Robert Mueller Has Completed His Investigation Into Donald Trump and Russia
Pete Marovich/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Special counsel Robert Mueller has completed his investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal and submitted a confidential report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday. Barr told the leaders of the House and Senate judiciary committees in a letter today that he “may be…
A Federal Judge Is About to Decide If Trump’s Latest Immigration Restrictions Are Illegal
Mexican officials escort Carlos Catarldo Gomez, of Honduras, center, after he became the first asylum-seeker returned to Mexico by US officials in January.Gregory Bull/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lawyers fighting to stop the Trump administration from requiring Central American refugees to spend months waiting in Mexico had their first…
The Black-White Testing Gap Is Real, and It’s a Disgrace
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio has been pushing a plan to change the way students are selected for New York’s elite academic high schools. His plan is probably dead (it requires approval at the state level), but it got a push this week when…
Commander-in-Chief Picks Flatterer-in-Chief for Fed Board
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump has nominated Stephen Moore, a TV buddy of Larry Kudlow, to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. This is about like nominating Dr. Phil to run the CDC. Or, come to think of it, like choosing Larry…
New Zealanders Across the Country Observe Muslim Call to Prayer to Honor Victims
Vincent Thian/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. New Zealanders on Friday observed the Muslim call to prayer to honor the 50 people killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings, a powerful moment of solidarity that took place at 1:30 pm local time, almost exactly the time the attack was first reported…
How Court-Packing Went From a Fringe Idea to a Serious Democratic Proposal
Protesters rally at the US Capitol hours before the Senate vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on October 6, 2018. Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The whole thing started at a town hall in Philadelphia last month with Democratic presidential hopeful…