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Robert Mueller Releases Information Showing Trump Campaign Tried to Collude With Russia

Special counsel Robert Mueller departs a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill.Andrew Harnik/AP On Monday morning, shortly after special counsel Robert Mueller announced the indictments of former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, President Donald Trump tweeted, “There is NO COLLUSION!” But soon after that, Mueller’s office released a “statement of offense” outlining one…

Ed Gillespie Just Gave a Speech to the NAACP. It Sounded Nothing Like His Real Campaign.

Steve Helber/AP Something was missing when Ed Gillespie spoke to members of the Virginia NAACP Saturday in Richmond. Gillespie, the Republican candidate for governor, talked about education and jobs and the “school-to-prison pipeline.” He talked about second-chances for convicted felons and sentencing reform. He emphasized how eager he was to work with black leaders if…

The Lost Children of Tuam

In a long piece for the New York Times today titled “The Lost Children of Tuam,” Dan Barry recounts the story of the Mother and Baby Home of Tuam, Ireland. During the first half of the last century, it was where women were sent who bore children out of wedlock. The mothers were generally sent…