Radio Atlantic: The Trauma at the Border
A migrant advocate shares the harrowing stories of asylum seekers and describes what the Trump administration’s new border policies could mean for these families.--- Analysis from the Atlantic...
Reading the Mueller Report, Part IV
Why weren’t crimes charged as a result of the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting? We’ll begin with the “facts.” By “facts” I mean what the prosecutors have enough evidence to prove. The meeting was proposed...
Judge Delivers Major Setback to Trump Policy to Increase Coal Mining on Federal Land
The Interior Department acted illegally when it sought to lift an Obama-era moratorium on coal mining on public lands, a court found. Via the New York Times...
Man Charged in Racist Threats Against Cory Booker and Rashida Tlaib
The man, John J. Kless, of Florida, made phone calls laced with slurs to the lawmakers, and to another member of Congress in California, on April 16, according to court records. Via the New York Times...
Mueller Report Does Nothing to Narrow a Vast Partisan Divide
As Democrats issued a subpoena demanding an unredacted copy of the report and condemned the president’s conduct, most Republican lawmakers remained silent on the findings. Via the New York Times...
UN condemns attack on Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo which left doctor dead, two others injured
The UN has condemned an attack on an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday, which led to the death of a doctor working for the World Health...
Marc Veasey, are you my Uber?
If you assume that all members of Congress get from Point A to Point B by way of large black SUVs hauled by well-dressed drivers in flat caps, pump the brakes....
Reading the Mueller Report, Part III
Q: Why weren’t more crimes charged from the behavior described in Vol. I? First reason: Special Counsel (SC) was not able to collect all the evidence for a variety of reasons (Mueller Report, page 10) Some...
Sanders’s ‘Slip of the Tongue’ Would Be a Problem in Some White Houses. Not Trump’s.
Unlike previous administrations, where officials feared blows to their credibility in public, President Trump’s press aides are generally performing for an audience of one — the president. Via the New York Times...
The Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: What to Make of the Mueller Report
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A redacted version of the 448-page Mueller report dropped yesterday, and there’s a lot to say about it. In this Special Edition of the Lawfare Podcast, Bob Bauer, Susan Hennessey, Mary McCord, Paul Rosenzweig, Charlie Savage and Benjamin Wittes discuss what the report says about obstruction...
Debunking Mueller’s ‘Conflicts’
The Russia report released April 18 contradicts President Donald Trump's claims that special counsel Robert Mueller had two conflicts of interest that prevented him from conducting an impartial investigation.
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The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Ready, Set, Joe
Former Vice President Joe Biden is running (it's his third attempt). Plus: The real immigration crisis isn't asylum seekers on the southern border.--- Analysis from the Atlantic...