Kavanaugh in Memo Pushed Graphic Sex Questions for Bill Clinton

KEVIN FREKING / The Associated Press Aug 20, 2018 The Supreme Court nominee's 1998 memo from his time on Ken Starr's independent counsel team includes the subject line "Slack for the President?" and multiple accusations against Bill Clinton. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Homeland Security Urged to Prosecute Parents Who Cross Border With Kids

Emily Wells / Truthdig Apr 27, 2018 Top U.S. immigration chiefs urge the secretary of homeland security to detain and criminally prosecute undocumented adult border-crossers, which would result in separating them from their children. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Balks at Releasing Democrats’ Memo on Russia Probe

CHAD DAY and MARY CLARE JALONICK / The Associated Press Feb 9, 2018 The White House says the document contains “numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages” and asks the intelligence committee to revise it with the help of the Justice Department. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Memo ‘Totally Vindicates’ Me, Trump Tweets

ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and CHAD DAY / The Associated Press Feb 3, 2018 The GOP memo, however, includes revelations that may complicate efforts by the president and his allies to undermine Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Leaked DOJ Memo: Consider Rape Victims’ Sexual History

Emily Wells / Truthdig Sep 9, 2017 Such a policy change would put survivors in a vulnerable position in which they could be shamed for reporting an attack. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

White House to Release Memo About Drone Attacks on U.S. Citizens

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2014 The American public will soon get a look into the decision-making process that led to the Obama administration's use of drones to target U.S. citizens suspected of conducting terrorist activities abroad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Krugman on Bybee and the ‘Apparatchiks’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2009 Clearly, Paul Krugman, pictured above, is no fan of federal Judge Jay Bybee, legislative enabler of the "enhanced interrogation technique" that's become one shameful symbol of the past eight years: waterboarding. You know it's not good when Newt Gingrich is held up as a paragon of a bygone, and preferable, brand of Republicanism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney, Rove Struck by ‘Balzheimer’s Disease’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2009 What has emboldened Dick Cheney and Karl Rove to so brazenly criticize the new administration? Has Cheney lost his trademark sneer since he left the White House? All this and more in this clip from Wednesday's "Daily Show" episode. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John McCain for Anti-Torture Czar?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2009 If the president is so worried that prosecutions of America's torturers and torture-enablers could feel like a partisan witch hunt, why not turn to a Republican with firsthand experience in being tortured? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Torturers Should Be Punished

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 22, 2009 The door to bringing torturers to justice is open only a crack. Whether it is kicked open or slammed shut is not up to the president. Though he may occupy the most powerful office on Earth, there is a force more powerful: committed people demanding change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Doing Nothing

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Secret Bush Memos Gave President Even More Power

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2009 President Bush's memo fetish is well documented, but the Obama administration has just made public a series of memos that said the executive had extraordinary powers far beyond those traditionally considered legal. According to the crack legal minds of the Bush administration, the president could overrule the other branches of government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )