Another Look at Donald Trump’s Job Approval Rating
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Via Gallup, here’s the latest look at approval levels of Donald Trump and three other recent presidents¹ during their first year in office: It’s worth noting that Trump’s decline is pretty normal. On average, the other three presidents declined from 58.7 percent approval to 50…
Congresswoman Urges Sergeant-at-Arms to Protect Senate Pages from Alleged Child Molester Roy Moore
Bill Clark/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The week before a closely watched Alabama special election, Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) called for the Senate to protect pages if Alabama voters elect Republican Roy Moore to replace interim senator Luther Strange. “It would be unconscionable for Congress to not be vigilant and proactive in taking precautions to safeguard…
Sen. Gillibrand Calls for Trump to Resign Over Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
Tom Williams/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Monday called on President Donald Trump to immediately resign over the allegations of sexual misconduct that first emerged during the election against him, describing the claims as both “credible” and “heartbreaking.” “These allegations are credible, they are numerous,” Gillibrand…
Trump’s Treasury Department Uses Bogus Numbers to Sell Republican Tax Plan
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills in November bearing his signature.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Before the Senate passed its tax bill earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insisted that a forthcoming Treasury Department analysis would…
Russian Propagandists Are Pushing for Roy Moore to Win
Brynn Anderson/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the run-up to Alabama’s special election, Kremlin-linked news sites and trolls have battled vigorously on behalf of Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for US senator accused of sexual misconduct against multiple women, including teenage girls. Since allegations against Moore were first reported…
Europe Doesn’t Like the Republican Tax Bill
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s not just Americans who are getting screwed by the Republican tax bill: Europe’s five largest economies on Monday warned the U.S. its planned corporate tax reform could breach world trade rules and violate double-taxation treaties the U.S. has signed….“It is important that the U.S.…