Note to Robert Mueller: Hope Hicks Was Part of the Cover-Up
Andrew Harrer/AP Hope Hicks’ time in the barrel may come soon. Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly aiming to interview the White House communications director as part of the Trump-Russia investigation. When he and his team of lawyers do so, they presumably will be mindful that the 29-year-old Hicks told one of the biggest whoppers…
Donald Trump’s Response to Disaster Aid for California: Nothing
Paul Kitagaki Jr/Sacramento Bee via ZUMA A few weeks ago, California requested $7.4 billion in disaster aid following the massive series of wildfires in the northern part of the state that killed 43 people and destroyed nearly 9,000 structures. Actually, let’s back up. That’s not quite accurate. California’s Democratic governor, its two Democratic senators, and…
Jeff Sessions Gives In and Sends Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities
RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images For the first time since September, when a federal judge curtailed the Department of Justice’s power to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities, Attorney General Jeff Sessions awarded grants on Monday to 36 jurisdictions the agency says are noncompliant with federal immigration authorities. The grants are part of a nearly $1 billion initiative through the Department’s Community Oriented Policing…
The Trump Administration Revokes Legal Status for More Than 50,000 Haitian Immigrants
Lynne Sladky/AP The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday evening that more than 50,000 Haitian immigrants living in the United States will lose the status that protects them from deportation. As of July 22, 2019, they’ll be forced to return to Haiti or risk living in the United States as undocumented immigrants in an era of heightened fear. Temporary…
Ben Carson’s Controversial Confidant Wants to Buy Washington Newspaper
Armstrong Williams speaks at the annual DC Influencers Brunch at a downtown Washington restaurant in 2016.Sipa/AP Armstrong Williams, the conservative businessman, TV talk-show host, and longtime confidant of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, is trying to buy Washington City Paper, the alternative weekly newspaper covering the nation’s capital. According to a current City…
The Opioid Epidemic Is Devastating. It’s Also Really Expensive.
The opioid epidemic, which each year claims more lives than the entirety of American deaths in the Vietnam War, is also a growing financial burden. According to a new report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the epidemic cost the nation $504 billion in 2015—about 2.8 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.…