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…
Michael Flynn’s Lawyer Tweeted Something Curious
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Attorney Robert Kelner leave the federal court following Flynn’s plea hearing in Washington D.C., the United States, on Dec. 1, 2017.Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s lawyer, Robert Kelner, on Thursday tweeted…
Putin’s Trolls Are Targeting Trump’s GOP Critics—Especially John McCain
Mother Jones illustration; W6/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When John McCain checked into Walter Reed Medical Center in December as he continued his battle against cancer, Russian trolls seized the moment to spread a conspiracy theory that the veteran Republican senator was using his health as a pretense to…
The US Military Is Set to Meet With the Russian General Who Called For Cyberattacks Against the West
Gen. Valery GerasimovIliya Pitalev/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the Mueller investigation continues to examine links between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, the Pentagon and State Departments are preparing for a slew of high-level meetings over the next two months with Russian government officials, Buzzfeed reported on Sunday. The…
The GOP’s New Year’s Resolution: Make Russia Go Away
Ranking Member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, conduct a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Longworth Building on Russian interference with the 2016 election featuring testimony by FBI Director James Comey and Director of the National Security Agency Adm. Mike Rogers, March 20, 2017.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP…
Republican Senators Target Christopher Steele—and the Reason Is Obvious
Christopher Steele.Victoria Jones/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Christopher Steele is not the issue. Yet the former British intelligence official who wrote a series of unconfirmed reports on Trump-Russia connections during the 2016 campaign seems to have become the main target of congressional Republicans. On Friday, two Republican senators—Charles Grassley…