The NRA Has Deep Ties to Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina
Maria Butina in Moscow, in a photo she posted to Facebook in October 2013 Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For decades, the National Rifle Association has promoted its hard-line politics with appeals to patriotism, freedom, and the staunch defense of the Second Amendment. But now, the controversial gun lobbying group…
“I’m Rested and Ready to Fight”—The Reverend Barber’s Battle Cry Is One for the Ages
Anne Wernikoff Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Reverend William Barber II was born just two days after the historic March on Washington, and he went on to become one of the most prominent civil rights leaders in the South. Now, fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr’s first Poor People’s…
Trump Has Dreams of a New Energy Boom That Even the Fossil Fuel Industry Thinks Is Too Extreme
Once a coal town, Paonia, Colo., is now known for wineries, boutiques, galleries and organic farms that draw tourists from nearby ski resorts.Morgan Levy for Reveal Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ten thousand feet up, it’s possible…
Alabama Republican Who Refused to Back Trump Survives Brutal Primary
Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Justice.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After an unusually fractious debate among Republicans about Rep. Martha Roby’s fealty to President Donald Trump—which resulted in a bitter runoff for the GOP nomination…
Putin Just Dismissed the Mueller Probe as “Political Games” in Fox News Interview
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested the Mueller investigation is politically motivated, calling it part of the United States’ “internal political games” in a 30-minute interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace that aired Monday night. “It’s quite clear to me that [the Mueller investigation] is…
Putin’s Comments in Helsinki Only Raised More Questions About Russia’s Election Interference
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump, left, during a press conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018.Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s remarks at a joint news conference with Vladimir Putin on Monday were…