Paul Ryan Admits He Didn’t Realize Trump Was Insulting Him to His Face
Alex Edelman/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s safe to assume that referring to a 48-year-old man as “boy scout” within a professional context is a less-than-subtle insult, particularly if it’s said by one’s superior. But that seemingly obvious premise appears to have been lost on House Speaker Paul Ryan, whose boss, President…
The Trump Administration’s Plan to Limit Legal Immigration Could Hurt Millions of Noncitizens
Protesters of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies gather at US Immigration & Customs Enforcement field office in San Francisco on July 2. Yichuan Cao/Sipa via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Homeland Security is planning to dramatically expand its power to deny legal status to millions…
Fact Checkers Need to Take Facts More Seriously
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Glenn Kessler demonstrates the limitations of fact checking today. The question is: Does Bernie Sanders’ Medicare For All plan save money or cost money? Answer: it does both. According to a new Mercatus study, it would reduce the total cost…
Trump’s Hollywood Star of Fame One Step Closer to Removal
Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The city council of West Hollywood voted unanimously on Monday to permanently remove the president’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, citing the president’s attacks against women and immigrants among the reasons for the resolution’s passage. “Due to his disturbing treatment of…
Ex-Trump Campaign Aides Are Lobbying for Bosnia’s Pro-Russian Separatist Party
Corey Lewandowski with Zeljka Cvijanovic, prime minister of Republika Srpska, in the Trump Tower Hotel on July 25Government of Republika Srpska Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Representatives of a Russian-backed Serbian separatist party in Bosnia, whose leader has been sanctioned by the Treasury Department, have been courting Trump administration officials…
The Spike in Immigration Prosecutions Is Causing Other Crimes to Go Unpunished
Central American asylum seekers wait as Border Patrol agents take them into custody in June near McAllen, Texas. John Moore/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration’s push to prosecute people for crossing the border without authorization is limiting the government’s ability to prosecute people who commit other crimes, according…