Hushmoneygate? Stormygate? Whatever. It’s Getting Deeper, Faster.
Stormy Daniels: Clinton Wallace/Globe Photos/ZUMA; Michael Cohen: Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While we all wait to see what happens with the #ShitholeShutdown, the Wall Street Journal tells us more about the hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign:…
#MeToo: A Poll About Sexual Assault
Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Much of the recent pushback to the #MeToo movement revolves around the idea that we aren’t drawing proper distinctions between serious sexual assault and less serious everyday boorishness. Here is Megan McArdle: I have now had dozens of conversations about…
The Supreme Court Just Halted a Ruling that Deemed North Carolina’s Congressional Map Unconstitutional
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday night, the Supreme Court halted a lower court ruling that ordered North Carolina officials to revise its map of the state’s congressional districts. The decision comes 10 days after a three-judge panel found that Republican lawmakers in the state had erred in drawing the…
The GOP Wants to Slash Food Stamps. Here’s Why That’s a Stupid Idea.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress have publicly flaunted their desire to slash food aid for the poor. The deficit-swelling tax cut package they passed in late 2017 will embolden their efforts later this year, when the twice-a-decade farm bill—which funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
The Depressing Silence of the Actors Who Have Recently Worked With Woody Allen
Parker Posey, Woody Allen, and Emma Stone at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015.Joel Ryan/Invision/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Could Woody Allen finally be having his #MeToo reckoning? Allegations of abuse have been swirling around the prolific actor and director for decades, but now, after a December Los Angeles Times op-ed from his adopted daughter Dylan…
In its Quest to Kill Regulations, Trump’s EPA May Allow Teenagers to Handle Farm Pesticides Again
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In its ongoing zeal to nix regulations, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has yet another one in its crosshairs: a rule banning minors from applying pesticides on farms. In December, amid the frenzied debate over the GOP tax overhaul, the EPA announced in a release…