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Trump’s Supreme Court nominee did nothing to lessen the suspicion that he was chosen to protect Trump from the Russia probe.
By Caroline Orr - September 06, 2018
‘Be sure of your answer, sir.’
By Caroline Orr - September 06, 2018Trump is in ‘the worst mood of his presidency,’ and reportedly spent Labor Day weekend calling friends to rant about Christopher Wray, the man he personally chose to lead the FBI.
By Caroline Orr - September 05, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh was already historically unpopular going into Tuesday’s hearing, where he snubbed the father of a slain teenager.
By Caroline Orr - September 05, 2018
Trump’s legal team is about to pull one of its most desperate maneuvers yet.
By Caroline Orr - August 31, 2018
The same day Ron DeSantis used a racist dog-whistle to attack his opponent, the Florida Republican was exposed as a moderator of a virulently racist Facebook page.
By Caroline Orr - August 30, 2018
Trump is using a style of rhetoric known to incite violence, while trying to distance himself enough to maintain plausible deniability.
By Caroline Orr - August 29, 2018
The chilling effect of Trump’s push to expose the identity of an informant may be causing sources to go silent, leaving U.S. intelligence agencies in the dark.
By Caroline Orr - August 28, 2018
Here’s a look at the charges, guilty pleas, and convictions piling up all around Trump.
By Caroline Orr - August 24, 2018
Rep. Devin Nunes seems to hope that ignoring the damning news will make it go away.
By Caroline Orr - August 24, 2018
As Russian hackers target Democratic campaigns, GOP gubernatorial nominee Scott Wagner insists he was just ‘joking’ when he said Russia would help him defeat his Democratic opponent in Pennsylvania.
By Caroline Orr - August 21, 2018
Top Democrats want to know if national security adviser John Bolton disclosed his work with alleged Russian spy Maria Butina on his security clearance application.
By Caroline Orr - August 20, 2018
Trump doesn’t control the media from the inside — so he’s taking a page from the modern authoritarian’s playbook and trying to control it from the outside, instead.
By Caroline Orr - August 18, 2018
Instead of dropping his habit of cyberbullying, Trump apparently told Melania she should drop the issue of cyberbullying from her ‘Be Best’ campaign.
By Caroline Orr - August 18, 2018
Trump’s decision to strip the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan is not going over so well.
By Caroline Orr - August 17, 2018
Drug overdose deaths in the US have reached an all-time high, driven primarily by fentanyl use. And thanks to Trump’s trade war, fentanyl may soon be easier to get than ever.
By Caroline Orr - August 16, 2018
Less than two years after endorsing Trump, the Topeka Capital-Journal is slamming his assault on the free press.
By Caroline Orr - August 16, 2018
Newly revealed emails show staffers in the financial crimes unit are concerned the Treasury Department is deliberating trying to obstruct the Senate’s Russia investigation.
By Caroline Orr - August 15, 2018
Devin Nunes hasn’t held a town hall since 2010 — and now, he’s proving just how far he’ll go to avoid facing his constituents.
By Caroline Orr - August 14, 2018
Trump and his GOP allies may think they scored a victory with the firing of FBI Agent Peter Strzok, but the real winner is Russia.
By Caroline Orr - August 14, 2018
Trump’s favorite conspiracy theorist is getting desperate now that he’s been banned from almost every major platform on the internet.
By Caroline Orr - August 13, 2018
In the year since Charlottesville, white supremacists and other extremists have only been emboldened by Trump’s message.
By Caroline Orr - August 12, 2018
Russian officials have clearly figured out how to use Trump’s vulnerabilities against him.
By Caroline Orr - August 11, 2018
Devin Nunes’ constituents say he’s forgotten about the farmers in his district and has no business calling himself one of them.
By Caroline Orr - August 10, 2018
Apparently Trump isn’t the only one obsessed with his historically low poll numbers.
By Caroline Orr - August 09, 2018
Turns out a lot of conservatives think government censorship is pretty great.
By Caroline Orr - August 08, 2018
Ohio’s special election is still too close to call in a race that Republicans should have won easily.
By Caroline Orr - August 08, 2018
The star has already been vandalized repeatedly. Now, the city wants to remove it entirely.
By Caroline Orr - August 07, 2018
Trump’s Supreme Court pick thinks it’s standard practice for presidents to just ignore laws they personally think are unconstitutional.
By Caroline Orr - August 07, 2018
This is the first time a senior Trump campaign official has confessed to criminal activity on the stand.
By Caroline Orr - August 06, 2018