The Poisonous Allure of Right-Wing Violence
Gavin McInnes is selling a very marketable product. The pose of the right-wing provocateur and founder of the group the Proud Boys is that he’s simply a defender of normality…
Trump takes aim at O’Rourke: ‘Beto is a Flake!’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked Rep. Beto O’Rourke as a “Flake!” just hours after O’Rourke hurled Trump’s “Lyin’ Ted” insult at Sen. Ted Cruz during a prime-time debate in…
Saudi Arabia transfers $100 million to U.S. amid crisis over Khashoggi
The United States received a payment of $100 million from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the same day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh to discuss the disappearance of…
GOP leaders hesitant to challenge Trump on Saudi Arabia
Republican leaders in Congress are taking a cautious approach in their response to mounting evidence that the Saudi royal family is linked to the suspected death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal…
Pence after viewing Hurricane Michael damage: Causes of climate change ‘yet…
Vice President Pence on Tuesday said the causes of climate change have “yet to be seen” after he spent time viewing damage from Hurricane Michael in Georgia. “As the president…
How Native American Leaders Are Trying to Tackle Voter Suppression in North…
Native American voting rights advocates are scrambling to ensure that tribal nations in North Dakota are still able to vote in the mid-term elections next month, following a Supreme Court…
The rigging of American politics
Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court by an unpopular president who won 3 million fewer votes than the runner-up. He was confirmed by a Senate majority that represents…
The deficit is rising, so Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medic…
Republicans have removed all doubt: When it comes to the federal deficit, the problem is Medicare and Social Security — not their own tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.…
Fusion GPS co-founder spurns House GOP subpoena
Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS — the firm that commissioned a now-infamous anti-Trump dossier — intends to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to decline a subpoena…
Massive Twitter data release sheds light on Russia’s Trump strategy
Twitter on Wednesday released a trove of 10 million tweets it says represents the full scope of foreign influence operations on the platform dating back nearly a decade — including…