Donald Trump Has a Long History of Defending Men Accused of Sexual Assault
Sonia Moskowitz/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “He says that he’s innocent. I think you have to remember that.” “He did a very good job while he was in the White House, and we hope that he has a wonderful career.” These were President Donald Trump’s first public remarks addressing the…
Donald Trump Joins With Russian Bots to Trash Mark Warner on Twitter
Sens Mark Warner and Richard Burr during a Jan. 17 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.Alex Edelman/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday night, a few hours before the government briefly shut down, President Donald Trump turned his attention to Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat at the head of…
White House Refuses to Answer When John Kelly Knew About Top Aide’s Abuse Allegations
Ron Sachs/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The White House on Thursday refused to say when the president’s chief of staff John Kelly became aware of the domestic abuse allegations against Rob Porter, the top aide who resigned Wednesday after two of his former wives went public with abuse accusations.…
Nancy Pelosi Just Crushed It With the Longest Continuous Speech in House History
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has set a record for the longest continuous speech in House history, according to the House Historian’s Office. Pelosi took to the floor at 10:04 a.m. EST on Wednesday—after the Senate failed to include Dreamers, the undocumented immigrants…
Actually, the US Has a Rich Tradition of Military Parades. But Normally They’re After Military Victories and Stuff.
Harry Harris/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As has now been widely reported, in a meeting last month, President Trump told high-ranking military officials that he wanted a military parade. But over history the United States has generally left military parades as a chest-thumping show of force to less self-assured despots—and Russia. The…
Jeff Sessions Won’t Crack Down on Bad Policing, So California and Illinois Are Stepping Up
An officer with the San Francisco Police Department.Jeff Chiu Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Justice has rolled back federal oversight of local police departments under the leadership of Jeff Sessions, so state officials in California are stepping in to do the work the feds have abandoned. On…