Trump Veterans Affairs Chief Took His Wife on a Taxpayer-Funded Vacation
Veterans Affairs Secretary David J. Shulkin with President Donald Trump in June 2017.Chris Kleponis/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Yet another member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet is under fire for taking liberties with taxpayer-funded travel. This time it’s the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a troubled agency that…
Elizabeth Warren Tackles Trump’s “Pocahontas” Slur Head On
Alex Edelman/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) surprised members of the National Congress of American Indians on Wednesday with a stirring speech pledging to fight for the rights of Native Americans—a group President Donald Trump has a long record of disrespecting, both verbally and in policy. The…
Devin Nunes’ Fake News Site Suggests Male Privilege Doesn’t Exist
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) at the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in June 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It wasn’t around long, but in it’s short life, the Twitter feed for “The California Republican”—an alternative “news” site paid for by Devin Nunes Campaign…
Trump Wants to Put American Workers First, Except At His Own Properties
Mar-a-LagoRichard Graulich/Palm Beach Post via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Thanks to Vox, we now know just how seriously President Trump’s businesses are taking his policy of “America First.” Three Trump businesses posted 144 openings for seasonal jobs from 2016 to 2017, but just one of those jobs went to an…
Trump Snuck These Anti-Environment Measures Into His Infrastructure Plan
Ed Lallo/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The fact that EPA administrator Scott Pruitt sat several seats to the right of President Trump during his announcement of a $200 billion infrastructure plan on Monday was one clue that it was actually jam-packed with policies taking aim at environmental regulations. For instance, a substantial…
Opioid Makers Funneled Millions to Patient Advocacy Groups
Pureradiancephoto/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Opioid manufacturers funneled nearly $9 million to leading pain treatment advocacy organizations and industry groups that in turn promoted the painkillers, according to a report released Monday by Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) as part of an ongoing investigation into opioid makers. The report examines payments between…