Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, poked fun at Donald Trump on Friday, after the American president claimed that “Paris is no longer Paris,” because, he said, lax border security had permitted “foreign terrorists” to infiltrate the French capital and… Read More ›
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Tom Cotton Endorses the Myth Protesters Are Paid, While Seeming to Dismiss It
Tom Cotton, the Republican senator from Arkansas, was heckled and jeered at a town hall meeting in his district on Wednesday night for initially refusing to provide microphones to constituents and then dodging several questions about his support for Donald… Read More ›
“Donald Trump Rants and Raves at the Press,” Donald Trump Says, Accurately
Donald Trump launched a surprise attack on the news media on Thursday at a press conference in which he mocked and harried the White House press corps for more than an hour. Trump, ranting and raving about how he’s not… Read More ›
What Did @realDonaldTrump Know About Russia and When Did Donald Trump Know It?
Two important questions remain unanswered following the late-night resignation of Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn: What did the president know and when did he know it? Flynn stepped down on Monday night, days after nine current and former… Read More ›
Yemeni-Americans Rally in Brooklyn to Protest Trump’s Muslim Ban
Thousands of Yemeni-Americans and their supporters rallied on the steps of Brooklyn’s Borough Hall on Thursday evening to protest Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to travelers from Yemen and six other Muslim-majority nations. Enormous crowd here at Brooklyn Borough Hall… Read More ›
Protesters Demand Release of Travelers at JFK as Trump’s Muslim Ban Sows Chaos
A growing crowd of protesters are rallying at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday to demand the release of a dozen travelers detained there despite holding valid visas, as President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning… Read More ›
Just 5 Clicks on an Internet Survey Inspired Trump’s Claim Millions Voted Illegally
For two months now, Donald Trump has appeared unable to accept the verdict of November’s election: that he is more popular than many of us wanted to believe, but less popular than Hillary Clinton. As a result of this fixation,… Read More ›
Women March on Washington and Other Cities to Defy Trump
As hundreds of thousands of women and men crowd the streets of Washington and other cities across the globe on Saturday, The Intercept provided updates throughout the day from our reporters on the ground and gleaned from social networks. Latest… Read More ›
Major Fake News Operation Tracked Back to Republican Operative
Cam Harris, a recent college graduate hoping to build a career as a political consultant, received an unwelcome email from a New York Times reporter this month. As the reporter, Scott Shane, recounted on the front page of Thursday’s Times,… Read More ›
Donald Trump Contradicts Himself, and Reality, at Press Conference
Donald Trump, who will be sworn in as president of the United States next week, to the delight of 37 percent of the nation, held his first news conference since July on Wednesday. The raucous event in New York was… Read More ›