Politics

On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee has released a 2,500-page trove of testimony related to Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election. The report containsa 224-page transcript of an interview with Donald Trump Jr. about his June 2016 meeting with a delegation of Russian and Russian-connected figures. The testimony, which …

Michelle Wolf delivered a scathing speech about the Trump administration at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where the comedian also roasted the news networks and both Republicans and Democrats. “Like a porn star says when she’s about to have sex with a Trump, ‘Let’s get this over with,’” Wolf said …

One of my earliest memories of this tumultuous year was the deep breath heard round the world: a defeated Hillary Clintontaking a second to compose herself before the inauguration of Donald Trump, the politician who had bullied, threatened and menaced her throughout the election. Whatever you think of Clinton politically, …

One of the few grown-ups in the Trump administration is on his way out, to be replaced by a super-hawk who’s seemingly been itching for war with Iran, if current, widespread reports are to be believed. The grown-up would be Rex Tillerson, the millionaire businessman and former ExxonMobil CEO who …

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz was in Washington this week, though you’d hardly know it. Cruz was scheduled Wednesday to testify alongside FEMA Administrator Brock Long in front of the House Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on the federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria, but that hearing was …

When the president uses what used to be called his “bully pulpit” – but now is called “Twitter” – to attack a person or an issue, of course it has much broader consequences. For instance, it’s no surprise that after campaigning on a travel ban focused on Muslims and selectively …

New York‘s Civilian Complaint Review Board has substantiated two complaints against Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City policeman caught on tape in the infamous Eric Garner case. Rolling Stone has learned the board ruled that Pantaleo did in fact use a chokehold, and also ruled that Pantaleo restricted Garner’s breathing. …

It was supposed to be “American Dream Week.” Sarah Huckabee Sanders even dug up a cloying anecdote about “Frank” — the enterprising 10-year-old who’d written to ask if he could mow the White House lawn — to mark the occasion. But like “Infrastructure Week,” “Technology Week” and the rest of …