Mueller’s Indictment of 13 Russians Strikes Fear Into the Trump White House
Andrew Harnik/AP; Dmitri Lovesky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, the ongoing investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller issued an astounding 37-page indictment charging 13 Russians in a broad conspiracy to sabotage America’s 2016 elections. By Saturday, President Donald Trump and White House officials responded by tripling down…
Imagine Dragons to Conservative Group: Stop Using Our Music
Singer/songwriter Dan Reynolds, of the Imagine Dragons, performs on stage at the Capitol One Arena on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Washington.Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In Washington, it’s nearly CPAC time—that point in the year when thousands of conservative activists assemble in Washington for the annual…
Florida Sheriff: No Known White Supremacist Connection in School Shooting
Students released from a lockdown embrace following following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.John McCall/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update 5:16 pm ET: The Leon County Sheriff’s Office told the Tallahassee Democrat on Thursday that they knew of no information linking Cruz…
The Guy Behind the Bogus Immigration Report Has A Long History of Terrible And Misleading Research
John Lott speaks to the crowd during a gun rights rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford in 2013.Jared Ramsdell/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Controversial economist John R. Lott Jr. has made questionable claims about gun rights, police shootings, and abortion. But his new pet issue seems to be…
Republicans Are Poised to Release the Controversial Nunes Memo
mikolajn, adamkaz/iStock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted late Monday to release a four-page memo by GOP staffers spearheaded by Rep. Devin Nunes, the committee’s chairman, that has become a cause célèbre among President Trump’s defenders. The vote means the memo can become public as soon…
NRA Pundit Known for Violent Rhetoric Gets High Praise From Mike Pence
Screen shot, “The Violence of Lies” Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a profile published this weekend in the Style section of the New York Times, National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch was dubbed a “telegenic warrior.” Earlier this month, Loesch was joined on her nationally syndicated radio show by Vice President Mike…