Why the Scooter Libby Case—and Trump’s Pardon—Really, Really Matter
Scooter Libby outside federal court after his 2007 conviction.Gerald Herbert/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. We should have seen this coming. More than a decade ago, I. Lewis Libby—a.k.a. Scooter—was convicted in federal court of lying to a grand jury and to the FBI and of obstructing justice. Libby had…
A Huge New Study Just Showed Alcohol Is Worse for You Than You Thought
Kokouu/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ever since 1991, when Morley Safer raised a glass of red wine and told millions of 60 Minutes viewers that it might be a health elixir, Americans have taken it on faith that a nightly tipple is good for the ticker. The alcohol industry…
Top Trump Fundraiser Resigns Over Hush Deal He Made with an Impregnated Playboy Playmate
Broidy and his wife, Robin, in 2015.Alex J. Berliner/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Elliott Broidy, a prominent Republican fundraiser, resigned Friday from his position as a deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee in the wake of a report that Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, arranged for…
Arizona’s Governor Just Caved and Offered Teachers a 20 Percent Raise. They’re Not Satisfied.
Teachers at Tuscano Elementary School stage a “walk-in” for higher pay and school funding as they walk into school on Wednesday in Phoenix.Ross D. Franklin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday night, just a day after thousands of Arizona teachers staged “walk-ins” at their schools to call for better…
These Teens Just Won a Victory Over the Trump Administration in Court
Eighteen of the 21 kids and young adults suing Trump, their lawyers, and supporters pose for a photo outside the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco.Amy Thomson Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “We the people are ready to leave,” sang a small choir of climate activists…
A Canadian Comments on US Health Care
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Canadians are usually pretty mild mannered, but get them on the subject of hockey or health care and they suddenly lose their shit: We have gold-plated, employer-provided family health insurance from a major US corporation and it is so totally, utterly fucked, in every single…