Does Donald Trump Want to Be Dictator of the United States?
The Republican National Convention in July 2016Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It began the day he was sworn in, with his vow to end “American carnage”—a direct echo of his autocratic pronouncement when accepting the Republican nomination that “I alone can fix it.” Donald Trump has chipped away at…
Trump’s Consumer Agency Announces Plan to Let Predatory Lenders Off the Hook
stevanovicigor/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late on Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is planning to “reconsider” the Payday Rule, an Obama-era rule that created the first federal restrictions on payday loans. The rule takes aim at predatory practices by payday lenders—companies which give out high-interest loans and disproportionately…
Eric Trump Stands to Profit Bigly From Sweetheart Real Estate Deal With His Dad
Santiago Hafford/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and The Real Deal. President Donald Trump’s son Eric is preparing to capitalize on a windfall he received from his father during the presidential campaign: He’s combining three luxury Manhattan high-rise apartments, one of which he…
California’s Cannabis Crowd Isn’t Afraid of the Big Bad Attorney General
A legal pot shot in Santa Cruz, CA.Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lots of people, obviously, are unhappy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ reversal of Obama-era guidelines de-prioritizing federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states that have legalized pot for recreational or medicinal use. Thursday’s announcement drew…
After a Historic and Deadly Fire Season, California Homeowners Struggle to Stay Insured
A wildfire consumes a Ventura home in December, 2017. Jae C. Hong/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The spate of deadly wildfires that tore through California in the second half of 2017 scorched more than 21,000 homes. As the millions of residents living at the cusp of the state’s forests and mountains…
Here Are 2017’s Best Protest Posters
Jessica Hill/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The year is nearly over, and politically speaking, it hasn’t been pretty. Plenty of outrageous, terrifying, shameful things have happened since Donald Trump took office, but from the very first day of his presidency, a massive contingent of the nation has taken to the…