Rudy Giuliani Is Now Claiming Collusion May Not Be a Crime
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During two separate television interviews Monday morning, President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani openly questioned whether collusion with the Russian government—a reported focus of the special counsel’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to the Kremlin—is a criminal offense. The attempts to downplay the gravity…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Beat the Democratic Machine. Now She’s Helping Other Candidates Do the Same.
Seth Wenig/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the Thursday before New York’s June congressional primary, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old democratic socialist, and Rep. Joe Crowley, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, gathered for their second and final debate at a Jewish community center in Queens. Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning primary…
Thanks to Trump’s Family Separations, Democrats Are in the Hot Seat for Taking Private Prison Cash
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a theater outside Miami last month, as a debate between four Democratic candidates for Florida governor approached the two-hour mark, 18-year-old activist ErrDaisha Floyd took the mic and turned the conversation toward a topic close to her heart: private prisons. The…
How Are My Trump Predictions Doing?
Sergi Reboredo/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I have a bad memory, but many of my readers have great memories and periodically remind me of things I’ve said in the past. A couple of days ago, JH emailed to remind me that a year ago I offered up three tests…
The Most Devastating Pictures From the Last 72 Hours of Fire in California
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, July 29, 5:28 p.m. ET: A local official has confirmed that a sixth person was found dead in the Carr Fire, according to the Associated Press. At least five people have been killed in northern California’s still-growing Carr Fire, including two children and their…
Brock Turner Only Wanted “Outercourse,” Lawyer Argues In Sexual Assault Appeal
Screenshot via Oxforddictionaries.com Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A lawyer for Brock Turner argued this week that his client shouldn’t have been convicted of intending to commit rape. His reasoning is that Turner only wanted “outercourse” with the woman he sexually assaulted. Turner, of course, is the former Stanford University student who…