Who Ratted Out Michael Cohen?
Go Nakamura via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Wall Street Journal reports that Franklin Haney, a big donor to the Trump campaign, offered Michael Cohen a $10 million contract if he could wangle a huge federal loan for a couple of nuclear power plants Haney was trying to…
These States Are Going to War Over Trump Eliminating Car Emissions Rules
Drivers enter Sacramento on Highway 50 Rich Pedroncelli/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday, in one of the Trump administration’s most aggressive attacks on the environment yet, the White House proposed to cut Obama-era fuel economy standards that would have dramatically reduced harmful air pollution in the next decade.…
Sanders Refuses to Say That the Press Is Not the Enemy of the People
Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a press briefing. Cheriss May/NurPhoto/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update: President Donald Trump clarified his stance in a tweet Thursday afternoon: They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is…
Stock Buybacks Are Just Another Way for Insiders to Make Money
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Via Vox, here’s a recent speech from SEC commissioner Robert Jackson. Jackson and his team took a look at the behavior of corporate insiders after they had announced a stock buyback: We dove into the data, studying 385 buybacks over the last fifteen months….First, we…
The Trump Administration Just Launched a “Brazen Attack” on Clean Air Standards
The demands showed a marked shift from 2012, when automakers, two of which had just received massive taxpayer-funded federal bailouts, agreed to increase standards after months of negotiations with federal and California regulators. But by 2016, fuel prices had fallen from a record high national average of $3.60 per gallon four years earlier, and Americans…
No, Ivanka Trump Did Not Break With Her Dad’s Family Separation Policy
Liu Jie/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Following months of tension and creating frustration both in the White House and the media, Ivanka Trump has signaled she is ready to return to the public stage as first daughter and senior adviser to the president. But her most recent attempt to step back into the…