Disgraced Trump Fundraiser Tried to Use GOP Contacts to Score “Billions” in Africa
Mother Jones illustration; Billy Bennight/UPPA/ZUMA, Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In late 2016, as Donald Trump was readying to move into the White House, Elliott Broidy, then one of the Republican Party’s top fundraisers, was working on a deal to gain control of what a business partner called “billions…
NRA Ties to Russian Operatives Draw Growing Scrutiny From Congress
Alexander Torshin in Houston in May 2013Unknown Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As questions mounted last spring about two Russian operatives with ties to the National Rifle Association who tried to cultivate the Trump presidential campaign, the NRA made a rare public disclosure: The gun group said it had received about $2,500…
Chaos Erupts as Trump and Democratic Leaders Clash in Front of Cameras
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a stunning exchange that played out in front of TV cameras inside the Oval Office, President Donald Trump on Tuesday openly clashed with Democratic leaders over the looming government shutdown and funding for a border wall, declaring at one point that he would be “proud…
No One Wants to Be Trump’s Chief of Staff. Trump Claims Fake News.
Joyce N. Boghosian/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the White House scrambles to name a replacement for outgoing Chief of Staff John Kelly, President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied reports he is having difficulty filling the once-highly coveted position. He also, without evidence, accused the media of “purposely” misreporting…
Trump’s Latest Meltdown Shows Even He Knows This Could Be the Beginning of the End
Olivier Douliery/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump lashed out at the renewed focus that he may have committed campaign finance violations by personally directing hush-money payments prosecutors have identified as criminal to influence the 2016 election, claiming in a pair of typo-ridden tweets Monday morning that the money was…
President Trump Goes On Twitter Rampage Against James Comey: “All Lies!”
Olivier Douliery/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a short Twitter tantrum on Sunday morning, President Donald Trump accused former FBI director James Comey of lying to House Judiciary and Oversight committees during a hearing on Friday. Comey’s closed-door testimony—a transcript of which was released Saturday night—revealed that the FBI had…