Bear Cub Killers in Alaska Have an Ally in Donald Trump
Education Images/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The brutal scene unfolded in 30-second snapshots, captured in discrete moments by a motion-activated camera. Two hunters skied toward a den on Esther Island in southern Alaska and found a sow and its two newborn bear cubs. After killing all three with rifles, the hunters…
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Was Cagey About Sinclair Merger Communications, Watchdog Report Reveals
The report reveals new communication between FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Jared Kushner leading up to Sinclair’s merger proposal.Jacquelyn Martin/ AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. An inspector general’s report found “no evidence, nor even the suggestion, of impropriety, unscrupulous behavior, or favoritism,” the Federal Communications Commission announced Monday, by Chairman…
Senators Are Demanding Information About Giuliani’s History With Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma
Charles Krupa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than a decade ago, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma approached Rudy Giuliani, then fresh off a stint as the lauded mayor of New York City, asking for help: The little-known pharmaceutical company needed a trusted lawyer to help fight growing public relations and legal battles.…
Trump Organization CFO Granted Immunity in Cohen Case
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was reportedly granted immunity in the investigation into longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen, the Wall Street Journal and other outlets reported Friday morning. The development comes one day after it was reported that federal prosecutors…
70 Years Ago, America Restored Democracy to Germany. Now Germany Wants to Return the Favor.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, in MunichSebastian Widmann/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump pulls two Starburst candies out of his suit jacket pocket and throws them on the table in the direction of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “Here, Angela,” he says, “don’t say I never give you…
Jeff Sessions Finally Hits Back at Trump in Rare Statement
Michael Candelor/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a rare statement on Thursday responding to President Donald Trump’s continued attacks against him and the Justice Department—the most recent of which came just hours earlier in a newly aired Fox News interview. During the interview, Trump once…