© Provided by Providence Journal A section of a mural by Arthur Sherman painted in 1954 at the University of Rhode Island. [Courtesy of Pam Sherman] Donald J. Trump Jr. has dropped into a discussion about racial diversity and the future of two murals on display at the University of […]
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Opinion | 7 ways Trump and his cabal are using government to corrupt the election
Quick: What do all these things have in common? The answer: In all these cases, Trump isn’t just stating claims. He and his cronies are also corruptly manipulating the levers of your government to make them into truths, or inflate them into issues that will garner news coverage that helps […]
Trump Praises Himself for Wanting to ‘Get Along’ With Russia
Here’s what you need to know: President Trump’s comments about Russia came as pressure has increased for him to sound alarms about the poisoning of Aleksei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader. Credit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times At a small campaign rally in Latrobe, Pa., President Trump on Thursday […]
Government watchdog says Trump action puts Census at further risk
A government watchdog said Thursday that it already considers the 2020 Census to be at high risk for problems, as the data collection endeavor faces a looming deadline next month. © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In a new report, the Government Accountability Office says that the administration’s decision to cut short […]
Trump pandemic border policy sends asylum seekers back to Ortega’s Nicaragua
Valeska Alemán, 22, paid a price for that notoriety. She was detained twice. Interrogators pried off her toenails. When she decided to leave the country, the United States seemed a natural destination: The Trump administration has been vocal in its opposition to Nicaragua’s crackdown — and its support of the […]
‘The Case For Trump’ Book Review
President Donald Trump during a news conference in the Rose Garden in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2018 (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The Case for Trump, by Victor Davis Hanson (Basic Books, 400 pp., $30) Victor Davis Hanson’s newest book is also one of his most personal. Hanson is a celebrated historian of […]
Trump Meets Every Criteria for an Authoritarian Leader, Harvard Political Scientists Warn
Two political scientists from Harvard University have identified four warning signs that indicate if someone poses a dangerous authoritarian risk to a nation. No U.S. politician, at least dating back to the Civil War, has come close to ticking off all four boxes, one of the authors told Newsweek—until Donald […]
Trump Signs Bill Reopening Government for 3 Weeks in Surprise Retreat From Wall
WASHINGTON — President Trump agreed on Friday to reopen the federal government for three weeks while negotiations continued over how to secure the nation’s southwestern border, backing down after a monthlong standoff failed to force Democrats to give him billions of dollars for his long-promised wall. The president’s concession paved […]
Video of Trump Killing Media in Shooting Played at One of His Resorts
At a time when our nation is facing an epidemic of mass shootings, supporters of President Donald Trump, at a conference held at one of the president’s resorts, showed a violent depiction of a fake Trump massacring members of the news media using a gun and other weapons, The New […]
Trump Signs ‘Families First’ Relief Bill Into Law: Here’s What That Could Mean For You
While his administration and congressional leaders continued to hammer out a trillion-dollar COVID-19 stimulus package, President Trump signed into law Wednesday evening the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the second bipartisan coronavirus relief bill Congress has passed so far — the first providing around $8 billion in emergency funding for emergency […]
US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman
The government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when Manafort was known to talk to President Donald Trump. Some of the intelligence collected includes communications that sparked concerns among investigators that Manafort had encouraged the Russians to help with the campaign, according to three sources familiar with […]
Trump administration seeks $45.8 billion in extra government funding amid coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus (COVID-19) briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has requested an additional $45.8 billion from Congress to shore up U.S. agencies amid the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, a White […]