Iran Sanctions Aren’t Working and Never Will
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the LA Times today, Doyle McManus says that President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran accord has indeed caused them economic pain: But creating economic pain isn’t the goal. The goal is to force Iran to improve its conduct — to accept stricter limits on…
McCarthy: Yeah, We Tried to Kill Protections for Preexisting Conditions
Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I would like to hear this recording: Speaking privately to his donors, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy squarely blamed Republican losses in last year’s midterm elections on the GOP push to roll back health insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions…
How Paul Manafort Couldn’t Stop Colluding With a Suspected Russian Intelligence Associate
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, continued doing work in Ukraine after he was indicted.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A boatload of revelations produced by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has already yielded strong evidence that Paul Manafort was colluding with pro-Putin forces when he…
Eric Holder Sure Sounds Like He’s Running for President
Former Attorney General Eric Holder became the latest in a long line of Democrats to visit Iowa on Tuesday, giving a speech in Des Moines that increased speculation about a presidential bid. Since stepping down as the country’s first African American attorney general, Holder has chaired the National Democratic Redistricting Trust, which focuses on combatting…
Can Harris’ Sister Help Her Overcome the “Kamala Is a Cop” Rap?
Maya Harris celebrates as her sister, Kamala, is sworn in as attorney general of California in 2011.Anne Chadwick Williams/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the thick of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for president—when the candidate tried and often failed to land her message of criminal justice reform with…
Why the Green New Deal Is So Vague About Food and Farming
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hold a press conference on the Green New Deal outside of the Capitol on February 7, 2019. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Green New Deal resolution, released last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed…