Trump Is Still Bragging About the Government’s Handling of a Hurricane That Killed More Than 4,600 Americans
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump has yet to comment on a devastating new study published by Harvard researchers this week estimating that 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria—more than 72 times what the Trump administration has officially acknowledged. The new death toll…
Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski Says Donald Trump Pressed Her for the Name of Her Cosmetic Surgeon
Steven Senne/Chris Kleponis/AP/Zuma Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Almost a year ago, in the early hours of a Thursday, President Trump took to Twitter and launched an angry attack on Morning Joe co-anchor Mika Brzezinski. The provocation might have been Brzezinski’s ardent on-air criticism of the president, but it…
“We Have Done a Great Job”: What Trump Tweeted as Thousands of Puerto Ricans Died
Donald Trump tosses paper towels into a crowd in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria.Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, researchers at Harvard published a new study showing that the death toll from Hurricane Maria was 75 times higher than what the government had previously reported. By…
Trump Is Deploying the Same PR Strategy on Russia He Used to Defeat Clinton
Brian Cahn/Zuma Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the second episode of the Mother Jones Podcast, released Wednesday morning, Washington Bureau Chief David Corn explains just how familiar President Donald Trump’s aggressive anti-“deep state” messaging campaign really is: It’s the same PR playbook he used to beat Hillary Clinton.…
Trump Finally Tweets Some Good Advice for Himself on Russia Probe
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After indulging in his usual habit of blasting the special counsel’s Russia investigation as a “Rigged Witch Hunt” in a series of early-morning tweets, President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to briefly acknowledge that there might be better ways to spend his time. In…
Trump’s Lawyer Is Spending Memorial Day Weekend Raving About How the Mueller Investigation Is Rigged
Peter Foley/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former New York City Mayor and current Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani isn’t taking any time off from his quest to defend his client before any and every cable news audience that will listen. On CNN on Sunday, he told correspondent Dana Bash that…