Tensions Flare As Nelson and Scott Fight Over Uncounted Votes in the Florida Senate Race
An employee of the Broward County Supervisor of Election’s office counts ballots.Carline Jean/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As votes are still being tallied in Florida’s Senate race, lawyers for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott are fighting over which ballots will be counted in Broward County,…
Trump’s Cancelled Trip to a World War I Gravesite Unleashes a Downpour of Disdain
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine General Joseph Dunford arrive for a ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France on Saturday.Francois Mori/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump did not visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France…
Trump Now Claims He Knew Nothing About His New Acting Attorney General
Acting Attorney General Matthew WhitakerDouglas Graham/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump is saying he didn’t previously know his newly appointed and already controversy-plagued acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. On Friday, before leaving for a trip to Paris, Trump said, “I don’t know Matt Whitaker.” After arriving in…
Our President Is an Asshole
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From the New York Times: In the northern town of Paradise, the ruins of houses and businesses smoldered throughout the day, while in Southern California, tens of thousands of residents fled their homes and jammed onto highways. Exotic lemurs and parrots were packed up and…
Trump Will Give the Medal of Freedom to One of His Biggest Donors
Miriam and Sheldon Adelson at President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugurationRichard Ellis/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The White House announced today that next week President Donald Trump will award the Medal Freedom to seven American luminaries: Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, former pro…
As California Burns, Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Funding
Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Taking a moment from the fires burning in his own backyard, President Donald Trump went on Twitter this morning to opine on the devastating fires currently burning in California—and to threaten to cut off federal funding if his wishes aren’t followed: There…