William Barr’s Testimony May Not Sit Well With Donald Trump
Alex Wong/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Based on Tuesday’s testimony by William Barr, Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, the president may already regret the nomination. Trump has spent nearly two years raging against the Justice Department for allowing special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate the Trump campaign’s ties…
The Shutdown Has Halted Important Scientific Research
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In Southern Utah, there is a patch of desert heated by infrared lamps. The lamps hang just above the plants and soil crusts commonly found in this desert surrounding Moab.…
Democrats Are Ready to Push Gun Reforms. But Their Last Republican Allies Got Picked Off.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers remarks during the event to introduce the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 in the Capitol on January 8.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gun reform advocates took a victory lap in the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon when Rep. Mike Thompson…
Scott Pruitt Is Facing Yet Another Scandal Thanks to His Legal Defense Fund
Chris Kleponis/CNP/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Scott Pruitt left a long trail of investigations behind when he exited the Environmental Protection Agency last July to lead a private life as a coal consultant. On Thursday, four Democratic senators added yet another concern to the pile, requesting more information from…
A New York Times Columnist Makes the Case for Removing Donald Trump From Office
Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a scathing opinion column on Saturday, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt called for President Donald Trump’s removal from office, not just by impeachment—which “would probably rally the president’s supporters”—but by first conducting a series of “sober-minded hearings to highlight Trump’s misconduct” for the…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Donald Trump Is Most Definitely a Racist
Courtesy of CBS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper Sunday evening, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old Democratic Socialist from New York who, along with all other new members of Congress, was sworn in on January 3, said President Donald Trump is a racist, “no question.” Cooper…