John Dingell Told Us That Yes, He Was Responsible for His Savage Twitter Feed
Rep. John Dingell on March 10, 2011.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. John Dingell, the Democrat who represented Michigan for 59 years and was the longest-serving member of Congress, died Thursday at his home in Dearborn, Michigan. He was 92. Over his long tenure, he shaped environmental policy, supported civil rights legislation, and criticized…
Grilled on Family Separations, Whitaker Responds, “I Appreciate Your Passion”
Tom Williams/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday is likely to be remembered for his defiant and repeated refusal to discuss any communications he may have had with the president regarding the Russia probe. But tucked within Whitaker’s daylong…
“Friends” Is a Casual Reminder That Sometimes the Safest Spaces Are Filled ith Strangers, Not Friends
Braverijah Gregg Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: “Friends” by Twin XL (Position Music, 2019) Why we’re into it: With sweet whistling and lyrics that give it a Donnie Darko-like tone, Twin XL explores the rare intimacy of a room full of strangers. Sometimes the most beautiful and comforting moments happen between people…
Here’s How Trump Blew $100 Million on His Inauguration
Remember this delightful scene a month before the election? It came just a few weeks after Trump conned every cable news network into giving him big coverage for a “birther announcement” that turned out to be just Trump announcing the opening of his hotel.Evan Golub/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters.…
Are We Making Progress on the Border Barrier?
K.C. Alfred/San Diego Union-Tribune via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post claims that congressional negotiators are nearing a compromise deal on the wall: Two people familiar with the talks said the understanding among Republicans is that the deal would offer around $2 billion for border barriers. The…
What Did Ivanka Know About Trump Tower Moscow? It Wasn’t “Almost Nothing.”
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In an interview aired Friday, Ivanka Trump told ABC News that she knew “literally almost nothing” about her family’s secret pursuit of a deal to build a Trump-branded tower in Moscow during the 2016 campaign. Her claim, however, is contradicted by various sources, including…