Chart of the Day: Here’s Why Evangelicals Love Donald Trump
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you want to understand why evangalical Christians have been so willing to prostitute their faith in service of Donald Trump, this poll from ABC News tells most of the story: The decline has been pretty evenly spread among young and old; college and high…
The Firm That Paid Michael Cohen $500,000 Is Deeply Tied to a Russian Oligarch, Records Show
Michael Cohen, center, leaves federal court as Michael Avenatti, left, watches.Mary Altaffer/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The news was explosive: A Russian oligarch had funneled half a million bucks to Michael Cohen, the fixer and lawyer for Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy…
Stephen Colbert Breaks Down All the Scandals Surrounding Michael Cohen
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s a difficult task keeping up with the mounting legal troubles engulfing Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer. There’s last month’s FBI raid into Cohen’s offices, Rudy Giuliani’s baffling statements confirming the president reimbursed Cohen for money to silence adult film star Stormy…
Scott Pruitt Is Trying to Fix His Ethical Nightmare With…Another Ethical Nightmare
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his housing arrangements with a lobbyist, his travel expenses, and his security detail. He has authorized raises for staff in spite of being told not to by the White House, and allegedly retaliated against EPA whistleblowers. This adds up to at least…
Donald Trump’s Most Tireless Toady Sinks Yet Another Notch Lower
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rep. Devin Nunes says that all this business about his subpoenas endangering intelligence sources is hogwash. Nothing he’s asked for has anything to do with any particular individual. He’s just investigating whether the Justice Department has abused the FISA court…
Congress Prepares to Undermine Trump on Trade
Two weeks before the presidential election, Donald Trump flew into a faded textile town in North Carolina and riled up the crowd over one of his campaign’s signature promises: bringing back the jobs that businesses had shipped overseas. “They wouldn’t be doing it if I was president,” Trump said to cheers. “Believe me, when they…