Democrats Launch Investigation Into White House Security Clearance Breaches
Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A top House Democrat launched a broad investigation Wednesday into what he calls “grave breaches” in the security clearance process at the White House and on Donald Trump’s presidential transition team. In a letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the chairman…
Michael Cohen Postpones Congressional Testimony, Citing Threats From Trump and Giuliani
ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is putting off his planned congressional testimony, citing threats to him and his family by Trump and his current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Cohen was scheduled to testify publicly on February 7. “By advice of counsel, Mr. Cohen’s…
Yes, There Was Collusion. Look at the Manafort Case
Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For years now, Donald Trump has been screeching “No collusion!” It’s been a hollow cry, because throughout the 2016 campaign (and afterward as president), Trump aided and abetted Vladimir Putin’s attack on a US election by echoing Moscow’s disinformation that the Kremlin had…
The Supreme Court Just Let Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Service Move Forward
Sipa/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Supreme Court permitted the Trump administration’s ban on transgender members of the armed services to move forward. In a 5-4 ruling Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court allowed the government to proceed with the controversial directive while the court considers whether it will formally review…
The Best Articles We’ve Read So Far About the MAGA Teens Intimidating Nathan Phillips
KC NOLAND/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A video of a group of white teenagers taunting a Native American man at Friday’s Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, DC, sent shockwaves across social media as it went viral Saturday afternoon. The clip shows a young man wearing a “Make America Great…
BuzzFeed Defends Trump-Russia Blockbuster and Promises to Run Down New Details
Richard Vogel/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith and investigative reporter Anthony Corimer appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources Sunday to double-down on their blockbuster story alleging President Trump ordered his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the president’s dealings in Russia. “Our reporting is…