This Is the Greatest Threat to Donald Trump’s Presidency So Far
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. His former campaign boss Paul Manafort will be heading to trial later this month. Astonishingly, the prospect of Manafort in an orange jumpsuit sharing campaign secrets in exchange for a lighter sentence for the charges he faces of bank fraud and tax evasion isn’t at…
Here’s How to Know When Driverless Cars Are Here
OK, I’ll buy one. But please, not a minivan. Anything but a minivan.Andrej Sokolow/DPA via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s some genuinely interesting news about self-driving cars: Alphabet’s Waymo announced Wednesday that it will begin a pilot program with Walmart to shuttle customers to and from stores to…
Microplastics Are Invisible, Scary, and Everywhere
Orlando Barria/EFE via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a recent sticky summer afternoon in Manhattan, a team of scientists took to the Hudson River to trawl for trash. There weren’t any mangled bags,…
This Is Why Lawmakers Want to Gut the Endangered Species Act
A male sage grouse performs a mating dance.Keith R. Crowley/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” With those words, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into…
The Trump Administration Is Attacking a Crucial Lifeline for Domestic Violence Victims
iStock / Getty Images Plus Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House of Ruth, a social services center for women and their children in Washington, DC, has served thousands of women since it was founded in 1976. And while the reasons why women need its services, namely homelessness and domestic abuse,…
CNN Just Released The Secret Audio Recording Michael Cohen Made Of His Meeting With Donald Trump
Michael Cohen leaves court in Manhattan on Monday April 16, 2018. Go Nakamura/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. CNN obtained a copy of the secret recording Michael Cohen took of his conversation with Donald Trump in October 2016. The recording offers the public a glimpse at the confidential discussions…