The FBI Wants to Question Brett Kavanaugh’s Second Accuser
Win McNamee/Pool/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Donald Trump gave in to Senate demands and directed the FBI on Friday to reopen its background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, there was some uncertainty about the scope. The agency would investigate the claims of Christine Blasey…
Republicans Are Running Some Really Weird Ads About This Texas Candidate’s Name
NRCC/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Control of the House of Representatives might be decided in Texas, where Democrats have a candidate in every district for the first time since the early 1980s, and have at least a prayer of flipping seats in a half dozen races. But prior to…
More Brett Kavanaugh Classmates Are Saying He Lied to Congress
Saul Loeb/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At Thursday’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told a story—under oath—about himself. Facing a credible allegation of sexual assault from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who preceded him testifying before the committee, Kavanaugh sought to construct a sort of reputational…
George W. Bush Is Still Bad
Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday evening, just hours after Christine Blasey Ford’s gut-wrenching testimony about being sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh, the Washington Post reported that a familiar face was lobbying Republican senators to forge ahead on the nomination—former president George W. Bush. In an…
5 People Died From Eating Lettuce But Trump’s FDA Still Won’t Make Farms Test Water for Bacteria
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. William Whitt suffered violent diarrhea for days. But once he began vomiting blood, he knew it was time to rush to the hospital. His body swelled up so much…
Hoods, Hazing, and Heavy Drinking: A Look Inside an Elite University’s Fraternity Culture
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When photographer Andrew Moisey entered his brother’s fraternity house in 2000, Greek culture—and the toxic male culture often associated with it—had yet to encounter the kind of scrutiny it is experiencing today, and the United States was about to elect George W. Bush, a leader Moisey refers to as…