Who Is the Mystery Man Tied to the Mar-a-Lago Intruder? The Puzzle Involves an Empty Lot in Colorado
Yujing Zhang (left) listens to a hearing on April 8, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Florida.Daniel Pontet/AP When Yujing Zhang, the Chinese woman arrested for allegedly sneaking into President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on March 30, appeared in court on Monday, a portion of the proceedings focused on a mysterious Chinese businessman named Charles Lee, who has…
Thousands of Transgender Troops’ Lives Are About to Change Radically. But the Military Still Hasn’t Figured Out the Details.
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) talks to transgender military members Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik (left), and Army Capt. Jennifer Peace (right), at the conclusion of a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing in February.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press On the January day when five Supreme Court justices agreed to revive President Donald Trump’s ban on…
The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy. It Didn’t Go Well.
Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images This story was originally published by ProPublica. On June 30, 2016, an auto-parts magnate received the kind of news anyone would dread: The Internal Revenue Service had determined he had engaged in abusive tax maneuvers. He stood accused of masking about $5 billion in income. The IRS wanted over $1.2 billion in…
That Time Trump Did Business With an Oligarch Linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
AP Photo/Alex Brandon On Monday, the Trump administration officially designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group. But just a few years ago, as Donald Trump ran for president, he pursued a deal with an Azeri family that allegedly has close ties to the guard corps, an elite branch of the regime’s armed forces…
Herman Cain Admitted He Isn’t Sure He’ll Pass a Background Check
Gage Skidmore/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire Herman Cain, the former Godfather Pizza CEO and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, told his Facebook followers in a video on Friday night that he wasn’t sure if he’d pass the FBI background check required of all nominees to the Federal Reserve. Per Marketwatch: “They have to collect an inordinate…
Trump Meets with Megadonor Sheldon Adelson and the Republican Jewish Coalition
Trump smiles and points at Sheldon Adelson before his speech. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump appeared in Nevada on Saturday afternoon, addressing the conservative Republican Jewish Coalition, where he mocked Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, one of the first two female Muslim Americans to…