Why the Bombshell Trump Letter Could Be a Big Problem for Donald Trump Jr.
Oliver Contreras/Sipa via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday afternoon, the New York Times revealed a 20-page private letter that President Donald Trump’s lawyers had sent special counsel Robert Mueller in January in which they contended that it was impossible for Trump to commit obstruction of justice because he,…
The New York Times Just Got Its Hands on Trump’s Secret Legal Arguments—and Trump Isn’t Happy
Oliver Contreras/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The New York Times has obtained a 20-page letter from President Donald Trump’s lawyers that it says was hand-delivered to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office in January. Trump is not pleased. Just before the New York Times published the letter, Trump attacked the ongoing…
A Few Miscellaneous Charts About Development Aid
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s a random selection of charts from a report on aid to developing countries that I ran across via Twitter yesterday. It comes from AidData, a research lab at William & Mary. This isn’t a broad summary, just a few interesting factlets I pulled out.…
California Bans State-Funded Travel to Oklahoma in Response to LGBT Adoption Law
lazyllama/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Friday that California will ban state-funded travel to Oklahoma because of a new law that allows private agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex couples. Starting June 22, Oklahoma will become the ninth state where California…
Justin Trudeau Just Slammed “Insulting and Unacceptable” Trump Trade Behavior
Matt Dunham/PA Wire via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President Trump’s trade tariffs on aluminium and steel “insulting and unacceptable” in a new video posted on Saturday by NBC’s Meet the Press on Twitter. Canada, Mexico and the European Union had previously been exempt…
NYT: Scott Pruitt Paid Coal Billionaire Cash for Courtside Basketball Seats
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. First-class flights totaling more than $105,000, a $43,000 secure phone booth, a $50-a-night condo linked to lobbyists, $1,560 on a dozen customized fountain pens, and now a pair of $130 basketball tickets purchased in cash from a billionaire coal executive. The list of controversial purchases by Environmental…