Donald Trump Times Editorial: Donald Trump’s Temptation to Shred Lincoln’s Legacy Donald Trump has had a more public role in Washington’s political debate of late than ever. So it’s no coincidence that one day after his big CNN debate
Democratic Party Left-leaning groups attack Nancy Pelosi for what they’re calling the ‘corrupting influence’ of Trump’s tax cuts A bevy of progressive groups including The Nation and MoveOn issued a joint statement on Monday blasting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, whom they accused
Donald Trump Trump Was Absurdly Naive About Otto Warmbier’s Mistake — And He’s Not Like Your Normal President Two weeks ago, President Trump publicly told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “don’t worry about it” when Mr. Kim was asked about the release of Otto Warmbier — the
Wednesday Evening The Roundup: Donald Trump, Harry Potter and Ben Affleck’s booze relapse In other news, Donald Trump sent a midweek tweet insisting that Republican senators were “working very hard to pass a big Tax Cut and Reform Bill” even though, in reality,
United States Department of Justice Trump gives acting attorney general a vote of confidence, hinting at plans to fire top attorney On Tuesday night, President Trump gave outgoing acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker a vote of confidence during a Fox News interview. “I’m glad Matt Whitaker will be in charge,
Israel Facebook Sues Bomb Maker Martin Shkreli and Sites that Spread Fake News Facebook’s lawsuit against a bomb maker and the creators of several fake news websites is not just a reason to apologize, but a long overdue acknowledgment that online companies
Jeff Bezos Amazon boss Jeff Bezos being probed by FBI over leaked information Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, the wealthiest person in the world, is being questioned by the FBI about a leaked trove of information about the company. Bezos is not being investigated
William Barr How Sessions’s sacking could jeopardize Mueller probe Mr. Sessions’s interaction with the former White House counsel involved an exchange of written memos the attorney general had prepared during the 2016 campaign, and the continuing contention that
United States Department of Justice Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, and others who want to amend the Constitution for women Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) takes the stage in the Senate where she introduced the Equal Rights Amendment during the final Senate session on women's rights legislation on June 24, 1988.
Washington, D.C. Tim Stone: Confronting Donald Trump before The Apprentice Written by By Staff Writer Atosse Otubu, CNN "Someone should tell Vladimir Putin that Donald Trump is not his puppet," cracked Tim Stone, a stentorian British Trump impersonator, addressing a
Israel Is Facebook Poised to Thwart New Lawsuits? Facebook was built on user trust, but the company is now seeking to rein in shady actors like Cambridge Analytica. But what’s Facebook’s strategy when it comes to
Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos vs. Donald Trump, election edition: Amazon boss scores big by buying Washington Post Since he sold the Washington Post in 2013, Jeff Bezos has been known to be a champion of privacy and, often, a champion of democracy. But the world now knows
Wall Street Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Announces Race Against Donald Trump in 2020 Michael Bloomberg — the self-made billionaire who spent $90 million of his own money to beat back a Tea Party opponent in New York City’s 2005 mayoral race — sounded like
Rod Blagojevich Trump Pardons Hastert, Who Battled Child Abuse, Hired Drexel Burnham to Prosecute Himself President Donald Trump pardoned Dennis Hastert, who spent 16 months in prison in 2010 for breaking banking laws as he paid hush money to try to keep someone quiet about
Donald Trump Judge denies Trump bid to dismiss charges against him for giving ‘Info on my Friends and Enemies’ to journalist In their Feb. 18 motion filed in the Roger Stone case, Donald Trump’s lawyers argue that the president should not have to provide information in open court because it
Wall Street Bloomberg Philanthropies expands political action committee to help ‘left,’ reports New York Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and billionaire businessman, is expected to move his four-year-old political action committee to the left, New York magazine reported. Bloomberg Philanthropies, the
Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered his staff to leak voting info to a US lobby group Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement to inform the public that one of his security staff emailed information on Israel’s voting system and individuals to a US
Israel Israel’s privacy laws are barely enough to keep your data safe You may be surprised to hear that Israeli elections are being held today. Here’s another shocking fact: the personal data of millions of people was reportedly exposed online today
Russia The fallout from a CIA analyst’s secret pursuit of a terrorist foe The CIA has begun an investigation into an extraordinary move of a CIA analyst to remain anonymous and resist requests to name him or her following his or her capture
United States Department of Justice What’s the Legal View on Trump’s Legal Veto Power? Many of the issues swirling around the Trump administration seem to have a legal dimension, which can provide an interesting framework for judging them. So what are the legal restrictions
William Barr In the News Today: U.S.A. 94, the Death of JFK, and Eastern Australia’s Big Scare President Trump says America “would’ve done a much better job” in preventing the spread of the coronavirus that sickened hundreds of people across the Middle East. He’s right,
Huawei China ‘desperately’ seeking ZTE’s help to avert $10 billion in new U.S. sanctions Photo U.S. Justice Department officials in New York on Wednesday announced charges that state-owned and closely held Chinese telecom giant Huawei was involved in criminal acts such as money
John F. Kelly ‘Brig. Gen. Burwell is a bad choice’: Trump responds to VA withdrawal Photo President Trump has taken to Twitter to continue his battle to discredit former White House chief of staff John F. Kelly after Mr. Kelly defended a withdrawn nominee to
Donald Trump Benjamin K. Muller on William Barr: ‘I’m going to do what’s right for the country’ Facing growing calls for him to decline a nomination as President Trump’s Attorney General, William H. Barr said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday that he would not
United States Department of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes shot at Trump amid Russia investigation Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared to jab at President Trump on Tuesday by suggesting he should not be allowed to interfere with Mueller's investigation, citing a case from
