How a Young Army Officer Built America’s Empire of Paranoia From 85,000 Index Cards
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Manila, 1901. The city is a steamy mix of grand Spanish colonial buildings mildewed from tropical humidity, the ramshackle dwellings of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, and horse-drawn wagons rumbling through squares and gates with names like Plaza de Cervantes and Puerta de Isabel II.…
Patriots Games, Birthday Bashes, and Vicious Tweets: Trump and Romney’s Failed Bromance
John Angelillo/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced his retirement from the US Senate on Tuesday, President Donald Trump marked the occasion with a Tweet that congratulated Hatch and called the senator a “tremendous supporter” and “friend.” Congratulations to Senator Orrin Hatch on an absolutely incredible…
Test Your Knowledge: What Are People Saying About Donald Trump?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. According to previous press reports, now bolstered by Michael Wolff’s account in Fire and Fury, pretty much everyone who knows Donald Trump thinks he’s not very bright. Can you match up the precise epithet with the person alleged to have said it?
NYT: Mueller Looking Into Obstruction Case Against Trump
Prensa Internacional/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I have a feeling that Donald Trump will not be giving any impromptu interviews to Michael Schmidt again. Schmidt reports today in the New York Times that Robert Mueller is very strongly investigating the question of whether Trump obstructed justice by trying to…
Trump Administration Proposes Massive Expansion of Offshore Drilling
Zinke stressed that the proposal is the beginning of a process that would allow for public input from states, local communities and congressional delegations. For eight years under the Obama administration, he said, “responsible energy development took a back seat to, in many cases, special interest groups.” Zinke also dismissed environmental concerns, arguing—as he often does—that it is…
CDC Says Teens of Color Are Having a Lot Less Sex
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Teenagers are having less sex. Actually, strike that. White teenagers are having about as much sex as ever. But among black and Hispanic teenagers, there’s been a sudden and steep dropoff among the number of high school seniors who say they have ever had intercourse:…