Democrats Recruited Two Sandy Hook Parents to Run for Congress. They Both Decided It Wasn’t Worth It.
Hockley, Barden, and other Sandy Hook parents ask New Jersey lawmakers to limit ammunition magazines to 10 bullets in 2013.Julio Cortez/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For weeks, western Connecticut residents and national Democrats have been watching and waiting, speculating which of the two parents who lost their sons in the 2012 shooting at…
Most Americans Think Teachers Deserve More Money
Some 50,000 educators marched on the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday.Jeff Brown/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week, thousands of teachers in Arizona and Colorado descended on statehouses to demand better pay and school funding. It appears many Americans agree with them—and support their efforts to shut down…
Did Trump Jr. Talk to His Dad About the Trump Tower Meeting?
Donald Trump Jr. at the White House on April 2, 2018.Chip Somodevilla/CNP via Zuma Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Did Donald Trump Jr. speak to his father in June 2016 about a Russian offer to provide dirt on Hillary Clinton? Republicans on the House intelligence committee haven’t even bothered to…
Trump Hails Ronny Jackson as an “American Hero”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Friday continued to fume over Ronny Jackson’s failed bid to become the next Veterans Affairs secretary, labeling the allegations that tanked Jackson’s nomination as false and politically motivated. He also praised Jackson, who has worked as a White House physician for…
A Federal Jury Just Fined the Pork Industry $50 Million for Being Bad Neighbors
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For decades, the largely African-American communities situated near massive hog operations on North Carolina’s coastal plain have endured fetid odors that trigger eye irritation, difficulty breathing, and feelings of stress and anxiety. On Thursday, 10 hog-country residents got some relief. In the first verdict in…
Chart of the Day: GDP Growth in Q1
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The economy grew 2.3 percent in the first quarter: There’s not a whole lot to say about this. Given our current demographics, 2.3 percent growth is fine. At the same time, it doesn’t suggest that the big Republican tax cut had much effect on consumer…