Weeks After Sanctions, Russian Oligarch Received $50 Million “Antiquities” Shipment Labeled “Fabergé” at Panama Address
You never know what’s going to turn up in those maritime shipping records.
Politics
The Coronavirus Crisis
Swing-District Democrats Link With Progressives to Back Paycheck Bill Pelosi Rejected
Ten “front-line” Democrats, who represent swing districts and are valued by party leadership, co-sponsored Pramila Jayapal’s Paycheck Recovery Act.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Alarm and Confusion at Fox News as Trump Says He Takes Hydroxychloroquine
Fox News viewers were warned not to take medical advice from the president, following Donald Trump's announcement that he takes the drug hydroxychloroquine.
Voices
Ben Smith's NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: "Resistance Journalism"
The ex-BuzzFeed News editor’s criticisms of Farrow are debatable, but his diagnosis of what is destroying U.S. journalism is dead-on.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Defense Workers, Deemed "Essential," Protest Conditions as Overseas Weapons Sales Continue
Thanks to industry lobbying, weapons manufacturing plants are open amid the coronavirus pandemic to fulfill billions of dollars in weapons sales.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Long Island Protest Praised by Trump Featured Anti-Vaxxer Call to "Hang Fauci"
Donald Trump praised protesters who harassed a journalist on Long Island this week at a rally where one man called for the execution of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Federal Government Buys Riot Gear, Increases Security Funding, Citing Coronavirus Pandemic
The orders are for disposable cuffs, gas masks, ballistic helmets, riot gloves, and equipment for federal police assigned to Veterans Affairs facilities.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How the House Progressives’ Plan to #PutPeopleFirst Fell Short
In April, progressives in and out of Congress agreed on key coronavirus relief demands. Now, the HEROES Act is poised to pass, without many of their asks.
The Coronavirus Crisis
After Mocking Biden for Calling H1N1 Flu “N1H1,” Trump Says 1918 Pandemic Was in 1917
After Donald Trump suggested Joe Biden was out of it for mixing up the name of a virus, he wrongly said the 1918 pandemic happened in 1917 for the 40th time.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Federal Whistleblower Rick Bright Tells Congress How Trump Officials Bungled Coronavirus Preparations
In a bitterly divided hearing, whistleblower Rick Bright provided new evidence of Trump officials’ cronyism and incompetence.