Today’s Roundup of Washington DC in the Trump Era
Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t know how obvious this is, but I try not to spend too much time on what I think of as the Trump soap opera. You know: every tweet, every lawsuit, every piece of evidence that Trump is a moron, every news report…
The Most Important News Out of Jim Comey’s Explosive New Book
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday evening—like a thunderclap—the new book by James Comey, the Trump-fired, former FBI chief, slammed into the political-media world. Comey’s A Higher Loyalty is due out on Tuesday, but stories about what’s in the book, as was inevitable, began detonating several days ahead…
House Republicans Propose Strict Work Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients
jetcityimage/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Republican chairman of the House Agriculture Committee proposed a dramatic change in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) today that would tighten eligibility rules and require some six million “work-capable” adults to work at least 20 hours a week or attend job-training classes…
Sexual Harassment Is Rampant in Congress. 1,308 Former Staff Members Are Demanding Change.
zimmytws/iStock/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than 1,300 former congressional staff wrote to Senate leaders Thursday urging them to pass legislation addressing sexual harassment on Capitol Hill. “Many current and former staff have spoken publicly about their own experiences, often describing a climate of fear, a burdensome and confusing reporting process,…
James Comey’s Leaked Memoir Claims Trump Was Obsessed With the Alleged “Pee Tape”
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Portions of former FBI director James Comey’s upcoming memoir have started to leak—and the revelations are making (ahem) quite a splash. The New York Post is reporting that Comey wrote that in a conversation with President Donald Trump in January 2017, Trump actually…
The Senate Just Confirmed the Coal Lobbyist Who Could Replace Scott Pruitt
Andrew WheelerAlex Edelman/CNP, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The fossil fuel industry now has yet another ally at the Environmental Protection Agency—one who would almost certainly take over as head of the agency if Scott Pruitt is forced to resign. In a 53-45 vote on Thursday, the Senate confirmed…