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It appears that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election could be nearing its conclusion. On Friday, President Donald Trump‘s Justice Department (DOJ) implicated the president (“Individual 1”) as having directed his former attorney Michael Cohen to commit felony “campaign finance crimes” in order to keep allegations of extramarital affairs from […]

It appears that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election could be nearing its conclusion. On Friday, President Donald Trump‘s Justice Department (DOJ) implicated the president (“Individual 1”) as having directed his former attorney Michael Cohen to commit felony “campaign finance crimes” in order to keep allegations of extramarital affairs from […]

Two more immigrants have come forward to say they were employed by the Trump Organization even though company officials seemingly knew they were undocumented at the time. The immigrants, both women, shared their experiences shortly after news reports of two other women who said they worked as housekeepers for the president without valid documentation. Gilberta […]

It’s that magical time of year again, when children make lists of gifts they want from Santa Claus, families gather around Christmas trees, and the Satanic Temple reminds state governments of a little thing called the First Amendment. This year, the Illinois state capitol rotunda will feature a diversity of religious displays, including a Nativity […]

The State Department has denied a temporary visa that would have allowed Hania Aguilar’s father to attend his 13-year-old daughter’s funeral on Saturday. The move comes amid President Donald Trump’s widespread crackdown on immigration, both legal and illegal. The U.S. embassy in Guatemala denied Noé Aguilar’s application for a temporary visa because it said he does […]

Virginia’s House of Delegates is one of the most gerrymandered bodies in the country. In 2017, Democrats won the statewide popular vote in Virginia’s legislative races by over nine percentage points. Nevertheless, Republicans still held a 51-49 majority in the House of Delegates, thanks to gerrymandering. But Virginia Democrats may actually get to compete in […]

Controversy surrounding election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th district increased this weekend as questions surfaced about campaign debts owed by Mark Harris, the Republican initially declared the winner in the race. According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, the Harris campaign currently owes $34,310 to a political consultant employed by the Red Dome Group. The […]

James Alex Fields Jr., the neo-Nazi who drove his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last August, is guilty of murder. After about seven hours of deliberation, a jury in Charlottesville Circuit Court found Fields, 21, guilty on one count of first-degree murder late Friday […]

Federal prosecutors filed a raft of court documents on Friday involving former Trump consiglieri Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort. The biggest revelation in these documents is that the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan now believes that Donald Trump himself committed criminal violations of the law. The crucial words here are “acted in coordination with and at the […]

Paris was convulsed by a fourth straight weekend of violent protests on Saturday, as thousands of “yellow vest” demonstrators, enraged over rising taxes and a falling standard of living, clashed with riot police. As ThinkProgress reported, the protests have been the most violent in France since the 1968 student uprising a half-century ago. The US […]

President Donald Trump’s effort to deny asylum to migrants crossing the southern U.S. border has faltered yet again, after a federal appeals court declared it to be at odds with U.S. law. In a rebuke to the White House, the 9th Circuit Court late Friday ruled that the president’s Nov. 9 proclamation withholding asylum to those […]

We all deal with bad news differently. President Donald Trump prefers to ignore reality. Trump was dealt a tripleheader of legal trouble on Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, and federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York (SDNY). The president faced damaging new revelations and […]

As it becomes harder and harder to maintain the position that the election results in North Carolina’s 9th congressional district are legitimate, Republicans in the state have retreated to a more palatable barricade: they would be amenable to a new election if an investigation turned up evidence of fraud. It’s a curious position to take, […]