We Now Know What James Comey Told Congress Last Week. Read the Transcript.
Cheriss May/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The House Judiciary and Oversight committees have released a transcript from Friday’s closed-door hearing of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey. The hearing was part of a Republican-led investigation into the FBI’s actions during the 2016 presidential election, which included investigations…
The Senate Just Passed a Sweeping Opioid Bill. It’s Still Not Nearly Enough.
Education Images/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the Senate passed a sweeping legislative package Monday evening aimed at the opioid epidemic. It includes a number of important provisions, including funding for treatment and recovery programs, but many drug policy experts say the package is…
President Trump Just Issued a Disturbing Threat Against the FBI
Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump, still reeling from a week of legal blows to his former campaign chair and lawyer, who has implicated the president in allegations of campaign finance violations, lashed out on Saturday at the Justice Department, returning to one of his favorite topics: Hillary…
The Justice Department’s Watchdog Is Investigating the FBI’s “Culture” of Leaks
Former FBI director James ComeyJose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The FBI leaked like a sieve in 2016, and those disclosures helped Donald Trump, according to a newly released inspector general’s report on former FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The 500-page report from…
Hillary Clinton Talks About Trump, Facts, and Fascism in Yale Speech
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today, Hillary Clinton delivered Yale University’s annual Class Day speech, urging the Class of ’18 to keep organizing to roll back the “full-fledged crisis in our democracy.” But before she got serious, she kicked things off with a dig at a scandal-embroiled political adversary who…
“Get Going Before You’re Ready”: Outgoing Planned Parenthood Head Cecile Richards Has Advice for New Activists
Cecile Richards speaks to the crowd during the Women’s March, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Cecile Richards is somehow both an eternal optimist and a straight shooter, two characteristics that propelled her to fame on what was supposed to be…