Jeff Sessions Won’t Crack Down on Bad Policing, So California and Illinois Are Stepping Up
An officer with the San Francisco Police Department.Jeff Chiu Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Justice has rolled back federal oversight of local police departments under the leadership of Jeff Sessions, so state officials in California are stepping in to do the work the feds have abandoned. On…
Trump’s Chief of Staff Says Dreamers May Be “Too Lazy to Get Off Their Asses”
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly at a meeting between President Donald Trump and Republican senators on immigration at the White House in January.Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Most Dreamers—undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children—have applied for the protections from deportation created by the…
The Justice Department Has Apparently Debunked the GOP’s Phony Uranium One Scandal
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just days after the infamous “Nunes Memo” was greeted with widespread ridicule, another GOP talking point took a major hit Tuesday. Democratic lawmakers revealed that a “whistleblower” who congressional Republicans once suggested would reveal damning evidence against Hillary Clinton had actually never even mentioned Clinton to the FBI.…
No, the Trade Deficit Is Not At a Record High
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s a story at Wonkblog today: Trump said he’d shrink the trade deficit with China. It just hit a record high. The trade deficit with China hit a record high in 2017, defying President Trump’s repeated promises to shrink a number that he regards as…
For Once, Devin Nunes Could Face a Bumpy Election Season
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)Tom Williams/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) represents one of the safest Republican congressional districts in California: In seven of his eight elections, he has captured more than two-thirds of the vote without breaking a sweat. Yet for the first time since he…
Puerto Rico Might Ship Inmates to the Mainland to Help Solve Its Budget Crisis
Gatsi/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The government of Puerto Rico has proposed sending hundreds of jail inmates to detention facilities on the mainland, a decision that would take them away from their families, weakening the community links that activists say aid post release rehabilitation. First reported last week…