Backstage at the World’s Only Transgender Bodybuilding Competition
Rufio, a competitor, flexes in “Man Made,” T Cooper’s new documentary on transgender bodybuilders. Roadside Entertainment/Man Made Films Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For Mason Caminiti, the most uncomfortable part of bodybuilding isn’t just the restrictive dieting or the grueling workouts. It’s the grooming. Shaving before competitions reminds him of…
These Two Letters Explain Why Democrats Were Furious With Ryan Zinke This Week
Alex Edelman via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has not attempted to acquire a Chik-fil-A franchise for his wife, asked personal aides to buy a used mattress, or spent $1,560 on 12 fancy pens as has EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, who is the subject of 12 separate investigations. But…
What Canada Can Teach Trump About Milk
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The recent G-7 meeting ended in chaos, with President Donald Trump trading zingers with his better-haired rival, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. So now the United States is on the verge of a multi-front trade war, featuring Europe, China, and our erstwhile friendly neighbor, Canada. And Trump…
Understaffed Federal Prison Is Taking in 1,000 Noncriminal Immigrants, and Even the Guards Are Protesting
Homeland Security buses enter the federal correctional complex in Victorville, California.James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, as the first busloads of immigrants rolled up to the federal prison complex in Victorville, California, the facilities there went on lockdown. The Victorville complex, in an…
The Most Heartbreaking, Infuriating Stories From Trump’s Family Separation Policy
A protest in front of an ICE office in Florida on June 1Wilfredo Lee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After weeks of heart-wrenching stories about nearly 2,000 migrant children being taken from their parents by federal officials, the controversy over the Trump administration’s family separation policy is finally coming to…
Trump’s Lawyer Says the President May Be Mulling Pardons in the Russia Investigation
Chris Kleponis/CNP/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, says Robert Mueller’s special investigation may be “cleaned up” with presidential pardons, the New York Daily News reported Friday. The remark came just hours after a federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to await trial from jail after Mueller accused Manafort of witness tampering, the latest charge brought…