White House Ousts Alexander Vindman, Who Testified in Donald Trump’s Impeachment
Alexander Vindman testified on Nov. 19 during an impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump’s efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.Alex Brandon/AP On Friday, just days after the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump in a swift impeachment trial, White House officials escorted Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the premises after…
Thanks to Trump, Keystone XL Is Back. The Anti-Pipeline Movement Is Ready.
A water protector wielding Indigenous flags stands before floodlights at the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site on December 31, 2016.Richard Tsong-Taatarii/ZUMA You may remember the Keystone XL pipeline from 2015, when a movement galvanized by the growing threat of climate change successfully pushed President Obama to reject the project. But Keystone XL, which would pump…
Impeachment and the State of the Union: How Trump Attacks the System with Disinformation
Leah Millis/Pool/AP It was rather fitting that Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, which pundits praised as a strong and effective rallying cry for his base, occurred the night before he was acquitted in his impeachment trial, for each of these dubious achievements relied upon the same crucial element: disinformation. And both the just-concluded…
The Story of the Ukraine Scandal Begins With Documents Dumped in a River
When Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled in 2014, journalists salvaged thousands of waterlogged documents that exposed the extent of his government’s corruption.Mikhail Pochuyev/Zuma On a chilly morning in February 2014, a group of journalists stood on a dock inside the abandoned estate of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and saw an astonishing sight. Loose papers and…
Trump Just Bragged About Criminal Justice Reform. Look Closer at How His Administration Is Undoing It.
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on on Tuesday, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi watch. Patrick Semansky/AP During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump praised himself for his work on criminal justice reform. “Our roaring economy has…
Internal Emails Confirm that Trump’s Hurricane Map Was “Doctored”
Trump in the Oval Office with the doctored mapEvan Vucci/AP Last September, as powerful Hurricane Dorian barreled towards the Bahamas, Donald Trump tweeted that several southern states, including Alabama, would be in its path. This was directly contradicted by the National Weather Service’s latest maps, which showed Alabama outside storm’s cone of uncertainty. Instead of…