Top Hill Democrat Says Mueller Should Consider Perjury Charges Against Trump-Russia Witnesses
Robert MuellerJ. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday afternoon, Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, made a dramatic request: He essentially asked special counsel Robert Mueller to consider whether perjury charges should be brought against witnesses who testified to the committee…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Just Dismissed 61 Consumer Protection Advisors
siraanamwong/iStock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismissed all 25 members of its Consumer Advisory Board, a group of experts that the head of the CFPB—currently Mick Mulvaney, a longtime foe of the bureau—is required by law to consult with in-person twice a year. The…
Tonight’s Dose of Trump Blather
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There’s no point in excerpting or commenting on Donald Trump’s latest bit of blather. Just click and read as you sydh. The guy is still obsessed with all the same twaddle: his greatness, his endorsements, his Air Force One victory, steam catapults, clean coal, the…
Federal Judge Strikes a Blow Against the Trump Administration’s Separation of Families at the Border
A child and her mother at a May rally to protest the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policies.Eric Gay/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policies of forcibly separating parents from their children at the border will be allowed to proceed, a federal judge ruled today.…
Illegal Immigration Is Up Yet Again
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today brings some bad news for Kirstjen Nielsen, the Secretary of Homeland Security. Border apprehensions were up yet again in May: It turns out that bluster and threats will apparently scare people away for a few months, but after that you need actual policies to…
Quote of the Day: “You’re a Piece of Trash”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From EPA spokesperson Jahan Wilcox, asked for comment about the resignation of two aides to Scott Pruitt: You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash. So professional. The backstory here is that a few weeks ago an Atlantic reporter revealed that Pruitt had…