The Director of National Intelligence Says Russia Poses a Threat to Midterm Elections. But Trump Doesn’t Seem to Care.
Michael Kappeler/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, Donald Trump produced another stunner when he declared that Russia should be readmitted to the G7. The country had been booted out of this group of leading industrialized nations following Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine in 2014.…
Sessions Makes It Vastly Harder for Victims of Domestic Abuse and Gang Violence to Receive Asylum
Alex Edelman/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has just made it dramatically harder for victims of violence to receive asylum in the United States. Using his authority over the US immigration court system, Sessions decided Monday that people fleeing gangs and domestic violence will generally not qualify for…
Trump Is Finally Meeting with Kim Jong-un
President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un during their first meeting at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12 in Singapore.Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump finally met with Kim Jong-un Tuesday morning at the Capella Hotel on the island…
We Now Know Why Steve Bannon and Kris Kobach Lobbied for a Citizenship Question on the Census
Then-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon with President Donald Trump last year.Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In December 2017, the Justice Department asked the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, to add a controversial question about US citizenship to the 2020 census for the first time since…
With “Rape Jokes,” Cameron Esposito Turns the Lowest Form of Comedy Into Something Groundbreaking
Graham Fielder Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Cameron Esposito has never been shy about getting personal on stage. “Chunks of my body are being smashed out of my body by my body!” she declared in a memorable joke about menstruation a few years ago. But until now, the stand-up comic…
For Black Lives Activists, Engaging in Trump’s Pardon Politics Feels Like a Deal With the Devil
Trump granted clemency to Alice Marie Johnson (left, with daughter) after hearing a personal plea from Kim Kardashian West. Adrian Sainz Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last Wednesday, Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother who served more than 20 years of a life sentence for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense,…