Trump Strikes Back at Pelosi by Saying He’s Canceled Her Foreign Travel
ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump struck back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recommendation to reschedule his State of the Union address until after the government has reopened, claiming in a letter on Thursday that he has postponed Pelosi’s upcoming travel to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan—foreign visits he derisively…
The Trump Administration Still Doesn’t Know How Many Families It Separated at the Border
Six-year-old Allison and her mother, Cindy Madrid, at a Houston, Texas, press conference in July 2018. They were separated for one month under the Trump administration’s now-abandoned family separation policy. Marie D. De Jes’s/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new government report released Thursday found that thousands more children were…
Public Sector Contract Negotiations Should Be Transparent
Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I am generally pro-union, but then again, I’m also pro-taxpayer, which puts me in a bit of a difficult position when it comes to public-employee unions. The fundamental problem is simple: most unions bargain with a management group that’s entirely independent.…
Ukrainian Oligarch Scrutinized by Robert Mueller Was a Giuliani Client
JJbuket/Wikimedia Commons Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A Russian Ukrainian mogul who has drawn scrutiny from special counsel Robert Mueller has a business connection to one of the lead lawyers representing Donald Trump in the Russia investigation: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani told Mother Jones that Pavel Fuks,…
A New Right-Wing Smear Campaign Targets a Former FBI Official to Distract From Russia Scandal
Rep. Mark Meadows (left) and Rep. Jim Jordan talk during a press conference calling on the president to declassify the Carter Page FISA applications.Bill Clark/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. What happens when the politics of personal destruction intersect with a Trumpian conspiracy theory? Unfortunately, I’ve seen it, thanks to…
Democrats Introduce Legislation to Get Federal Contract Workers Back Pay
Workers and congressional Democrats protest the shutdown outside of the White House.Riccardo Savi/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would provide back pay to federal contractors who are losing wages during the federal shutdown. The Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act would…