Telling the Truth About EITC “Fraud”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s nice to see a conservative being honest about something that’s normally a conservative hobbyhorse. In this case, it’s AEI visiting scholar Bruce Meyer talking about fraud in the EITC program: James Pethokoukis: So, what about that fraud issue many conservatives gripe about? Is it…
NYT: Mueller Looking Into Obstruction Case Against Trump
Prensa Internacional/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I have a feeling that Donald Trump will not be giving any impromptu interviews to Michael Schmidt again. Schmidt reports today in the New York Times that Robert Mueller is very strongly investigating the question of whether Trump obstructed justice by trying to…
Test Your Knowledge: What Are People Saying About Donald Trump?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. According to previous press reports, now bolstered by Michael Wolff’s account in Fire and Fury, pretty much everyone who knows Donald Trump thinks he’s not very bright. Can you match up the precise epithet with the person alleged to have said it?
CDC Says Teens of Color Are Having a Lot Less Sex
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Teenagers are having less sex. Actually, strike that. White teenagers are having about as much sex as ever. But among black and Hispanic teenagers, there’s been a sudden and steep dropoff among the number of high school seniors who say they have ever had intercourse:…
The President of the United States Threatens Lawsuit to Stop Publication of a Book
Chris Kleponis/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Holy shit: A lawyer representing President Trump sought Thursday to stop the publication of a new behind-the-scenes book about the White House that has already led Trump to angrily decry his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon. The legal notice —…
Trump Threatens to Sue Bannon in Fight to Crown Washington’s Alpha Chimp
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Now this is a classic Trumpian feces-flinging brawl. He’s bringing the famous Trump nondisclosure agreement into his battle with ex-friend Steve Bannon: Late Wednesday, lawyers for Trump sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bannon, arguing he violated the employment agreement he signed with the Trump Organization…