The Trump Organization Is Selling Merchandise With Images of the White House
The “Cherry Blossom Bar Soap Set”TrumpStore.com/Wayback Machine Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Several items currently on sale at the official Trump Store online and, reportedly, at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, feature images of the White House, including two t-shirts, a mug, and a soap set. The “Cherry…
A Top Democrat Just Said Trump Can’t Use Executive Privilege to Block the Mueller Report
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) argued that the president cannot use executive privilege to withhold the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited Trump-Russia report. “As we learned from the Nixon tapes case, executive…
There’s a Lot More to Investigate Than Just Russia
Sergei Malgavko/Zuma Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One of the frustrations of investigative reporting is that usually you don’t see the impact of your work until much later—if at all. That’s why it was remarkable when, earlier this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…
Can New York Protect Itself from Rising Seas by Just Getting Bigger?
Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Slate. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Bill de Blasio has plans to part the East River—and expects New Yorkers to follow him 500 feet into the estuary, to a new land that will protect…
Does Mueller Have Trump Twitter Tongue-Tied?
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump has not held back on Twitter this month. He’s bashed a close adviser’s husband, he’s promoted a commentator suspended by Fox News for questioning the patriotism of a Muslim congresswoman, and he’s even retweeted QAnon conspiracy theorists. And, of course, he’s complained…
Warning: Don’t Believe Everything You Hear About the Mueller Report
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t have anything to say about the Mueller report because, like everyone else, I haven’t yet seen the Mueller report. But I will offer one warning: for at least the next few days, the only public information will be leaks—official or otherwise—from the Justice…