As Trial Date Is Finally Set for the Laquan McDonald Case, Chicago Grapples With Yet Another Police Shooting
A protest over the police killing of Harith Augustus in Chicago on July 16, 2018.James Foster/Chicago Sun-Times/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday near the site where 37-year-old Harith Augustus was shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend, following three consecutive days of protests…
High Court Kicks Silicon Valley Investor’s Plan to Split Up California Off Ballot
Venture capitalist Tim Draper points to a computer screen at his offices in San Mateo, Calif., showing that an initiative to split California into three states qualified for the ballot.Haven Daley/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California voters will no longer have the option to vote on splitting the largest state in…
Which Putin-Friendly Russian Oligarch Funded the Alleged Spy Who Penetrated the NRA?
Maria Butina speaks at a rally in support of legalizing handguns in Moscow, Russia.AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Maria Butina—the 29-year-old Russian who penetrated the NRA and other conservative groups and who this week was arrested and accused of functioning as a spy for Moscow—allegedly had help from from…
Judicial Watchdogs Are in Court to Make Brett Kavanaugh’s Entire Record Public
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.Cliff Owen/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A month before President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in January 2017, the nonprofit court watchdog group Fix the Court had already filed a Freedom of Information Act with the US Department of Justice.…
Trump Just Nominated a Pesticide Exec to Oversee Science at the USDA
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, while most media were still digesting President Donald Trump’s extraordinary travels abroad, the White House quietly named a long-time pesticide executive as chief scientist for the US Department of Agriculture. If approved by the Senate, Scott Hutchins will be the third major player…
Oops! Federal Officials Divulged Secret Info About Native American Artifacts
Jacob W. Frank/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Federal officials mistakenly published confidential information on locations and descriptions of about 900 ancient cliff dwellings, spiritual structures, rock art panels and other Native…