Attacks on Public & Democracy

He may now attempt what no one thought a president would ever try

If Biden Derails Trump Investigations. He says he prefers moving forward, but we should discuss what happens if no charges are filed if warranted. While many liberals remain optimistic that Donald …

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Move over, James Buchanan.

Late on Monday, an Atlanta grand jury handed down a massive indictment.

(Image: Jared Rodriguez, Truthout) If you’re having trouble keeping track of the indictments — both current and future — against Donald Trump, you’re not

"Flock of felons" is the phrase that veteran television journalist Dan Rather famously used to describe the many Donald Trump associates who faced federal criminal charges when he was in office. The list of Trump allies who he granted federal pardons is a long one and includes, among many others, ve...

It’s important to understand why exactly the former president was arrested today.

A 2016 issue erupted into full-fledged scandal during Trump’s presidency

One of the talking points that 2016 Donald Trump voters, many of whom switched to now-President Joe Biden in 2020, used to justify voting for him the first time was, "Well, he's a smart businessman." But Trump, in fact, has had more than his shares of ups and downs in business — and some people in t...

During the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump's critics are blaming him for the storming of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6 by far-right extremists. But CNN's Brianna Keilar, in a blistering commentary this week, stressed that Trump was appealing to extremists long before January 6 — ...

Interview on the “absolutely unprecedented scope and scale” of the protests against the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and why Trump's refusal to act to stop the impending catastrophe of climate change makes him “the worst criminal in human history.”

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The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.

"If you wrote this plot into a movie, I would have said it was over-the top."

In August, the Puerto Rican government raised the official death count dramatically to 2,975, after maintaining for months that only 64 people had died.

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