Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired by Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III less than two days before he became eligible for a federal pension, reportedly oversaw a criminal probe into Sessions himself. The criminal probe into the attorney general, as well as McCabe’s role in this probe, was first reported by ABC […]
On Wednesday afternoon, President Trump defended his decision to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on “winning” Russia’s recent presidential election — a decision he made against the wishes of his national security advisers, who reportedly provided him with briefing materials in all-capital letters stating “DO NOT CONGRATULATE” ahead of his call with Putin on Tuesday. […]
The Senate voted 97-2 in favor of a bill on Tuesday that would allow online platforms to be held criminally and civilly liable for facilitating or supporting “sex trafficking of children or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.” While on its face, the bill appears to protect sex trafficking victims, in practice any website where […]
It is rare for presidents to offer public statements concerning ongoing litigation. When they do, they typically familiarize themselves with the government’s legal position, and consult with the array of highly sophisticated lawyers who work in the White House, before they offer their commentary. Presidents who don’t consult with their lawyers risk saying things that […]
The fourth nor’easter in three weeks is pounding the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic with heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding. Since those who deny climate science, including President Trump, repeatedly say (or tweet) that extreme winter storms are evidence against human-caused global warming, let’s take another look at the science. Trump says cold weather disproves global […]
The 24-year-old man suspected of carrying out a series of bombings in Austin, Texas, previously wrote online that he was opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage. Mark Conditt killed himself in the early hours of Wednesday morning after law enforcement tracked him to a hotel in Round Rock, located in suburban Austin. Conditt attempted to […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday offered to hold three-way talks with President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. “A North Korea-U.S. summit would be a historic event in itself following an inter-Korean summit,” Moon said, according to Reuters. “Depending on the location, it could be even more dramatic. And depending on progress, […]
A unarmed Black man was shot by two police officers in Sacramento, California this weekend, after officers said they believed their lives were in danger because the man was holding a cell phone they thought was a gun. Stephan Clark, 22, was in the backyard of his grandparents’ house, where he had been living, when […]
There has been extensive media coverage of Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who says she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006. Daniels’ new attorney, Michael Avenatti, has been a fixture on TV. Daniels herself is scheduled to be interviewed on 60 Minutes on March 25. But another woman, former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, […]
There has been extensive media coverage of Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who says she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006. Daniels’ new attorney, Michael Avenatti, has been a fixture on TV. Daniels herself is scheduled to be interviewed on 60 Minutes on March 25. But another woman, former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, […]
A Trump administration policy that could cheat food service workers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in income was knowingly misrepresented by White House leaders over the objections of career staffers, casting doubt on the reliability of the facts and figures the president’s team uses to push for policies that affect millions of people’s […]
On Tuesday night, a federal judge released an immigrant mom who was dragged away from her daughters by federal immigration agents in Southern California. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents seized Perla Morales Luna, 36, in early March outside her apartment complex as she walked with her three daughters to pay rent in National […]
A judge in Albemarle County, Virginia, dismissed perjury charges against Unite the Right rally organizer Jason Kessler late Tuesday evening after the prosecutor, Commonwealth’s Attorney Robert Tracci, failed to establish where the alleged crime took place. Prosecutors had alleged that Kessler perjured himself when he made a sworn statement at the Albemarle County magistrate’s office that […]
Two of President Trump’s cabinet members testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday and both explicitly confirmed that they have abandoned their departments’ previous support for protecting transgender people from discrimination. In matters of both housing and education, trans people are on their own. Under questioning from Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL), Housing & Urban Development Secretary Ben […]
A suspect linked to five deadly bombings in Austin, Texas is dead following police pursuit in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Police said they tracked the suspect, a 24-year-old white male, to a hotel in Round Rock, a large Austin suburb, where he attempted to flee. He eventually drove into a ditch and detonated […]
Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) on Tuesday signed into law a bill that requires the state to provide information about reversing a medication-induced abortion to patients who have already taken the abortion pill, despite glaring evidence that the “abortion-reversal” procedure is unscientific and based on shoddy research. Otter made no comment or fanfare about […]
With his approval rating mired in the 30s, generic ballot polling showing Republicans well behind Democrats, and recent special election results not boding well for his party, President Trump’s devoted a good bit of his Tuesday evening speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) to reminiscing about his 2016 victory. At one point, Trump […]
The former head of the American Nazi Party ran for the Republican nomination of Congress in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District. No Republican stepped up to oppose him. On Tuesday, despite his vocal Holocaust denial, his anti-Semitic rhetoric, and his white supremacist views, 20,339 Illinois Republicans, according to preliminary totals, cast their ballots for Arthur Jones on Tuesday. Jones’ Nazi-sympathies […]
The devastating hurricanes and wildfires that caused widespread destruction across several U.S. states and territories last year have already cost insurance companies billions of dollars, a ThinkProgress analysis of recent corporate financial disclosures found. According to annual reports recently filed by 15 major U.S. insurers, natural disasters in 2017 have so far cost the industry […]
The devastating hurricanes and wildfires that caused widespread destruction across several U.S. states and territories last year have already cost insurance companies billions of dollars, a ThinkProgress analysis of recent corporate financial disclosures found. According to annual reports recently filed by 15 major U.S. insurers, natural disasters in 2017 have so far cost the industry […]
What caused the various ice ages, what caused the ice to melt? Why does carbon dioxide absorb infrared radiation, but oxygen and nitrogen do not? Does carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reflect any sunlight back into space, thereby keeping sunlight out of the atmosphere? These questions might seem like they’ve been ripped straight a science […]
Nine political campaigns have unionized ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, and one major political firm, Revolution Messaging, joined them this week, according to a BuzzFeed report Tuesday. Revolution Messaging workers join a number of unionized campaign staffs, all of whom work for progressive Democratic candidates whose campaigns run the gamut from local county council […]
It was planned, first and foremost, to be an outpouring of anger over gun violence and a call for government action led by outraged students who survived last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and their supporters from across the country. But Saturday’s March For Our Lives without a doubt […]
It was planned, first and foremost, to be an outpouring of anger over gun violence and a call for government action led by outraged students who survived last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and their supporters from across the country. But Saturday’s March For Our Lives without a doubt […]
A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania is trying to impeach five state Supreme Court justices who voted that the state’s gerrymandered congressional map was unconstitutional. Rep. Cris Dush has introduced resolutions to impeach Justices Kevin Dougherty, Christine Donohue, Debra McClosky Todd, and David Wecht, accusing them of misbehavior in office. A fifth resolution to impeach Justice […]