An Appeals Court Just Thwarted Trump’s Efforts to Punish Sanctuary Cities
An immigration protest outside the U.S. Capitol last month.Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to issue a national injunction against the Trump administration’s efforts to deny federal funding to sanctuary cities. The three-judge panel sided with…
Basically Every Time Hannity Has Defended Michael Cohen on His Show Since the FBI Raid
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sean Hannity, the Fox News star and staunch defender of the president against the “destroy-Trump media,” was revealed on Monday to be a secret client of Michael Cohen, the president’s personal attorney whose home, hotel room, and office was raided last week by the FBI. Awkward. Especially…
Here’s How Trump Is Rigging Democracy at the Voting Booth
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today we’re launching a new Mother Jones video series explaining everything you need to know about efforts to undermine voting in America. We’ve covered this territory for years. In 2012, Kevin Drum detailed the GOP’s 10-year campaign to gin up voter fraud hysteria…
Read the Transcript of James Comey’s Interview About Donald Trump
Cheriss May/NurPhoto/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here is the transcript of James Comey’s Sunday night interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. It gets pretty deep in Comey-Trump fan-fic territory. JAMES COMEY: I stood in the entrance to the green room, which is next to the blue room, and chatted…
James Comey Just Responded to Donald Trump’s Attacks
James ComeyAndrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump went on an unhinged Twitter tirade Sunday morning, slamming former FBI director James Comey and calling him a “slimeball,” “slippery,” and “not smart.” The tweets come ahead of Comey’s new book, which is slated for release on Tuesday, and…
Trump Threatens Comey With Jail Time in Unhinged Tirade
Olivier Douliery/Abaca (Sipa via AP) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump spent Sunday morning railing against former FBI Director James Comey, whose highly anticipated book will be released Tuesday. In a series of unhinged tweets, the president described Comey, whom he fired last year, as “not smart”; the…