Rudy Giuliani Can’t Handle This 1998 Clip of Him Blowing Up His Own Trump Claims
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly argued that a sitting president does not have to comply with a subpoena, asserting that if one were to be issued in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, Trump has the authority to resist it. “He’s the…
Did “Wild, Wild Country” Leave You Hungry for More?
Netflix Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Netflix’s new documentary series Wild, Wild, Country is a fascinating tale of the Rajneesh movement’s time in rural Oregon. A spiritual organization with its roots in India, the Rajneeshees moved to, and eventually took over, Antelope, a hamlet about 3 hours away from Portland.…
We’re Getting Way Better at Forecasting Storms, and It’s Helping Humanitarian Groups
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In an era of increasingly extreme hurricanes, floods, and drought, the people in charge of preparing for disasters depend on meteorologists to anticipate where the next catastrophe might strike. Here’s some good…
OKC Schools May Have Reduced Suspensions, But It’s Still Mostly Black Kids Getting Sent Home
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Wall Street Journal has an article today about the Oklahoma City School District. Back in 2015, under pressure from the Obama administration, they decided that school suspensions were out of control and were unfairly targeted toward black kids: In Oklahoma City, the school district…
Homeless Man Jailed After Being Falsely Accused of Using Counterfeit Cash Is Suing Burger King
Emory EllisSteven Senne/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A homeless man is suing fast-food giant Burger King for $950,000 in damages after staff at one of the company’s Boston locations had him arrested for trying to pay for his food with an allegedly counterfeit bill. The man, Emory Ellis, was then jailed…
Feds Charge PAC Operators With Conspiring to Defraud Conservative Donors
Jane_Kelly/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Federal agents arrested two Arizona brothers on Thursday and charged them with operating deceptive political action committees that raised more than $50 million over the last decade. The suspects allegedly preyed mostly on small donors, pledging to use the money for such purposes as protecting conservative values, supporting…