Trump Loyalists Will Cling to him Like Barnacles on a Sinking Ship
Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Within a matter of minutes Tuesday afternoon, twin legal developments rocked the presidency: Donald Trump’s former campaign boss Paul Manafort was found guilty of tax and bank fraud, and his longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations,…
Yeah, Let’s Grind Those Confederate Statues to Dust
Silent Sam is finally silent forever.Left: SGM/ZUMAPRESS; Right: Julia Wall/Raleigh News & Observer/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Students are coming back to school, and at some schools this means grappling once again with all those statues of Confederate generals: Tim Huebner, a history professor at Rhodes College…
Trump’s Tweet About Michael Cohen Is Completely Wrong
Bryan Smith/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump broke his silence on Michael Cohen’s plea agreement—which involved extraordinary statements implicating the president in federal crimes—to assert that the two campaign violation charges against Cohen are not actually crimes. Trump also appeared to downplay the charges against…
Cohen Ready to Tell Mueller Potentially Explosive Info on Trump, Would Not Accept Pardon
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lanny Davis, the lawyer representing Michael Cohen, said that his client would “never accept” a pardon from President Donald Trump, telling NPR in an interview Wednesday that Cohen considers the president to be “both corrupt and a dangerous person” in the White House. “He has…
They Said She Had “No Chance” of Winning. She Proved Them Wrong.
Jahana Hayes after winning her primary on August 14. John Woike/Hartford Courant/AP On the day of the Sandy Hook shootings, Jahana Hayes stood in front of her stunned students in Waterbury, Connecticut, “trying to keep them calm, to not ignite any hysteria.” She watched year after year as Washington failed to pass laws on gun control.…
The Trump Official Overseeing Migrant Girls’ Health Care Once Wrote He Couldn’t “Support Abortion for Any Reason”
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Scott Lloyd’s anti-abortion crusade began when, as a young man, he found himself faced with a partner’s unexpected pregnancy. Many years later, Lloyd would take his battle to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, where, as its leader…