What the Hell Is Going On In West Virginia?
wesvandinter/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this month, Republicans in West Virginia impeached the state’s entire Supreme Court, a first in US history, over a scandal involving allegations of wasteful spending, poor administrative decisions, and criminal misconduct. Now the state’s governor, a Republican, has appointed two Republican lawmakers to temporarily serve…
Roger Stone’s Super-PAC Paid the Manhattan Madam’s Mom During the 2016 Campaign
Roger Stone and Kristin Davis leave court in New York on March 30, 2017. Seth Wenig/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Why did a super-PAC run by longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone pay nearly $5,000 to the mother of Kristin Davis, the so-called “Manhattan Madam,” in July 2016? This may…
Mueller Is Examining Roger Stone’s Emails
Roger StoneMichael Ares/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As special counsel Robert Mueller zeroes in on Roger Stone, prosecutors are looking into seemingly threatening emails the longtime Trump adviser sent to a former radio host, sources say. The existence of some of those emails was first reported…
This Russian Pop Star is Using Mueller’s Investigation to Promote His Upcoming US Tour
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday morning, Emin Agalarov, the Russian pop singer involved with setting up June 2016’s Trump Tower meeting, joked about special counsel Robert Mueller’s reported interest in interviewing him. “I suppose any publicity is good publicity, but guys there’s a limit,” he wrote on Instagram, adding…
The Senate Intelligence Committee Wants to Interview Julian Assange
Julian Assange.Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate’s Intelligence Committee has asked to speak with Julian Assange as part of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, WikiLeaks announced in a Wednesday morning tweet. In a letter signed by Sens. Richard Burr…
“Collusion Is Not a Crime” Becomes Trump’s Official New Line of Defense
Mark Wilson/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump echoed his lawyer’s questionable assertion that “collusion is not a crime” on Tuesday morning, officially ushering in a new line of defense against the special counsel investigation into his campaign and its links to Russian nationals and officials. For good measure, Trump continued…