Michael Brown’s Mother Is Considering a Run for Ferguson City Council
Michael Brown’s parents sit for an interview with the Associated Press in September 2014.Susan Walsh Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The mother of Michael Brown, the teenager whose police killing in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked unrest in 2014 and was a major catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement, said on…
Texas Democrats Just Got a Huge Boost Thanks to This Court Decision
Eric Gay/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Dallas County Republican Party that would have kicked most Democratic candidates in the Texas county off the ballot. The lawsuit, filed in January, tried to keep 127 Democratic candidates from appearing on the March 6 primary ballot,…
Trump Blasts Vetting Process, Media for Troubled VA Pick. That’s Not How It Works.
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to suggest that amid recently surfaced allegations of workplace misconduct, Ronny Jackson, his embattled pick for Veterans Affairs secretary, should withdraw his nomination, calling it “totally” Jackson’s decision. The president also characterized the vetting process for cabinet nominations as…
Did Status Anxiety Power Trump to Victory? Let’s Look.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The New York Times reports today on a new paper that looks at whether people voted for Trump out of a sense of economic anxiety: A study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences questions that explanation, the latest to…
Pruitt About to Take Next Step in Banning Science at the EPA
Serrano, Shutterstock/ ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is why Scott Pruitt is able to get away with acting like he’s the Sun King: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is expected to propose a rule Tuesday that would establish new standards for what science could be used…
Enjoy This Excruciating Clip of Trump Brushing Off “Dandruff” From Macron’s Suit
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While welcoming French President Emmanuel Macron to the Oval Office Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump warmly discussed the “special relationship” the two world leaders share, even praising news outlets he typically bashes as “fake news” for correctly describing their friendship in recent reports. He then…