In an apparent second high-profile suicide this week, Anthony Bourdain has died at age 61 in France. 1/21 In a new CDC report, suicide rates in the US have increased dramatically since 1999, especially among those with no known mental health conditions. 2/21 If you or someone
Democrats aren’t sick of voting yet, and neither are Republicans: Lessons learned from this week’s elections. 1/22 California may be the heart of the Trump resistance, but it's largely apathetic about voting in primaries. 2/22 Paul Ryan joins Trey Gowdy in dismissing Trump’s
A play-by-play of Trump’s surreal “Celebration of America†event yesterday, thrown together after the president nixed the Philadelphia Eagles' visit, for which only one player was confirmed to attend. 1/17 Everyone's claiming victory in the Supreme Court gay wedding cake decision, and
Fifteen legal experts discuss whether President Trump has the power to pardon himself, as he claims. 1/28 Etiquette-ing a Trump-Kim summit: Who sits where, who enters when, and who picks up the check. 2/28 Barring an act of Congress, the Secret Service will protect a former
The US unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest since 2000; however, by tweeting this morning about the jobs report ahead of its release, Trump broke federal regulations that are in place to avoid influencing markets. 1/18 After Trump allowed their tariff exemptions to expire, Canada, Mexico, and the
The number of excess deaths related to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is 4,645, more than 70 times the official estimate of 64 people. 1/17 Donald Trump is a liar—and that fact remains weirdly poorly integrated into ongoing coverage of the White House. 2/17 The story
Secretary of State Pompeo to meet with “North Korean regime insider†Kim Yong-chol in New York to discuss the lingering possibility of a June summit. 1/29 Trump to meet Kim Kardashian after months of talks between her and Jared Kushner over a pardon for a one-time
President Trump cancels the summit with North Korea after the Vice President was called an idiot. As of last night, the summit's commemorative coin was still for sale from the White House gift shop. Unfortunately, as a discounted "deal of the day," it crashed the server.
A longtime North Korean diplomat calls Mike Pence “stupid,†and says any comparisons to Libya are “ignorant.†1/27 At the same time, North Korea dismantles its main nuclear-weapons test site. 2/27 Another American consular employee falls ill after a mysterious sonic attack, this
