Chart of the Day: Donald Trump Has Killed the CFPB
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau was set up after the Great Recession to protect consumer finances. Republicans hated it from the start, and you can hardly blame them. After all, there are two sides to everything, and if you’re protecting consumer finances you must be…
Head of Asian GOP Group Says He “Wouldn’t Rule Out” Illegal Foreign Donations to Trump
Donald Trump speaks at a fundraiser at Cipriani in New York, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017.Susan Walsh/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The head of a national organization of Asian American Republicans said he can’t “rule out” the possibility that Chinese citizens illegally used American straw donors to funnel cash…
World Condemns Terrorist Attacks on New Zealand Mosques
Mark Baker/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Politicians and religious leaders around the world have forcefully denounced the terrorist attacks carried out inside two New Zealand mosques on Friday, where at least 49 people were killed and dozens more injured after a gunman opened fire on worshippers during Friday prayers.…
The Bizarre and Terrifying Case of the “Deepfake” Video that Helped Bring an African Nation to the Brink
Government of Gabon Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This fall, Gabon was facing an odd and tenuous political situation. President Ali Bongo had been out of the country since October receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia and London and had not been seen in public. People in Gabon and observers…
Harris County’s New Progressive Judges Are Upending the Bail System
tzahiv/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In November, Democrats swept Harris County, Texas, courtrooms, replacing every Republican judge to occupy each of the 59 seats on the ballot. Many of those candidates, including the 19 black women who campaigned together, ran on reform-minded platforms focused on upending the county’s bail system.…
North Korea Warns That It May Restart Missile Tests
Christopher Jue/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. AP reports that North Korea might be ready to break off talks with the US and begin conducting further missile tests: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon make a decision on whether to continue diplomatic talks and maintain the country’s moratorium…