This Major Republican Donor Just Renounced the GOP
Leslie H. Wexner at an event in 2011. Fred Squillante/The Columbus Dispatch/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ohio’s wealthiest Republican donor, Leslie H. Wexner, has left the party, saying he is fed up with its antics, the Columbus Dispatch reported. “I’m an independent,” Wexner said at an event for Ohio…
Brett Kavanaugh’s High School Friend Isn’t Helping the Nominee’s Case
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh reacts as testifies after questioning by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this week, reports emerged that Capitol Hill Democrats had a letter from a woman…
Verizon Leaves Lobbying Group ALEC Over Ties to Anti-Muslim Activist
Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Telecom giant Verizon has decided to leave the American Legislative Exchange Council, a powerful corporate lobbying group, over its connections to David Horowitz, an anti-Muslim activist, according to a report from the Intercept. The group had hosted Horowitz as a featured speaker at…
Donald Trump Can’t Stop Attacking Puerto Rico’s Death Toll
Lenin Nolly/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late on Friday night, President Donald Trump continued his baseless public assault on the officially adopted survey saying nearly 3,000 Puerto Rican residents died after Hurricane Maria. “When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE…
North Carolina Towns Still Recovering From Hurricane Matthew Now Have to Deal With Florence
“You’ve got to live somewhere,” she said. Matthew Peterson, on the other hand, wasn’t taking any chances this time around. He and his family barely managed to escape Lumberton in 2016 after they awoke to find flood water creeping up toward their doors. He fled town with more than a dozen people piled in his…
Tons of Promises Were Made at Jerry Brown’s Climate Summit, But Only One Requires Rockets
California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks as Michael Bloomberg, left, listens during a news conference at the Global Action Climate Summit Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.Eric Risberg/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California’s Governor Jerry Brown, once nicknamed “Governor Moonbeam,” announced on Friday that the state was launching its own satellite, a…