The Harrowing True Story of How Vladimir Putin Blew Off Donald Trump
The king and queen of the Netherlands meet with Vladimir Putin the day before the Miss Universe pageant in 2013. Putin sure is short, isn’t he? And King Willem-Alexander looks really thrilled to be meeting him, doesn’t he?Mikhail Klimentyev/ITAR-TASS/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Russian Roulette, by David Corn and…
Kim Jong Un Finally Gets His Wish
Good old smilin’ Kim, always ready for a beer with the president of the United States.Yonhap News/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I must have taken a really long nap this afternoon. Apparently we’ve been holding talks with North Korea for the past few years and now President…
Ryan Zinke Is Getting New Doors
Artist’s conception of new doors for the Interior Department building. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember that “big beautiful door” that Donald Trump promised for his border wall? I think we may have found it: The Interior Department is spending nearly $139,000 to upgrade three sets of double doors in…
Donald Trump Finally Makes His Stupid Tariff Announcement
Reporters via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While I was at lunch Donald Trump finally made his big tariff announcement: After a week of furious lobbying and a burst of last-minute internal debates and confusion, Mr. Trump agreed to exempt, for now, Canada and Mexico and held out the…
Trump’s Lawyer Really Wants Jeff Sessions to Appoint a Second Special Counsel to Investigate the FBI
Jay Sekulow, a member of President Trump’s personal legal team, in Virginia in October 2015 for a Republican presidential candidate forum.Steve Helber/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday he is considering bowing to demands from congressional Republicans who have called for the appointment of a second…
Jeff Sessions Has a Huge Conflict of Interest in a Federal Bribery Case—and It Keeps Getting Worse
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As Alabama’s junior senator, Jeff Sessions was far more involved than previously known in helping two of his top contributors derail a federal environmental cleanup effort, according to records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Mother Jones and the Project…