Trump Spoke to a Russian Activist About Ending Sanctions—Just Weeks After Launching His Campaign
At FreedomFest in Las Vegas, July 2015John Locher/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While researching the strange story of two Russian gun aficionados who cultivated Donald Trump’s presidential campaign via the National Rifle Association, we came across a little-noticed but noteworthy episode concerning Trump and US sanctions against Russia. Sanctions…
Chart of the Day: Net New Jobs in February
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The American economy gained 313,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at 223,000 jobs. That’s a terrific number, and it was generated entirely by increased employment: 653,000 people…
These Charts Show How White, Male, and Conservative Trump’s Judicial Nominees Have Been
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch following an April swearing-in ceremony.Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Senate Republicans spent the end of Barack Obama’s term running out the clock on his picks for federal judges. (Remember Merrick Garland?) So when Donald Trump took office,…
Children Pay the Price for America’s Addiction to Gun Violence
kali9/Stock / Getty Images Plus Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the last two decades, more than 150,000 kids at more than 170 elementary, middle, and high schools have experienced a shooting on campus. A new report from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence suggests those kids, as well as those who encounter…
Spam Gumbo, Tacos—Even Cheesecake: My Visit to a Festival Saluting America’s Favorite Canned Meat
Winners of the Isleton Spam Festival take hope the “Spamley Cup.”Dave Gilson Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the winter of 1996, a flood hit Isleton, California. As residents returned to their homes and went through their kitchens, they found that the paper labels on their canned foods had disintegrated.…
“Why the Hell Are We Standing Down?”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is the second of two excerpts adapted from Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump (Twelve Books), by Michael Isikoff, chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News, and David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones.…