The “Good Deal” Trump Allegedly Offered Oil Execs Might Be Worth $110 Billion
Then President Donald Trump with Harold Hamm, CEO of North Dakota’s largest oil company, at a 2019 industry conference.Evan Vucci/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A “deal” allegedly offered by Donald Trump to Big Oil executives as he sought $1 billion in campaign donations could save the industry…
House Dems Launch Investigation Into Trump’s Meeting With Oil Executives
During a July 2020 visit to a Double Eagle Energy rig in Midland, Texas, then president Donald Trump signed four new oil exploration permits.Tony Gutierrez/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. House Democrats have launched an investigation into a meeting between oil company executives and Donald Trump at…
Under Cross-Examination, Michael Cohen Spills About His Past With Trump
Mother Jones; Laura Brett/ZUMA; Jane Rosenberg/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s criminal trial for engineering a hush money scheme—to save his 2016 campaign from a slew of stories about his infidelities—entered its dramatic final stages on Tuesday, as his former fixer, Michael…
Donald Trump Really Trying to Pretend He Couldn’t Care Less About Michael Cohen
Mother Jones; Yuki Iwamura/AP; Imago/ZUMA; Elizabeth Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former President Donald Trump faced off with his onetime fixer Michael Cohen in court on Monday, and for the most part, Cohen delivered a persuasive indictment. Even though the two men have…
Trump Wants to Deport Pro-Palestine Protesters—and GOP Lawmakers Are Filing Bills to Make It Happen
Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; John Lamparski/NurPhoto/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.At a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on Saturday, former President Donald Trump made many questionable comments. He called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “Fat Alvin.” He claimed migrant children “don’t speak English.” And…
Steve Bannon Still Isn’t in Prison, but He’s a Little Closer
Steve Bannon, a free man, on February 24, 2024, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.Ron Sachs/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Steve Bannon’s odds of going to prison ticked up on Friday when DC’s Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal of…