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Stephen Colbert Hits Trump Where It Hurts—His E-Score

Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this week the New York Times released some new polling data on President Trump, but as Stephen Colbert discovered while combing through it, it’s not the top line approval numbers that are likely to get under Donald Trump’s skin most—it’s his E-score. That’s a…

Rep. Ilhan Omar Keeps Getting Death Threats

Douglas Christian/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, federal court filings revealed that a New York man, Patrick W. Carlineo, had been arrested and charged with threatening to assault and murder Representative Ilhan Omar. The Democratic congresswoman, who represents a Minneapolis-based district, was first elected to Congress in 2018,…

Trump Lawyers Up to Fight the Release of His Tax Returns

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump has hired a new set of lawyers specifically to fight Democratic attempts to wrest his tax returns out of the hands of the Internal Revenue Service—an escalation of his long-standing refusal to reveal much detail about his personal finances. While…

This Faith Leader Sees Climate Change as a Moral Emergency

Rev. Mariama White-Hammond (right) joins her mother, Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond (left), in song and prayer during a women’s conference at the Jubilee Christian Church in Boston on May 5, 2017. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and…

The Cops Want to Know What’s Happening on 8chan

8chan’s logo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. American law enforcement agencies apparently want to know more about what’s happening on 8chan. According to the site’s March 2o19 “Transparency Report,” released Friday, the image board had “received and complied with” 12 requests from the U.S. government and or U.S law enforcement…