Some Suggestions for Weathering the Next Florence
Sean Rayford/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. As the country watched floodwaters rise across the Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Florence this month, Puerto Ricans were still reeling from a storm that tore through the…
Elizabeth Warren Says She Might Run for President in 2020
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) inched closer to a possible 2020 presidential campaign on Saturday. Speaking to a packed town hall in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Warren promised to “take a hard look” at the race after the midterm elections, according to…
The FBI Wants to Question Brett Kavanaugh’s Second Accuser
Win McNamee/Pool/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Donald Trump gave in to Senate demands and directed the FBI on Friday to reopen its background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, there was some uncertainty about the scope. The agency would investigate the claims of Christine Blasey…
Republicans Are Running Some Really Weird Ads About This Texas Candidate’s Name
NRCC/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Control of the House of Representatives might be decided in Texas, where Democrats have a candidate in every district for the first time since the early 1980s, and have at least a prayer of flipping seats in a half dozen races. But prior to…
More Brett Kavanaugh Classmates Are Saying He Lied to Congress
Saul Loeb/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At Thursday’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told a story—under oath—about himself. Facing a credible allegation of sexual assault from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who preceded him testifying before the committee, Kavanaugh sought to construct a sort of reputational…
George W. Bush Is Still Bad
Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday evening, just hours after Christine Blasey Ford’s gut-wrenching testimony about being sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh, the Washington Post reported that a familiar face was lobbying Republican senators to forge ahead on the nomination—former president George W. Bush. In an…