Trump-Ordered Missile Strike Hits Damascus
Susan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update 10:50 pm: Defense Secretary James Mattis briefed reporters on the strike Friday night, noting that the operation was “right now a one-time shot,” but would not rule out further action. Mattis said he was “absolutely confident” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was behind…
The Trump Administration Backs Down From Battle Over Legal Pot
Supporters hold flags near the East Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 24, 2017, during a rally to support the legalization of marijuana.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a surprising turn of events, the Trump administration will ditch intentions to crack down on the dozens of…
Did FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Lie to the FBI?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few weeks ago, the Justice Department’s inspector general rushed out a draft copy of its report on Andrew McCabe to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Why? So that Sessions could fire McCabe 26 hours before he qualified for his full pension and retired. Well, the…
Here’s Why Scott Pruitt Still Has a Job
Mother Jones; Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt survives the onslaught of accusations of mismanagement and excessive spending with his job still safe, he has his biggest benefactors to thank. The #StandWithScottPruitt campaign has flooded the White House with pleas from Trump donors and conservative and…
Why the Scooter Libby Case—and Trump’s Pardon—Really, Really Matter
Scooter Libby outside federal court after his 2007 conviction.Gerald Herbert/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. We should have seen this coming. More than a decade ago, I. Lewis Libby—a.k.a. Scooter—was convicted in federal court of lying to a grand jury and to the FBI and of obstructing justice. Libby had…
A Huge New Study Just Showed Alcohol Is Worse for You Than You Thought
Kokouu/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ever since 1991, when Morley Safer raised a glass of red wine and told millions of 60 Minutes viewers that it might be a health elixir, Americans have taken it on faith that a nightly tipple is good for the ticker. The alcohol industry…