Trump Just Hired a Lawyer Who Says the FBI and DOJ Conspired to Frame Trump
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the latest indication that the White House is taking a more combative stance toward Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, President Donald Trump has decided to add Washington lawyer Joseph diGenova to his legal team. DiGenova and his wife, Victoria Toensing, have a long…
Trump Doesn’t Understand the Opioid Crisis. Just Check Out His Latest Proposal.
President Trump speaks about his plan to address the opioid epidemic at New Hampshire’s Manchester Community CollegeElise Amendola/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, President Donald Trump unveiled his latest plan to address the opioid epidemic, once again suggesting the death penalty for drug dealers. “We can have all the blue ribbon…
Trump Is Fundraising Off a Question That Would Scare Immigrants Away From the Census
Census workers help Spanish-speaking residents of Caldwell, Idaho, fill out the 2010 census form. Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Justice Department is pushing for the 2020 census to include a citizenship question for the first time since 1950, a move civil rights groups say would…
All of a Sudden, Voting Rights Are Expanding Across the Country
Gus Clark deposits his vote-by-mail ballot in a collection box in Seattle in the 2016 election. Ted S. Warren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is set to sign a sweeping election reform package on Monday that will make his state one of the leaders in the country…
More Cops Won’t Make Schools Safer, But Here’s What They Will Do
Joshua Polson/The Greeley Tribune/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ contribution to a White House plan to make schools safer post-Parkland is predictably in line with his tough-on-crime approach to governing: put more cops in schools. Last week, he proposed a measure to prioritize grant funding for those who intend…
We Just Found Out About Another Federal Investigation into Russian Meddling
The National Rifle Association booth at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference.Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Federal Election Commission has launched an inquiry into potential illegal donations made to the National Rifle Association by Russian individuals and businesses in support of President Donald Trump’s…