The Top US Diplomat in the Fight Against ISIS Just Resigned Over Trump Pulling Out of Syria
Brett McGurk briefing reporters at the State Department in 2017Susan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The lead US envoy in the fight against ISIS resigned abruptly on Friday due to his disagreement with Trump’s decision to withdraw 2,000 troops from Syria. Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the State…
Emails Show How Determined Scott Pruitt Was to Destroy the Environment
The scandal-plagued Pruitt had long pushed for a public “red team, blue team” debate between mainstream scientists and the small minority of scientists who disagree with them about climate change and its causes. In late 2017, White House officials urged him to abandon the idea. Yet according to emails obtained by the Guardian through a Freedom…
Wall Street Suffered Its Worst Week Since the Financial Crisis
Wang Ying/Zumapress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week marked the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s crowning legislative achievement: a $1.5 trillion tax cut, supported by a GOP Congress that assured the American people the overhaul would boost economic growth to record levels. Instead, the Tax Cuts and Jobs…
Does Trump’s Base Approve of Cutting and Running in Syria?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over at the Washington Monthly, Tabitha Sanders comments on Donald Trump’s withdrawal from Syria: As a candidate, Trump repeatedly stated his intentions to pull U.S. troops out of Syria….The policy change is in line with a worldview Trump has championed since his political rise: America…
Trump Shut Down the Government. Here’s Who Is Going to Be Affected.
Andy Martin Jr./Zumapress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Early on Saturday morning, portions of the federal government shut down, following an impasse caused by President Trump, who refuses to sign a budget that doesn’t include $5 billion to fund a wall at the US-Mexico border. On Friday night, Trump tweeted a…
It’s Been a Year Since Trump Enacted Sweeping Tax Cuts. Rich People Won.
Man hands sweeping money,business concept. Lucky man winning lots of us dollar from gambling,with smiling face and black background.cherrybeans/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One year ago today, President Donald Trump signed into law the largest tax overhaul America had seen in 30 years. In an Oval Office signing ceremony…