Here Is the Democrats’ Response to Trump’s Border Wall Address
Bill Clark/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer jointly delivered the Democrats’ official response to President Donald Trump’s primetime immigration speech. The Democratic leaders urged Trump to end the partial government shutdown that has left nearly 800,000 federal workers…
Six Immigration Lies Trump Might Tell in the Oval Office Tonight
Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Donald Trump delivers his Oval Office immigration address Tuesday night, he will almost certainly say things that are demonstrably false and have already been debunked by fact-checkers. The hard part is knowing just which medley of fabrications he will reach for to depict…
As Washington Fights Over a Wall, a Humanitarian Crisis Is Unfolding on America’s Doorstep
The El Barretal camp in Tijuana, Mexico, where many migrants are now living.Noah Lanard/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In April, after Nicaragua’s increasingly authoritarian government began killing protesters, Isaac Molina tried to help. Molina saw the carnage at a university in Managua and rushed home to fill a…
Trump Is Making an Ass of Himself Over the Shutdown
Chris Kleponis/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Things aren’t looking good for President Trump. The government shutdown—for which the public mostly blames him, despite his claims to the contrary—is now in its 16th day. Democrats are officially in charge of the House. Trump has made no progress on securing funding…
Donald Trump Just Said Only “Criminals” Don’t Like the Wall. Actually, a Majority of Americans Don’t.
President Trump speaks in the Rose Garden after a meeting with Congressional leaders on border security on Jan. 4, 2019.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday morning, President Trump, as he is wont to do, took to Twitter to decry his typical targets: “fake” news, the Democrats, and…
We Annotated the White House’s Wildly Misleading Border Security Briefing to Congress
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