Stephen Colbert Hits Trump Where It Hurts—His E-Score
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this week the New York Times released some new polling data on President Trump, but as Stephen Colbert discovered while combing through it, it’s not the top line approval numbers that are likely to get under Donald Trump’s skin most—it’s his E-score. That’s a…
Trump Lawyers Up to Fight the Release of His Tax Returns
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump has hired a new set of lawyers specifically to fight Democratic attempts to wrest his tax returns out of the hands of the Internal Revenue Service—an escalation of his long-standing refusal to reveal much detail about his personal finances. While…
Michael Cohen Claims He Has Evidence of Possible Illegal GOP Contributions From China
Michael Cohen speaks to the media after appearing at a closed-door House Intelligence Committee hearing on March 6.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and a former deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee, claims that he “knows of possible…
Senate Democrats Urge FBI to Assess Security at Mar-a-Lago
Mar-a-Lago on April 03, 2019.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three senior Senate Democrats want the FBI to evaluate the national security risks posed by vulnerabilities at Mar-a-Lago in the wake of the recent arrest there of a Chinese national, Yujing Zhang. Zhang had allegedly gained entry to Donald…
Trump, Who Once Said He Liked To Grab Women “By the Pussy,” Mocks Biden Over Recent Allegations
Bastiaan Slabbers/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Tuesday mocked former Vice President Joe Biden over recent allegations from multiple women who have accused the likely presidential candidate of inappropriate touching. In doing so, Trump appeared to reference, in similarly derisive terms, the list of at least…
Trump Tears Into Puerto Rico, Falsely Claims It Has Received $91 Billion in Aid
Cheriss May/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a series of furious tweets that began Monday evening and continued well into Tuesday, President Donald Trump lashed out at Puerto Rico’s leaders—twice labeling them as “corrupt” and “incompetent”—and falsely claimed the island has already received $91 billion in federal aid after…