George Washburn

Charities pressured on Twitter, social media to shun Mar-a-Lago

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Five more philanthropic organizations said Friday they have pulled their fundraising events from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club following an intense social media push calling on people to boycott charities that use the venue. A total of eight groups have now pulled their events from Mar-a-Lago since the president’s off-the-cuff, combative and controversial news conference […]

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Trump Has Secretive Teams to Roll Back Regulations, Led by Hires With Deep Industry Ties

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President Trump’s pledge to reduce red tape has been largely conducted in private, with a team of political appointees with deep industry ties and potential conflicts of interest. A joint investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times has identified 71 appointees, 28 of which have potential conflicts of interest. These include lawyers who have

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Justice Neil Gorsuch Votes 100 Percent Of The Time With Most Conservative Colleague

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By now, we can probably say that Justice Anthony Kennedy is not retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court. The word “probably” is apt because nothing is certain about the plans of this or any other Supreme Court justice when it comes to ending his or her service on the nation’s highest court. But this week,

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Brexit: May ‘blocked unilateral offer for EU citizens’ rights’ last June

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Theresa May was the sole cabinet minister to block a unilateral offer to EU citizens that they could remain in Britain in the days following the referendum, according to an editorial in the London Evening Standard. The paper, edited by former chancellor George Osborne, reports that David Cameron had prepared an offer to give EU

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Russia probe counsel now has ex-Trump campaign chief in view

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The special counsel investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of FBI Director James

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In an unprecedented court escalation, Trump protesters could be facing decades in prison for Inauguration demonstrations

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Nearly six months after Donald Trump was sworn into office, more than 200 protesters who gathered in Washington, D.C. to protest his inauguration are facing felony charges that carry sentences of 70 to 80 years. According to Al Jazeera, the 212 protesters were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department and initially charged with felony rioting,

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Six Reasons Why Trump’s Wall is Even Dumber Than Most of Trump’s Other Ideas

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At his turbulent his news event last Wednesday (I won’t dignify it by calling it a news conference), Trump reiterated that he will build a wall along the Mexican border. “It’s not a fence. It’s a wall,” he said, and“Mexico will pay for the wall.” Here are six reasons why Trump’s wall is an even

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