House Republicans Failed to Find Any Dirt on Trump-Russia, Just as They Intended
Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., left, and Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, March 20, 2017. Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence officially announced Monday night what has been evident for months: They are all done investigating Russian interference in the 2016…
George Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Encouraged His Efforts to Establish a Russian Back Channel
Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulus, pled guilty to lying to the FBI in early October. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A campaign adviser for Donald Trump saying that Trump encouraged his efforts during the 2016 election to make contact with the Kremlin. President Barack Obama’s reaction to…
White House Won’t Seek to Raise Minimum Age to Purchase Guns After All
Karen Grigoryan/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In response to the Parkland shooting last month that left 17 dead, the White House has announced its plan of action that stops short of any major changes to gun laws or imposing a minimum-age requirement that would have drawn opposition from the gun lobby. The…
Trump Just Lashed Out at NYT’s Report on Turmoil in His Legal Team
Brian Cahn/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Sunday morning, President Trump once again took to Twitter to lash out at the New York Times. This time, his target was the paper’s report that he met with President Clinton’s impeachment lawyer, Emmet Flood, in the Oval Office last week to discuss hiring…
Donald Trump’s Nukes Plan Puts the Whole World in Peril
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This article first appeared at TomDispatch.com. If you’re having trouble sleeping thanks to, well, you know who, you’re not alone. But don’t despair. A breakthrough remedy has just gone on the market. It has no chemically induced side effects and, best of…
Trump Just Delivered a Rambling 80-Minute Speech And It Was a Doozy
Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump flew to southwest Pennsylvania tonight for a rally intended to bolster Rick Saccone, the Republican candidate with a razor-thin lead in the special election to fill an open seat in the state’s 18th congressional district. (Trump won the district…