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After A Rough Confirmation Process, The Senate Just Confirmed Mike Pompeo To Be Trump’s Next Secretary Of State

The Senate voted Thursday in favor of the CIA director's nomination to take over from former secretary of state Rex Tillerson, who was fired in March.
Sarah Mimms • 1 hour ago

Scott Pruitt's Ethics Woes Take Center Stage As He Gets Grilled By Congress

EPA chief Scott Pruitt repeatedly deflected blame as he responded to questions from Congress about his expensive security spending, travel, and more.
Zahra Hirji • 1 hour ago

Top Republicans Oppose The Bill To Protect Robert Mueller But It Just Got Closer To Passing

The Senate’s top Republican opposes the bill, but the Senate Judiciary Committee passed it with bipartisan support on Thursday anyway.
Emma Loop • 3 hours ago

Could Paulette Jordan Be The First Native American Governor?

In Idaho, any Democrat running is a long shot. But Paulette Jordan — who, if elected, would become the first Native American to serve as a governor — doesn’t mind the odds, and isn’t heeding calls to let an older, white, established candidate take her place.
Anne Helen Petersen • 5 hours ago

Joy Reid Cancels An Event Appearance Amid Claims That Anti-Gay Blog Posts Were A Result Of Hacking

Reid was set to participate in a panel on Thursday at an event put on by former US attorney Preet Bharara.
Steven Perlberg • 5 hours ago

The “Ready For Kanye” Founder Is Now Even More Ready For Kanye

Eugene Craig III is still getting out his dreams three years later.
Darren Sands • 7 hours ago

The Center For American Progress Staff Was Shocked After Neera Tanden Named The Anonymous Harassment Victim In An All-Staff Meeting

The meeting comes after BuzzFeed News reported on allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against those who reported at the progressive organization. “People audibly gasped when she did that.”
Sarah Mimms

Michael Cohen Formally States He Will Take The Fifth In The Stormy Daniels Lawsuit

In a statement filed in court Wednesday, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer asserted what his own lawyers have been arguing in court: He will assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in Daniels' lawsuit in California.
Chris Geidner

Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal

The US flip-flops on treaties are “insane,” the French president said.
Ben Smith • 5 hours ago

Three Courts Have Now Blocked The Trump Administration From Cutting Funding For Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

As the Trump administration makes the shift toward abstinence for teen health programs, three courts ruled that they have to keep funding Obama-era programs.
Ema O'Connor

Jeff Sessions Just Misled The Senate About Cutting Off Money From Local Cops

The attorney general blamed a judge, but cutting off money is actually his choice.
Dominic Holden

Trump's Veterans Affairs Pick Was Allegedly Dubbed "Candyman" For Prescribing Drugs Without Paperwork

Democrats have released a lengthy list of allegations against Trump’s nominee for Veterans Affairs secretary, which include drunkenness on the job, an “explosive” temper, and unethical practices in prescribing medication.
Paul McLeod

The Supreme Court Finally Heard Arguments Over Trump's Travel Ban

The high court is expected to issue a decision by the end of June.
Chris Geidner

Democratic Donors Created A Tool To Identify 38 “Winnable” Congressional Races

“Most Democratic politics is still not driven by numbers or data.”
Darren Sands

A Judge Ruled Against Trump On DACA Again, But It Won't Change Anything Yet

The judge found that the Trump administration failed to adequately explain why it concluded that DACA was unlawful. He gave the government 90 days to try again.
Zoe Tillman

Neera Tanden Says She Is "Deeply Sorry" Following A BuzzFeed News Report About Sexual Harassment At The Center For American Progress

“At the end of the day the most important thing is that our staff feel safe, supported, and listened to. That that didn’t happen is something that is on me to rectify for the future,” CAP President Neera Tanden wrote in an email to staff Tuesday evening.
Sarah Mimms

Senators Are Worried About How Trump Is Picking His Cabinet Secretaries

It’s not just Ronny Jackson — the Trump administration has had trouble fully vetting top officials, and it’s wearing on Republicans.
Paul McLeod

An Internet Nonprofit Challenged Joy Reid’s Claim That Her Blog Was Hacked

Reid told Mediaite yesterday that an “external actor” added anti-gay posts to her now-defunct blog. Today, the Internet Archive said that it found “nothing to indicate” that its Wayback Machine had been tampered with.
Joseph Bernstein

Trump’s EPA Wants To Dramatically Restrict The Science It Uses

Hundreds of scientists are against the new EPA proposal, which they say will undermine the agency’s pollution regulations.
Zahra Hirji

The Two Days Ahead Of Trump's First State Dinner Have Been Pretty Weird, Guys

It's been quite the trip!
Hayes Brown

Midwestern Democrats Want The National Party To Stop The Trump-Russia Talk

“The only ones who want to do this are Democratic activists who are already voting Democratic.”
Molly Hensley-Clancy

Inside The Divisive Fight Over How A Top Progressive Think Tank Handled Sexual Harassment

"All of this to say, I surely expected better out of an organization that housed a national campaign on sexual assault."
Sarah Mimms

Top Democratic Contenders Want To Guarantee A Job For Every American

Sens. Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Kirsten Gillibrand have all come out in support of guaranteed jobs plans.
Molly Hensley-Clancy

Trump's Secretary Of State Nominee Just Barely Made It Out Of Committee

Outgoing CIA Director Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's pick to replace former secretary of state Rex Tillerson, now faces a tight confirmation vote on the Senate floor.
Emma Loop

Rod Rosenstein Has His Day In Court

A low-profile case about criminal sentences gave the deputy attorney general a chance to spend an hour at the Supreme Court — and away from the news cycle.
Chris Geidner

Jake Tapper And The Virtue Of Taking Yourself Seriously

The Hellfire Club is out Tuesday.

Ben Smith

The Bros Of The Ultimate Fighting Championship Are All In On Trump

Trump has backed UFC for years. The people behind the fighters are returning the favor.
Tarini Parti

She Tried To Report On Climate Change. Sinclair Told Her To Be More "Balanced."

For three years, Suri Crowe worked for a TV station owned by Sinclair. She clashed with management — including over stories about climate change and guns.
Steven Perlberg

Bernie Forces Ask Clinton And Top Democrats To Recommit To Cutting Superdelegates

"We believe that the passage of these reforms is a fundamental and necessary step," reads the draft of a letter from Jeff Weaver, a top Sanders adviser.
Ruby Cramer

The Only Time Trump Dissed Flynn Was To The FBI Director After He Was Told The FBI Knew Flynn Was Lying

Donald Trump's questioning of Michael Flynn's judgment came at a dinner with James Comey the day after the acting attorney general had told the White House the FBI knew Flynn was lying about his contacts with the Russian ambassador.
Vera Bergengruen

Trump’s Move To Dismantle Obamacare Could Backfire And Lead To Billions In Extra Money For The Insurance Industry

Last fall, the White House declared it was getting tough on health insurers by taking away a key Obamacare subsidy. Now the government could end up having to pay billions more to the insurance industry than if it had done nothing.
Paul McLeod

Trump Kept Saying He Didn't Stay Overnight In Moscow In 2013, According To Comey's Memos. But He Did.

Tweets and Instagram posts make it clear that Trump spent one or two nights in Russia the weekend of Miss Universe 2013.
Chris Geidner

Cory Booker Wants The Social Justice Mantle On Marijuana

"I hear all these people want to talk about legalizing marijuana," Booker said in a speech centered around marijuana Friday. "Well, marijuana has been legal for the people of privilege in this country for a long time."
Darren Sands

The DNC Filed A Lawsuit Alleging A Vast Trump-Russia Conspiracy

The lawsuit is seeking damages for the hack of the DNC’s networks in 2015 and 2016.
Zoe Tillman

Unsealed Transcripts Shed Light On How Mueller’s Office Ratcheted Up The Pressure On Paul Manafort And Rick Gates

The transcripts show Manafort and Gates knew more than a month before the case became public that Mueller’s office planned to charge them in Virginia.
Zoe Tillman

The "Sharpton Primary" Is Back — And The Last Democrat To Win It Became President

“I didn’t use the term,” the Rev. Al Sharpton told BuzzFeed News of the 2007 event the media had christened the “Sharpton primary.” “But he did [win].” Now it’s back.
Darren Sands

The Comey Memos Have Been Released. Here’s What He Said About Trump.

"He then said he was trying to run the country and the cloud of this Russia business was making that difficult," James Comey wrote of the president.
Chris Geidner

The Top Democrat In The Senate Now Supports Decriminalizing Cannabis

In a broad outline of planned legislation shared with BuzzFeed News, Sen. Chuck Schumer also plans to boost minority- and women-owned cannabis businesses.
Molly Hensley-Clancy

Trump Just Got Three New Lawyers, And One Of Them Is Rudy Giuliani

Giuliani and lawyers Martin Raskin and Jane Raskin will join the president's legal team, alongside his remaining lead outside lawyer Jay Sekulow and White House lawyer Ty Cobb.
Zoe Tillman

More Senators Are Calling For Changes To The Way Congress Handles Sexual Harassment

“Echoing our Senate colleagues, ‘Everyone deserves to work in an environment free from harassment and discrimination.’ We urge you to bring legislation before the full Senate without delay to ensure that the congressional workplace embodies this ideal.”
Lissandra Villa

The Justice Department's Inspector General Sent A Criminal Referral To Prosecutors About Andrew McCabe

A criminal referral does not mean McCabe will be charged, but that the inspector general's office had reason to believe a crime may have been committed.
Zoe Tillman

The Justice Department Just Lost A Major Sanctuary City Case

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling, thereby preventing the Trump administration from denying grant funds to sanctuary cities nationwide.
Dominic Holden

Paul Manafort Would Like Access To His Money Again

During arguments Thursday on Paul Manafort's motion to dismiss the DC indictment, one of his lawyers noted that Manafort's assets have been tied up since he was charged.
Zoe Tillman

How Drug Cops And Small Counties Became The Victims Of Jeff Sessions’ War On Sanctuary Cities

“They’re punishing the good guys.”
Dominic Holden

Democrats Are Nervous (And Republicans Are Excited) About Minnesota

Two years after Donald Trump nearly won the state, a bunch of big races fueling national interest are on the ballot there.
Henry J. Gomez

The Government’s Two-Decade Ban On Studying Gun Violence Was Supposed To End. It Hasn’t.

In March, Congress gave CDC the green light to study the causes of gun violence. One month later there is no sign of that work starting, and there is little research on what causes high gun death rates in the US.
Paul McLeod

Michael Cohen Drops Lawsuits Against BuzzFeed And Fusion GPS

The president's personal lawyer sued earlier this year over claims made about him in the Steele "dossier."
Steven Perlberg

Stephon Clark’s Family Is “Disheartened” By The White House Calling His Shooting A “Local Matter”

“This is about the lives of our children,” said family attorney Benjamin Crump.
Darren Sands

Unions Are Trying To Fix The #MeToo Problem On Political Campaigns

Unionized campaigns are establishing a detailed process for reporting sexual harassment with timelines and neutral third-party review.
Ruby Cramer
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