John Kelly’s Own Staff Turn On Him And Call Him A Liar
Trump appears set to go through another chief of staff as John Kelly’s own staff is telling reporters that their boss is a liar. Despite numerous denials from the White House that Kelly’s job is in jeopardy, there’s this from …
Tillerson’s Mideast Trip Was Already Daunting. Then Israel and Iran Collided.
Israel’s strikes in Syrian territory give even greater urgency to a top priority: managing the aftermath of the expected final defeat of the Islamic State in Syria.…
Joy Reid Blasts Fox News For Blaming Obama For Trump’s Wife Beating White House
Joy Reid called out Fox News on MSNBC’s AM Joy for trying to blame Obama for Trump’s pattern of defending men who abuse women and girls. Video: #AMJoy puts Fox News on blast and accurately describes how they are trying …
Trump Rules: F.D.A. Chief Goes Against the Administration Stereotype
Dr. Scott Gottlieb isn’t rolling back his agency’s mission, although he is straddling the interests of the drug and health industries along with public health.…
Budget-busting deal shows that Barack Obama was much better at business than Trump
I promise I’ll get to why Obama was better at business than Trump, but first let’s remember a story you probably know well. It’s called: “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” In that old fable credited to Aesop, a boy repeatedly …
Mick Mulvaney GivesThe Sickest Defense Of Trump Domestic Violence You’ll Ever Hear
Trump has so many domestic abusers around him that Mick Mulvaney couldn’t be sure which one Trump was defending with his tweet. Video: Trump has so many domestic abusers around him that Mick Mulvaney couldn't be sure which one Trump …
As DeVos Approves Education Plans, She Finds Skeptics in G.O.P. Governors
Several governors, mostly Republicans, have declined to sign their own states’ plans for implementing a new federal education law intended to devolve control to the states.…
The president’s address to the nation on Russian cyber aggression
As prepared for delivery by the president (provided the president is not named Donald Trump), February 12, 2018.
My fellow Americans, I have requested this time tonight to speak to you regarding a matter of the greatest national urgency. As …
Olympics: NBC boots analyst over Japan comment at Pyeongchang Games
By Liana B. Baker PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Joshua Cooper Ramo, the commentator who offended locals during coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics opening ceremony by straying into the sensitive issue of Japan-South Korean relations, has been taken off the air, U.S. …
NASA Budgets for a Trip to the Moon, but Not While Trump Is President
The administration sees a greater role for the private sector in returning to the moon and running the International Space Station, which it would stop financing in 2025.…