Jim Jordan Joins the Intelligence Committee as a New Lawsuit Says He Shrugged Off Sexual Misconduct Claim at Ohio State
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks to media after Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper arrived to testify as part of the House impeachment inquiry.Patrick Semansky/AP Ardent Trump defender Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is joining the House Intelligence Committee tasked with marshaling the impeachment inquiry. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Cali.) delivered the news on…
Steve Bannon Says Trump Team Saw Roger Stone as “Access Point” to Assange
Stev Bannon, during an interview in Berlin on May 15, 2019.Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images Donald Trump and members of his campaign have said many times that they never colluded with Russia in 2016. But according to bombshell testimony in federal court Friday, the Trump team did believe that it was collaborating with WikiLeaks,…
Trump Is Trying to Woo Black Voters by Saying What He Always Says
John Bazemore/AP The election is one year away, the impeachment inquiry is heating up, and Donald Trump wants those black votes. On Friday, the president went to Atlanta for the launch of Black Voices for Trump. The new grassroots coalition is an attempt by Trump’s reelection campaign to win over more black voters than he did…
A German Princess, a Cardinal, and an Anti-LGBT Activist Walk Into the Supreme Court…
Pope Francis greets indigenous representatives in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo Last week, two of the Supreme Court’s most ardent Catholic justices, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, met at the court with an odd trio of visitors: Brian S. Brown, who runs several anti-gay advocacy groups; German Princess Gloria von…
Top NSC Official Says Mick Mulvaney Was Key Player in Trump-Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik On Friday afternoon, the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry released the deposition of Fiona Hill, the former top Russia staffer on the White House National Security Council. The transcript is hundreds of pages long and covers many key areas of the Trump-Ukraine scandal. Our own David Corn has been poring over…
Heath Officials Finally Have a Clue in the Vaping Lung Illness Mystery
nd3000/Getty The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new lab results on Friday that identify a chemical that may be the cause of recent vaping-related lung illnesses: vitamin E acetate, a thickening ingredient. Health officials tested lung fluid from 29 people who fell ill after vaping—and detected vitamin E acetate in all samples. The findings are…