New Polls Show Majority of Americans Blame Trump and the GOP—Not Democrats—for Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump, with Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh, sheriff of Chester County, Pa., left, and AJ Louderback, sheriff of Jackson County, Texas, attends a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. New polls from the Washington Post-ABC News and CNN released Sunday revealed…
Why the FBI’s Counterintelligence Investigation Into President Trump Is Such a Big Deal
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday night, President Donald Trump called into Jeanine Pirro’s show on Fox News to repeat his call for a border wall. The New York Times had just released a bombshell investigation revealing that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence investigation into the sitting…
It Was a Bad Year for Carbon Emissions—Even in California
Paul Harris/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Carbon emissions are rising in the the United States, and it looks like the golden green state of California is part of the problem. Despite putting up acres of…
A Republican Congressman’s Racism Is Finally Catching Up With Him
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on November 28, 2018. Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For years, Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa has made racist comments with little censure from his own party. But after he…
Hoaxsters Hit With Human Studies Charge
This is allegedly the IRB at Duke University, but they seem awfully young and good looking, don’t they? I have my doubts. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last year, a trio of hoaxsters produced a series of Onion-worthy papers in the fields of gender studies, critical race theory, masculinity studies,…
The FBI Reportedly Investigated Whether Trump Was a Russian Agent, and Trump Is Furious
President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion on border security in Washington Friday. Chris Kleponis/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. An irate President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to defend himself against a shocking New York Times report that the FBI opened an investigation in 2017 to…