Hurricane Michael Just Slammed Into Florida With 155-MPH Winds
NOAA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, with 155 mph winds. About 375,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation, but it’s unclear how many people have left. A rare extreme wind warning is in effect in parts of the Panhandle, and the National…
Georgia’s Republican Candidate for Governor Is Blocking 53,000 Voter Registrations
Secretary of State Brian Kemp declares victory in the Republican primary for governor in July 2018 in Athens, Georgia.Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Tens of thousands of would-be voters in Georgia have had their voter registrations put on hold, threatening their ability to cast a ballot in…
Now Is No Time to Quit
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s been a bad couple of weeks for truth. We don’t need to go back over it all: A hearing and investigation that seemed more concerned with providing cover for a foregone conclusion than with uncovering facts. The crocodile tears for survivors, before tossing them…
Republicans, Republicans Everywhere, But Where Are the Democrats?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s amazing. President Trump gets front-page treatment for holding a routine campaign rally. Kellyanne Conway gets front-page treatment for appearing on Fox News and pretending to be sad about Hillary Clinton’s extremism. Heidi Heitkamp gets front-page treatment for the same thing. Trump gets yet more…
Here’s Why Hurricane Michael Is Especially Terrifying
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hurricane Michael—with its 145 mph winds—has made landfall and it’s set to become the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Florida Panhandle. Coming on the heels of Florence, which inundated the Carolinas with record rainfall and led to at least 17 deaths, Michael is especially dangerous because…
FBI Director Confirms That White House Limited Scope of Kavanaugh Investigation
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Wednesday.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed Wednesday that the White House limited the scope of the FBI’s investigation into alleged sexual assault by now-Supreme Court…