Here Is the Democrats’ Response to Trump’s Border Wall Address
Bill Clark/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer jointly delivered the Democrats’ official response to President Donald Trump’s primetime immigration speech. The Democratic leaders urged Trump to end the partial government shutdown that has left nearly 800,000 federal workers…
Paul Manafort’s Botched Redactions Reveal New Details on Trump-Russia Interactions
Paul Manafort arrives for a court hearing on April 19, 2018, in Washington.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Paul Manafort dropped a bombshell on himself Tuesday. In sections of a court filing that lawyers for the imprisoned former Trump campaign boss unsuccessfully tried to redact, Manafort’s attorneys disclosed that…
Paul Manafort’s Lawyers Tried—and Failed—to Redact This Sensitive Legal Filing
Bill Clark/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When lawyers for Paul Manafort filed documents on Monday responding to special counsel Robert Mueller’s allegations that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman had repeatedly lied to federal investigators, they did so under seal, with Manafort’s defense team signaling that redacted versions would…
Russian Lawyer at Trump Tower Meeting Lied About Kremlin Ties, Prosecutors Charge
Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya on November 8, 2016Yury Martyanov/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Federal prosecutors have charged Natalia Veselnitskaya with lying in sworn statements about her ties to Russia’s top prosecutor, a new indication that Veselnitskaya acted as a Kremlin agent when she attended the infamous June 2016…
Trump’s First Defense Secretary Was a “Mad Dog.” Will His Second Be a Lapdog?
Deputy defense secretary Patrick Shanahan prays before the start of a Cabinet meeting in August at the White House.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s bizarre, rambling performance during a Cabinet meeting last week received attention for all the obvious reasons, from his historically inaccurate interlude about…
A New York Times Columnist Makes the Case for Removing Donald Trump From Office
Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a scathing opinion column on Saturday, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt called for President Donald Trump’s removal from office, not just by impeachment—which “would probably rally the president’s supporters”—but by first conducting a series of “sober-minded hearings to highlight Trump’s misconduct” for the…