The Guy Behind the Bogus Immigration Report Has A Long History of Terrible And Misleading Research
John Lott speaks to the crowd during a gun rights rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford in 2013.Jared Ramsdell/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Controversial economist John R. Lott Jr. has made questionable claims about gun rights, police shootings, and abortion. But his new pet issue seems to be…
The Senate Just Reached a Deal to Fund the Government
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After months of stop-gap measures, Senate leaders say they’ve reached an agreement to fund the government for two years while raising spending levels. The budget deal would increase domestic and defense spending…
White House Under Fire for Defending Top Aide Accused of Domestic Violence
Tom Williams/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A senior White House aide resigned on Wednesday amid allegations from his two ex-wives, who each have accused him of domestic abuse. The staffer, Rob Porter, denied the accusations, which were detailed in a Daily Mail story that included photos showing one of his…
New Research Shows Suicides Spiked Following Robin Williams’ Death
Armando Gallo/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In August 2014, actor and comedian Robin Williams, famous for his roles in movies like Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, and Mrs. Doubtfire, committed suicide at his home just north of San Francisco. He was 63 years old and, as the public…
Senate Leaders Agree on Two-Year Budget Deal
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I guess we have a deal to avoid a government shutdown: Senate leaders, disregarding President Trump’s threats to shut down the government, struck a far-reaching agreement on Wednesday that would set spending levels on military and domestic spending for the next two years, breaking the…
Did the FBI Mislead a FISA Judge? Why Not Just Ask Him?
Judge Rudolph Contreras.Diego M. Radzinschi/National Law Journal Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The gist of the Nunes memo is that the FBI misled a FISA judge when it asked for a warrant to wiretap Carter Page. I was chatting about this at lunch yesterday with a friend, and suggested that…