Michael Cohen has testified that President Trump directed him to lie to Congress about Trump’s business dealings with Russia during the campaign. The weakness of the accusation is that Cohen does not seem to have… Read More
Enemies
Senate rebukes Trump with vote ordering U.S. military to end support for Saudi-led war in Yemen
The Senate voted Wednesday to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, its latest rebuke of the Trump administration’s continued embrace of the Saudi monarchy despite growing frustration among lawmakers with its… Read More
That Time Trump Got $18.3 Million in Palm Beach
Scrutiny of his business dealings is just the start of a long and possibly harrowing experience for the president and his entourage. A series of hurricanes tore through Florida in 2005, and Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s business… Read More
John Kelly rebukes Trump on immigrants at border: ‘They’re not criminals’
Former Trump chief of staff John Kelly spoke at an event at Duke University Wednesday night, and according to NBC News, he rebuked his former boss on a few different issues. “They’re overwhelmingly not criminals,”… Read More
Trump’s attorney general must indict the president if Mueller recommends action: Watergate-era DOJ official
Attorney General William Barr should reconsider the Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president, according to a former official who helped craft that directive. The current legal position was reached in 2000, but the… Read More
Trump Mar-a-Lago Buddy Wrote Policy Pitch. The President Sent It to VA Chief.
A handwritten note to Trump, addressed “Dear King,” presents another instance of access and influence for Mar-a-Lago associates. by Isaac Arnsdorf In late 2017, on one of President Donald Trump’s retreats to Mar-a-Lago, his private… Read More
In Blow to Trump, America’s Trade Deficit in Goods Hits Record $891 Billion
America’s trade deficit in goods with the rest of the world rose to its highest level in history last year as the United States imported a record number of products, including from China, widening the… Read More
The politics of Trump nightmares
by Brent Budowsky The single most important fact in American political life is the degree that so many Americans believe, with a deep sentiment of dread and foreboding, that the Trump presidency has become a… Read More