White House Under Fire for Defending Top Aide Accused of Domestic Violence
Tom Williams/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A senior White House aide resigned on Wednesday amid allegations from his two ex-wives, who each have accused him of domestic abuse. The staffer, Rob Porter, denied the accusations, which were detailed in a Daily Mail story that included photos showing one of his…
New Research Shows Suicides Spiked Following Robin Williams’ Death
Armando Gallo/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In August 2014, actor and comedian Robin Williams, famous for his roles in movies like Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, and Mrs. Doubtfire, committed suicide at his home just north of San Francisco. He was 63 years old and, as the public…
Senate Leaders Agree on Two-Year Budget Deal
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I guess we have a deal to avoid a government shutdown: Senate leaders, disregarding President Trump’s threats to shut down the government, struck a far-reaching agreement on Wednesday that would set spending levels on military and domestic spending for the next two years, breaking the…
Did the FBI Mislead a FISA Judge? Why Not Just Ask Him?
Judge Rudolph Contreras.Diego M. Radzinschi/National Law Journal Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The gist of the Nunes memo is that the FBI misled a FISA judge when it asked for a warrant to wiretap Carter Page. I was chatting about this at lunch yesterday with a friend, and suggested that…
Jeff Sessions Won’t Crack Down on Bad Policing, So California and Illinois Are Stepping Up
An officer with the San Francisco Police Department.Jeff Chiu Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Justice has rolled back federal oversight of local police departments under the leadership of Jeff Sessions, so state officials in California are stepping in to do the work the feds have abandoned. On…
The Justice Department Has Apparently Debunked the GOP’s Phony Uranium One Scandal
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just days after the infamous “Nunes Memo” was greeted with widespread ridicule, another GOP talking point took a major hit Tuesday. Democratic lawmakers revealed that a “whistleblower” who congressional Republicans once suggested would reveal damning evidence against Hillary Clinton had actually never even mentioned Clinton to the FBI.…