicide Watch Before He Died. Would It Have Kept Him Alive?
Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post The unexpected death of Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday produced an outpouring of shock, conspiracy theories, and the announcement of at least two federal investigations into his apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell. “Mr. Epstein’s death,” Attorney General William Barr said in a statement, “raises serious questions that must be answered.” Less…
Elizabeth Warren Just Released Her Plan to Reduce Gun Violence—by 80 Percent
Justin Sullivan/Getty The deadly shootings last week in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, catapulted gun violence to the forefront of the Democratic presidential primary. Now Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has laid out a detailed plan to combat the problem. The proposals, which Warren says will reduce deaths from gun violence by 80 percent, were…