Feinstein Says FBI Investigation Is “Not Credible” Without Interviews of Ford and Kavanaugh
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking member Dianne Feinstein at last week’s hearing with Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh.Erin Schaff/Pool via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called the FBI’s last-minute investigation into allegations of…
Why the White House Might Rush to Swear Kavanaugh In Before New Allegations Can Emerge
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas attends an event at the Library of Congress in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) succeeds with his plan to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court this week, Kavanaugh still won’t…
The Pentagon Just Released This Ridiculous Cartoon and the Internet Can’t Stop Laughing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Defense unveiled a snazzy website redesign today, capping off what chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White called a “long overdue” change and a way to “more completely share our military’s story with the American people.” That strategy apparently included the production of a two-minute animated…
Chart of the Day: Health Care Premiums Hardly Increased at All This Year
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Kaiser Family Foundation announced today that large corporations now pay an average of nearly $20,000 per employee for family health premiums. In order to give you a better idea of what this means, here’s a chart showing how much that’s grown from last year:…
Devin Nunes’ War on the Media Just Got Even Weirder
Devin Nunes Campaign Committee Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late last week, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) sent constituents in his Central Valley, California, district a curious bit of campaign literature. It wasn’t a typical half-page or full-page mailer, but a 38-page glossy mini-magazine entirely dedicated to lambasting the area’s largest…
After 25 Years in Jail For a Single Punch He Threw as a 16 Year Old, Taurus Buchanan Is Finally Free
Taurus Buchanan, age 19. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was published in partnership with The Marshall Project a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletter, or follow The Marshall Project on Facebook or Twitter. Taurus Buchanan, who received a life-without-parole sentence for…