New York Times
Deputy Washington editor and former economic policy reporter for the New York Times and author of Number Four Imperial Lane; former political reporter for the Wall Street Journal, and former Congressional reporter for the Washington Post
White House does damage control now that two Trump advisors are convicted felons Two of President Trump’s former close advisors are guilty. One of them, Michael Cohen, basically said in federal court that Trump participated in a criminal conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws -- when he ordered Cohen to pay hush money to two women who said they had affairs with him.
Robert Mueller indicts 12 Russians for hacking 2016 election The Department of Justice says it has enough evidence to charge 12 members of the Russian military with hacking the Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Elliott Broidy, Trump's lovechild, and Comey's new book The Wall Street Journal reports that in late 2017, Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen negotiated a $1.6 million deal between Elliott Broidy -- a top Republican donor connected to Trump -- and a former Playboy model who said that he got her pregnant. Broidy has admitted the affair and said he offered the woman financial help.
Robert Mueller indicts 13 Russians for interfering in 2016 election Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted a Russian internet troll farm for meddling in the 2016 election. It charges 13 Russians with conspiring to mislead Americans through social media, as well as spending money and forming relationships intended to influence the vote.
Tensions rise as excerpts from book about Trump White House are released The forthcoming book “Fire and Fury” offers a look inside the Trump White House and all the drama that entails. It’s getting lots of buzz, particularly for the salty quotes from former chief strategist Steve Bannon. Meanwhile, remember the so-called Steele Dossier that purported to lay out Trump’s ties to Russia?
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. He said he is cooperating with Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Who paid for the Steele dossier, and does it matter? The dossier that allegedly contains explosive information about Trump and the Russians was paid for by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. We find out more about the company conducting this opposition research, and how it’s entangled with another scandal involving a Russian lawyer who died under suspicious circumstances.
Doubt grows around Democratic Party leadership after Georgia election As Senate Republicans try to pass their health care bill, Democrats are growing frustrated with their own party leadership, especially after Democrat John Ossoff lost the special election in Georgia this week. Some Democrats are pinning that loss - in part - on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Will Jared Kushner lose his job? News recently broke that Jared Kushner tried setting up a back channel between the Trump transition team and the Russian government. The idea was to skirt established diplomatic channels of communication and the U.S. intelligence agencies that monitor them.
Are there really recordings of Trump and Comey’s conversations? President Trump warned there may be tapes of conversations he had with ousted FBI Director James Comey. Democrats quickly called for those tapes to be turned over, but Republicans didn’t make much comment. The president also threatened to do away with White House briefings.
Machado is just the latest person to be made into a campaign prop Pepe the Frog is now a character in the presidential campaign. So is Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe brought up by Hillary Clinton during the debate. Friday morning, she became the subject of a Twitter rant by Donald Trump.
Trump drops 'Birther' theory, but says Clinton started it It took a while for Donald Trump to drop the debunked theory that President Obama was not born in America. Trump told reporters Friday , “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what I mean. President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.”
Clinton Claims Victory, Sanders Digs In. What's Next? Hillary Clinton acknowledged the historic moment in a speech in Brooklyn, NY: it appears she’ll be the first woman in the nation’s history to be nominated by a major American political party to be president. But Bernie Sanders wasn’t having any of it.
What will it take to end the LAUSD teachers strike? After three days of striking, pressure has increased on both sides to settle the LAUSD teachers strike. The district and the teachers have lost millions of dollars. We speak with teachers union president Alex Caputo-Pearl and school board member Nick Melvoin.
How do physicians assistants and nurse practitioner come with physicians on meaningful outcomes? It is high time to throw out the current model of medical training and look to designing a health care system that really works and is affordable.
Evan Holloway and Fred Eversley at Kordansky Gallery Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about two artists with different approaches to sculpture.
Sleeping with your son Remember that cool kid in high school? The one with the awesome jacket and that effortless edge. He was something of a rebel: used nasty language in just the right way. Made it all look so easy. Now remember that other kid who tried to copy him? Same jacket, same foul language but he couldn’t quite pull it off?