Trump Kicks Off North Korea Summit With Cohen on His Mind
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met face-to-face on Wednesday in Hanoi, Vietnam, to begin their second nuclear summit. The two leaders shook hands before the international press and expressed hope for a productive meeting ahead. “I think this one…
Read Michael Cohen’s Explosive Opening Statement: Trump Is a “Racist” and a “Con Man”
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Thanks to This Advocacy Group, the Trump Administration Believes a Little Radiation Is Good for You
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering formal proposals that would abandon current regulations that require licensees, such as the one pictured here, to keep human exposure to radiation as low as reasonably achievable. Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Creative Commons Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since World War II, virtually every American business…
House Democrats Are Holding the First Vote on Gun Control in More Than a Decade
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks at a press conference to announce the introduction of legislation to expand background checks for all gun sales on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The House of Representatives will vote on two gun control bills this week that…
“Mom, When They Look at Me, They See Dollar Signs”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Becki Sarnicky, who lost her son Nick, at her home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in January Bryan Anselm/Redux for Mother JonesThe offer was too good to resist: Go to rehab for a week, get $1,000 in cash. It was early 2017, and Brianne, a 20-year-old…
Democrats Are Introducing Medicare for All With Actual Outside Support
Progressive Democrats of America holds a news conference to announce the launch of a Medicare for All Caucus at the Capitol on Thursday, July 19, 2018.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) will introduce “The Medicare-For-All Act of 2019,”…