Trump Now Claims He Knew Nothing About His New Acting Attorney General
Acting Attorney General Matthew WhitakerDouglas Graham/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump is saying he didn’t previously know his newly appointed and already controversy-plagued acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. On Friday, before leaving for a trip to Paris, Trump said, “I don’t know Matt Whitaker.” After arriving in…
Deep Inside a Pro-Putin Network That’s Helping Trump Divide America
Putin and Trump at a summit in Helsinki, July 2018Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Every day, the roughly 600 Kremlin-linked accounts tracked in real time on the Hamilton 68 dashboard dive into the hot Twitter topics of the moment. They have fanned rancor over the NFL’s #TakeAKnee…
Pittsburgh Mourns its Jewish Mass Shooting Victims—and Rejects Trump’s Visit
Anti-Trump demonstrators march during the president’s visit.Clint Hendler/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As President Trump came to Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon, thousands of residents marched in protest through Squirrel Hill, the historically Jewish neighborhood that is home to Tree of Life, the synagogue where 11 congregants were murdered…
John Adams’ Fears About America’s Future Feel Pretty Darn Prescient Today
National Gallery of Art Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During America’s first Gilded Age, in 1898, Sen. Mark Hanna was sufficiently candid when asked about his political principles. There are two political truths, the Ohio Republican observed: “The first is money. I can’t remember what the second is.” Now, during…
Duncan Hunter Releases Letter From Retired Generals Calling His Democratic Rival a “National Security Risk”
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Duncan Hunter, the embattled Republican congressman fighting to hang onto his San Diego seat after he was indicted for campaign finance violations, has released a letter written by three Marine Corps officers claiming Hunter’s opponent, Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a “national security risk.”…
Senate Confirmation Appears Likely for Two More Judges Hostile Toward Abortion
Chad A. Readler, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, is sworn in to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations on October 10, 2018.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two appeals court nominees with strong anti-choice histories are likely to become the…