NRA President Offered to Work With Accused Russian Spy’s Group in Moscow
The NRA’s David Keene with Butina in Moscow, Nov. 2013Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In an investigation published on Thursday, Mother Jones documented the deep ties between the National Rifle Association and two Russians accused by the FBI of carrying out a malign political influence operation inside the United States: Maria…
I Sure Hope Helsinki Was Just Another Reality-Show Episode on the Trump Show
Nikolsky Alexei/TASS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Like everybody else in the country, David Frum is disturbed that Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin alone for two hours: Typically—in fact, almost invariably—the national-security adviser joins the president’s meetings with foreign leaders, especially adversarial ones. You may remember the…
Brexit Is About to Get Lit
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hey, remember last weekend’s geography lesson about England vs. Great Britain vs. the United Kingdom? It’s about to come in handy! As you’ll recall, Northern Ireland is part of the UK, which means that when Brexit is implemented it will be out of the EU…
Jeff Sessions Wants to Crack Down on Fentanyl Dealers. Here’s the Problem With That.
A lethal dose of fentanyl for most drug users, according to the Drug Enforcement AdministrationDEA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a new plan: He vows to “systematically and relentlessly prosecute” anyone dealing synthetic opioids, regardless of the amount, in ten counties hit hard by the opioid…
Fossil Fuel Industries Outspend Clean Energy Advocates on Climate Lobbying by 10 to 1
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fossil fuel producers, airlines and electrical utilities outspent environmental groups and the renewable energy industry 10 to 1 on lobbying related to climate change legislation between 2000 and 2016, according to a new analysis released Wednesday. The research, which will be published…
Inside the Surprisingly Difficult Fight for Reproductive Rights in One of the Bluest States
Education Images/UIG via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Edith Ajello, now a 13-term lawmaker in Rhode Island’s General Assembly, became pregnant in 1965, she was a college student in central Pennsylvania and abortion was illegal. It was eight years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide in Roe v. Wade,…