Roger Stone Says He Might Cooperate With Mueller
Amy Beth Bennett/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone indicated on Sunday that he might be willing to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller after being charged Friday with obstruction, witness tampering, and lying to Congress amid Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.…
Are Trump’s Attacks on Mueller Working?
Mueller testifying on Capitol Hill in 2010.Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As House Democrats ramp up their investigations into ties between President Donald Trump and Russia, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll has found that a clear majority of Americans supports their efforts. About six in ten adults want Democrats…
Paul Manafort’s Lawyers Tried—and Failed—to Redact This Sensitive Legal Filing
Bill Clark/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When lawyers for Paul Manafort filed documents on Monday responding to special counsel Robert Mueller’s allegations that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman had repeatedly lied to federal investigators, they did so under seal, with Manafort’s defense team signaling that redacted versions would…
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…
Trump Is Making an Ass of Himself Over the Shutdown
Chris Kleponis/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Things aren’t looking good for President Trump. The government shutdown—for which the public mostly blames him, despite his claims to the contrary—is now in its 16th day. Democrats are officially in charge of the House. Trump has made no progress on securing funding…
The Senator Who Wants to Keep Silicon Valley From Reading Your Messages
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/NC via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Senator Brian Schatz wants to make powerful technology companies more like banks, law firms, and hospitals—at least in terms of how they handle data. In late December, the Hawaii Democrat, one of big tech’s most vocal critics on Capitol…