Jeff Sessions Won’t Appoint a Second Special Counsel—For Now
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Sacramento, California earlier this month.Randy Pench/TNS via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday declined to appoint a second special counsel, who would be charged with investigating matters related to a series of 2016 probes related to Hillary Clinton…
Devin Nunes Is Raising Money Off His Shoddy Trump-Russia Investigation
Bill Clark/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee who has been widely criticized for undermining his panel’s haphazard Trump-Russia probe, sent out a pitch to conservative and Republican donors: we found there was no “collusion,” so send me…
Cloak and Data: The Real Story Behind Cambridge Analytica’s Rise and Fall
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the late summer of 2015, Chris Wilson, the director of research, analytics, and digital strategy for Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, had a conversation with a contractor that left him furious. A widely respected pollster who had taken leave from his firm to work…
We Just Found Out About Another Federal Investigation into Russian Meddling
The National Rifle Association booth at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference.Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Federal Election Commission has launched an inquiry into potential illegal donations made to the National Rifle Association by Russian individuals and businesses in support of President Donald Trump’s…
Congressional Republicans Didn’t Like These Tweets From the President
SMG via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump kicked off Sunday morning with a series of tweets accusing former FBI director James Comey of lying under oath, criticizing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential collusion with Russia, and doubling down on his administration’s firing of…
Inside the Right-Wing YouTube Empire Trying to Turn Millennials Conservative
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Mark UlriksenIn the weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, Americans flocked to the internet with pressing questions. Some inquired about immigration to Canada. Others Googled “sanctuary city.” A few wanted to know what a “manafort” was. And millions were newly curious about the Electoral…