That “I Approve” Tagline on Political Ads May Have Precisely the Opposite Effect of What Congress Intended
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’m Rowan Walrath, and I’m an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. Did that make you more likely to trust this article? Try this: I’m Rowan Walrath, and I approve this message. New research shows that putting the latter type of tagline on a candidate’s advertisement—as…
Did an Identity Thief In California Help Russia Hack the Election?
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces charges against 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities Friday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had indicted 13 Russians for helping to carry out a Russian government plan to interfere…
Mueller’s Latest Indictment Shows Trump Has Helped Putin Cover Up a Crime
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. People forgot. Special counsel Robert Mueller was not only focused on investigating interactions between Trump…
Donald Trump Is Having a Very Bad Friday
Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hours after indictments against Russian nationals on charges of election meddling were announced, President Donald Trump finally emerged from the White House on Friday afternoon to board Marine One. Reporters on the scene shouted questions at him, and a line from their pool report…
Michael Flynn’s Son Cracks Another Case
This is not Michael Flynn. This is not Michael Flynn Jr. This is a stock photo of a private detective from the 1950s. Stokkete/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has kept quiet since copping a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller in…
Russians Tried to Suppress Minority Turnout, Spread Lies About Voter Fraud
Voters at a polling place in Ellettsville, Indiana, on November 8, 2016. Stringer/Sputnik via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Russian nationals tried to suppress minority turnout in the 2016 election and spread false claims about voter fraud in an effort to harm Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and help Donald Trump,…