Hawaii’s Summer of Natural Disasters Could Get Much, Much Worse Thanks to Hurricane Lane
NASA/NOAA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hawaii is being lashed by the effects of Hurricane Lane right now, with 110 mph force winds and torrential rain. Hurricanes rarely hit the string of islands, but this Category 2 storm is going to skirt close enough to cause life-threatening flooding and landslides. “We are expecting large amounts…
Senators Are Demanding Information About Giuliani’s History With Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma
Charles Krupa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than a decade ago, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma approached Rudy Giuliani, then fresh off a stint as the lauded mayor of New York City, asking for help: The little-known pharmaceutical company needed a trusted lawyer to help fight growing public relations and legal battles.…
Trump Organization CFO Granted Immunity in Cohen Case
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was reportedly granted immunity in the investigation into longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen, the Wall Street Journal and other outlets reported Friday morning. The development comes one day after it was reported that federal prosecutors…
Trump Org CFO Got Immunity From Mueller Earlier This Year
JB Miller/Trump Organization Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen probably knows a lot about Donald Trump’s financial affairs, but Allen Weisselberg knows everything about Trump’s financial affairs: The longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, was given immunity by federal prosecutors in New York during the…
Obamacare More Popular Than Republican Tax Cuts According to Fox News
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70 Years Ago, America Restored Democracy to Germany. Now Germany Wants to Return the Favor.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, in MunichSebastian Widmann/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump pulls two Starburst candies out of his suit jacket pocket and throws them on the table in the direction of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “Here, Angela,” he says, “don’t say I never give you…