Paul Street / TruthdigSep 24, 2018
Political and media elites from both major parties may now consider Trump a threat, but their reasons and potential fixes are in line with their own interests. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Philip Rucker and Robert CostaSep 14, 2018
Bob Woodward paints a harrowing picture of an unhinged president and a White House where, as one aide put it, the staff was "walking along the edge of the cliff perpetually." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
ZEKE MILLER and CATHERINE LUCEY / The Associated PressSep 5, 2018
The president complains that journalists shouldn't be able to "get away with" such depictions and urges Congress to change libel laws. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / Informed CommentSep 5, 2018
Here are some of the points gleaned from excerpts from Bob Woodward’s upcoming book, “Fear,” which profiles the Trump White House on the basis of hundreds of hours of interviews with staffers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
The Associated PressSep 4, 2018
White House chief of staff John Kelly also openly questioned the president's mental faculties. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigApr 5, 2016
Reports of the Republican front-runner's demise are premature, and they may be the product of wishful thinking. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigFeb 23, 2015
To see the big picture behind the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, follow the money.To see the big picture behind the latest Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, follow the money. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
BLANKOct 26, 2014
David Remnick recalled that the man who directed The Washington Post's reporting on Watergate and the Pentagon Papers "wasn’t Noam Chomsky He was not an outsider or a leftist" But "he built an institution He gave it its ambition". Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 21, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a GOP candidate once trying to criminalize not reporting a miscarriage to police and Bob Woodward delivers some bad news for Republicans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 1, 2013
Scientists connected the brains of a pair of rodents--one in Brazil, the other in North Carolina--via computers; an Italian jeans maker has trademarked the word "Jesus" thus holding exclusive rights to clothes bearing Christ's name; meanwhile, a police officer is on trial in New York on suspicion of planning to rape, torture and cannibalize women. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 25, 2012
In awarding him the organization's top prize for online writers, the judges offered high praise for Hedges, calling him "Champion of the 99% -- mortal enemy of the 1%. This former war correspondent turns out weekly columns packed with insightful and biting opinion." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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