Bloomberg Is Becoming a Marketing Tool for the Pentagon

Adam Johnson / FAIR Mar 20, 2019 You may not know it, but bloated military budgets are actually “progressive.” Or so says a recent opinion piece in Bloomberg News. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump’s Leaked Comment: Zero Concessions to Canada on Trade

LUIS ALONSO LUGO, PAUL WISEMAN and ROB GILLIES / The Associated Press Aug 31, 2018 The president denounces the use of his off-the-record remarks but says that "[a]t least Canada knows where I stand!" Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bloomberg Reassigns Reporter After Call From Wells Fargo CEO

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Aug 27, 2018 Shahien Nasiripour helped expose the bank's ties to the NRA. Less than six months later, he finds himself on a new beat. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Breitbart Recruited a Bernie Sanders Activist to Suppress the Black Vote

Ilana Novick May 29, 2018 A reporter for the right-wing news site convinced Black Men for Bernie founder Bruce Carter to switch sides and back Donald Trump for president. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Weighs In On IRS Scandal, Bachmann Pushes 9/11 Pray Day, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 14, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the Justice Department is caught spying on The Associated Press and a new poll shows Sarah Palin's U.S. Senate prospects. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Villain Occupy Wall Street Has Been Waiting For

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 17, 2011 In the pantheon of billionaires without shame, Michael Bloomberg, the Wall Street banker-turned-business-press-lord-turned-mayor, is now secure at the top.In the pantheon of billionaires without shame, Michael Bloomberg is now secure at the top. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Murdoch’s Giuliani Connection

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2011 Monday, ahead of Rupert Murdoch's inquiry by the British Parliament, former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appeared on CNN to defend his beleaguered friend against accusations of knowledge of his employees' hacking and bribing offenses. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bloomberg’s In for Third Term as NYC Mayor

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2009 He changed the rules, he put down the cash, and now New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been re-upped for a third term, beating his Democratic competitor, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, by a slim margin on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

William F. Buckley: Bush Will Be Judged on “Failed” Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2006 If he'd invented the Bill of Rights it wouldn't get him out of his jam,Ӕ the father of the American conservative movement says of the president, in a Bloomberg News interview with Judy Woodruff Read it in full Watch it Read interview excerpts . Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )