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New House Judiciary Chair: End GOP 'Nonsense' Investigations

Russia Probe: Oligarch Boasted Of US Influence After Trump Victory
Trump's VA Secretary Once Praised Confederate President
Trump Promotes Former Fox Host To UN Ambassador
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Fox Hosts Sell Out To GOP — Literally

By Eric Hananoki
Democrats' Sobering Responsibility

By Mark Shields
Republicans Scheming To Rip Off US Postal Service

By Jim Hightower
Republican Racism Didn't Start With Trump

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Top News

Mueller Filing Blasts False Statements To Public
The latest memo strongly hints that Mueller cares about false statements made not only to investigators, but to the public as well.
By Matthew Chapman

Manafort's 5 Big Lies In Special Counsel Filing
Mueller laid out the case in a new court filing — and said his team could back it up with evidence, if need be.
By Cody Fenwick

National Memo Editor’s Blog

With Mueller, Patience Is Patriotic
By Joe Conason

Rudy Admits Mueller Questions Were 'Nightmare' For Trump
Rudy Giuliani told the Atlantic Mueller's questions "took him about three weeks to do what would normally take two days.”
By Alex Henderson
Report: Trump Expects Successors To Clean Up Deficit Mess
Trump is wreaking havoc on America's financial situation, but he just doesn't care.
By Dan Desai Martin
Saudis Used Veterans To Funnel Money To Trump
These transactions are exactly what the Emoluments clause sought to prevent.
By Cody Fenwick
Sen. Graham: 'I'd Be All Over' Trump Officials 'If They Were Democrats'
Remember when Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was supposed to be one of the reasonable Republicans? Yeah, neither do I.
By Cody Fenwick
After CIA Briefing, GOP Senators Accuse Saudi Crown Prince
“It is zero chance — zero — that this happened without the crown prince,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters on Tuesday.
By Dan Desai Martin
Senate Republicans Protect Don Jr. From Perjury Probe
Faced with new evidence that Don Jr. may have perjured himself, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is providing cover instead of oversight.
By Caroline Orr

Money

America's Wealth Floods Into Already Wealthy Cities
Amazon's drawn-out search for another command post to rival the home base in Seattle appears to have been a stunt.
By Froma Harrop
Human Rights Group Demands Probe Of Giuliani And Trump In Alleged Money-Laundering
Prosecutors asked to probe dutch middlemen washing billions in dirty Kazakh cash for real estate deals in US and Europe.
By David Cay Johnston
The Hidden Money Funding The Midterms
Strategies that let super PACs delay revealing their donors until after the election are gaining popularity among both Democrats and Republicans.
By ProPublica

Health

A Yale Football Player Quits To Save His Brain
He sat out for a week and a half, but when he resumed practice, something was wrong. "I got very lightheaded and could barely feel my legs," he recalls.
By Steve Chapman
Trump Calls Halt To Medical Progress Over Stem Cell Research
Once again, the Trump administration is ready to sacrifice human health at the altar of anti-science extremism.
By Emily Crockett
How Doctors Shamed Arrogant NRA
The NRA tried to shut down doctors pushing for gun safety. It backfired and the gun extremists have been publicly shamed for their actions for a week and counting.
By Oliver Willis

Lifestyle

Danziger: Paging Dr. Frankenstein
By Jeff Danziger
SNL: Alec Baldwin Returns As Trump In Argentina
By National Memo
#EndorseThis: On Late Show, Manafort Auditons For Trump Pardon
By National Memo

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#EndorseThis: Seth Meyers Reviews Trump's Lame And Lonely G-20 Trip

Seth Meyers noticed how poorly the scandal-ridden Trump plays with his international peers at the G-20 meeting.

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: On Late Show, Manafort Auditons For Trump Pardon

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: Our Fearful And Feckless Commander-in-Chief

Stephen Colbert isn't buying Trump's excuses for his failure to visit troops in war zones -- something every president does.

By National Memo

THIS WEEK IN CRAZY

This Week In Crazy: Ross Douthat's WASP Sting, Scott Walker's Whining, And More

By Michael Lathrop

This Week In Crazy: Alex Jones Makes Incoherent Case For White Reparations

Eclipse apocalypse, white reparations, and a journalism crash course from a conspiracist blogger. Welcome to This Week In Crazy.

By Brendan Gauthier

This Week In Crazy: David Crosby Faces Fire, Fury From Ted Nugent

Statue fetishists, blubbering neo-Nazis, and Cat Fight Fever. Welcome to This Week In Crazy.

By Brendan Gauthier

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MONEY

America's Wealth Floods Into Already Wealthy Cities
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Human Rights Group Demands Probe Of Giuliani And Trump In Alleged Money-Laundering
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LIFESTYLE

SNL: Alec Baldwin Returns As Trump In Argentina
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#EndorseThis: On Late Show, Manafort Auditons For Trump Pardon
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WORLD

Trump Still Separating Families At Border
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To Trump, Tear-Gassed Toddlers At Border Are 'Stone Cold Criminals'
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A Yale Football Player Quits To Save His Brain
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Trump Calls Halt To Medical Progress Over Stem Cell Research
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#EndorseThis: Seth Meyers Reviews Trump's Lame And Lonely G-20 Trip
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#EndorseThis: On Late Show, Manafort Auditons For Trump Pardon
#EndorseThis: Our Fearful And Feckless Commander-in-Chief

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