Impending Execution Has Concentrated Republican Minds Wonderfully
James Borchuck/Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Wall Street Journal proves once and for all that Republican politicians are brain dead: President Trump, unaccustomed to campaigning for others, has settled into a new rhythm with Republican candidates who have found the key to securing a…
Trump Takes to Twitter to Defend His China Tariffs
Matt Rourke/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of imported Chinese goods has been widely unpopular. Even so, on Wednesday, Trump decided to up the ante: He ordered his administration to consider raising the rate from 10 percent to 25…
Justice Clarence Thomas Is Having an Outsize Influence on the Trump Administration
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas smiles during an event at the Library of Congress, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is by far the court’s quietest and most conservative justice. He went 10 years without asking a…
For Someone Who Claims to Not Watch CNN, Trump Seems to Watch a Lot of It
LeBron James listens to a question at a news conference after the opening ceremony for the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, Monday, July 30, 2018. The I Promise School is supported by the The LeBron James Family Foundation and is run by the Akron Public Schools. Phil Long/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe…
Does Kris Kobach Have White Nationalists On His Campaign Payroll?
Kansas Secretary of State and candidate for the Republican nomination for Kansas Governor Kris Kobach addresses supporters during a campaign stop Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, in Pittsburg, Kan. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Friday that two GOP political consultants had accused controversial Kansas…
Steve Cohen Is Spending Millions to Help Veterans. Why Are People Angry?
Steve Cohen’s network of clinics have thrust him into the spotlight over privatizing the VA. William Deshazer/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and Fortune. At a House hearing last year on post-traumatic stress disorder, a private organization showed up with an ambitious…