How Trump’s Trade War Is Making Lobbyists Rich and Slamming Small Businesses
Richard Graulich/ZUMA This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Mike Elrod voted for Donald Trump in 2016, hoping for a break from tight government oversight that…
Dan Crenshaw Called for Civility on SNL. Maybe That Was the Joke.
Illustration by Lincoln AgnewDan Crenshaw started off as a joke. On the last episode of Saturday Night Live before the 2018 election, Pete Davidson was rifling through headshots of candidates when he got to the 35-year-old retired Navy SEAL from the Houston area. “You may be surprised to hear he’s a congressional candidate from Texas…
Meet the Iran Hawks Inside Trump’s Administration
President Donald Trump listens to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Cabinet meeting in October 2019.Alex Wong/Getty John Bolton resigned as national security adviser in September at the nadir of his influence in the Trump administration. Left on the sidelines of talks with North Korea and the Taliban, Bolton grew isolated, his notoriously hawkish…
Chevron Made $4.5 Billion in 2018. So Why Did the IRS Give Them a Refund?
US dollar bank notes.Chung Sung-Jun/Getty In December, the non-partisan research group the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released a report entitled, “Corporate Tax Avoidance in the First Year of the Trump Tax Law,” outlining the tax rates for 379 of America’s largest corporations in 2018. This was the first year key provisions from…
Emails Reveal “Clear Direction From POTUS” on Ukraine Scandal
President Donald Trump speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Newly revealed communications between White House staffers and officials at the Pentagon are shedding additional light on the Ukraine scandal—even as the Senate prepares for President Donald Trump’s trial following…
“President Trump Has Created an Environmental Crisis at the Border”
Jorge Villalba/Getty This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The survival of eight endangered and threatened species, including four kinds of endemic fish, is in doubt in Arizona, as massive quantities of groundwater are extracted to construct Donald Trump’s border wall. The 30ft-high barrier is under…