The NRA Welcomed Maria Butina—Even As She Worked to Arm Anti-American Thugs Abroad
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The American public has continued to know little about Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty in December to participating in a foreign conspiracy against the United States. Not much has emerged about the confessed Russian agent’s political activities beyond her efforts to build ties with Republican leaders…
Trump’s Decision to Nuke a Key US-Russia Treaty Fuels a Simmering Global Arms Race
President Donald Trump speaks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during their July summit in Helsinki.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On December 8, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood beside Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the East Room of the White House and signed one of the most consequential…
House Dems Are Set to Take a Step to Help Robert Mueller Prosecute Perjury
Donald Trump Jr. during his interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee on December 13, 2017.Alex Wong/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The House intelligence committee is set to vote Wednesday to formally send the Justice Department transcripts of interviews from the panel’s investigation into Russian election interference, a step…
A Tough Federal Judge Told Roger Stone It’s Time to Shut Up
Roger Stone leaves federal court on February 1, 2019.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. United States District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson may do something many Americans have long hoped for: shut up Roger Stone. Since his January 25 arrest on charges of obstructing of justice, witness tampering,…
Leaked Schedules Show Trump’s Work Days Are Mostly Empty
Donald Trump during a briefing on Hurricane Michael in the Oval Office on October 10, 2018.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump claims he is working hard as president. His private schedules suggest otherwise. On Sunday, Axios published Trump’s private schedules for almost every working day since…
Trump Has Spent 75 Days of his Presidency at Mar-a-Lago
Trump at Mar-a-Lago in November 2018.Susan Walsh/AP/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Trump passed Super Bowl weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club and estate in south Florida, pushing the running tally of time he’s spent at the property since his 2017 inauguration to 75 days. The club doubled initiation fees after Trump’s…