Trump’s Former Acting Attorney General Agrees to Fix His Testimony About Trump Pressure
Matthew Whitaker testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on February 8, 2019.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Matthew Whitaker, the embattled former acting head of the Justice Department, agreed Tuesday to meet with members of the House Judiciary Committee to clarify testimony in which he denied that President…
Once Again, a New Book Debunks Some History I Never Knew In the First Place
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I am once again befuddled by history: The full role of white women in slavery has long been one of the “slave trade’s best-kept secrets.” “They Were Her Property,” a taut and cogent corrective, by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, who teaches at the University of California,…
Justice Department Loses Antitrust Appeal to AT&T-Time Warner Deal
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. AT&T emerged triumphant after the Justice Department lost its second court challenge to the company’s $85.4 billion merger with Time Warner, a blockbuster deal that has the potential to shake up much of the media industry. The deal, and the DOJ’s long,…
Right-Wing Troll Jacob Wohl Banned From Twitter
John Middlebrook/CSM/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Right-wing Twitter provocateur Jacob Wohl was suspended from the social-media platform on Tuesday after he boasted about plans to manipulate online political discussion in a high-profile newspaper interview. Twitter said he had violated several of the company’s rules, including creating and operating…
Here’s What Congress Should Ask Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen leaves federal court on December 12, 2018.Spencer Platt/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, Michael Cohen, the once influential lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, will testify in public before the House Oversight Committee and tell all. Or perhaps not all, but a lot. Now a…
Trump Bypassed Lawmakers to Build His Wall. Here’s How They Are Fighting Back.
Doug Mills/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. By his own admission, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border to turbocharge the construction of a border wall that Congress refused to fund. “I could do the wall over a longer period of time,” he…