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James Risen | The Butina Indictment Isn't About the Sex Life of an Accused Spy. It's About Following Russian Money Into Politics.
James Risen, The Intercept
Risen writes: "The federal indictment of Maria Butina, the 29-year-old gun rights activist charged with being a Russian agent, has attracted plenty of media attention this week - but mostly for the wrong reasons."
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James Risen, The Intercept
Risen writes: "The federal indictment of Maria Butina, the 29-year-old gun rights activist charged with being a Russian agent, has attracted plenty of media attention this week - but mostly for the wrong reasons."
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A bald eagle, which the Endangered Species Act is credited with reviving, in Alaska. Critics of the act say that it has become a tool that limits people’s livelihoods. (photo: Bob Strong/Reuters)
Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces to Overhaul the Endangered Species Act
Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman, The New York Times
Excerpt: "The Endangered Species Act, which for 45 years has safeguarded fragile wildlife while blocking ranching, logging and oil drilling on protected habitats, is coming under attack from lawmakers, the White House and industry on a scale not seen in decades, driven partly by fears that the Republicans will lose ground in November's midterm elections."
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Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman, The New York Times
Excerpt: "The Endangered Species Act, which for 45 years has safeguarded fragile wildlife while blocking ranching, logging and oil drilling on protected habitats, is coming under attack from lawmakers, the White House and industry on a scale not seen in decades, driven partly by fears that the Republicans will lose ground in November's midterm elections."
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Carter Page. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
The Only Thing the Newly Released FISA Documents Show Is That Republicans Have Been Lying for Months
Adam Peck, ThinkProgress
Peck writes: "Trump and his allies claim the Steele Dossier was the sole basis for a surveillance warrant of Carter Page. They are lying."
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Adam Peck, ThinkProgress
Peck writes: "Trump and his allies claim the Steele Dossier was the sole basis for a surveillance warrant of Carter Page. They are lying."
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Young people join a protest against Donald Trump’s immigration policy outside the federal courthouse in San Diego, where lawyers meet clients in the basement. (photo: David Maung/EPA)
Trump's Zero-Tolerance Policy Turns Basement Into Pop-Up 'Dungeon'
Rory Carroll, Guardian UK
Carroll writes: "Some lawyers call it the dungeon. Others call it the garage. Guards call it the sub-block."
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Rory Carroll, Guardian UK
Carroll writes: "Some lawyers call it the dungeon. Others call it the garage. Guards call it the sub-block."
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Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. (photo: Brynn Anderson/AP)
The Stand Your Ground Law Protects Shooter Who Killed Black Man Over Parking Space, Sheriff Says
Danielle Young, The Root
Young writes: "A man is well within his rights to shoot and kill someone over a parking spot? I wonder if those same rules would apply if the victim was white and the shooter was black?"
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Danielle Young, The Root
Young writes: "A man is well within his rights to shoot and kill someone over a parking spot? I wonder if those same rules would apply if the victim was white and the shooter was black?"
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Cuba's parliament discussed a number of constitutional changes. (photo: AP)
Cuba's Draft Constitution Omits the Aim of Building Communism
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A draft of Cuba's new constitution omits the aim of building communism, although it keeps the Communist Party as the guiding force of the one-party system, as well as recognising private property and opening the door to gay marriage."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A draft of Cuba's new constitution omits the aim of building communism, although it keeps the Communist Party as the guiding force of the one-party system, as well as recognising private property and opening the door to gay marriage."
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Former security director of the Senate Intelligence Committee James A. Wolfe was arrested for lying to the FBI. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
How Did Investigators Read James Wolfe's Signal Messages?
Aaron Mak, Slate
Mak writes: "On Thursday night, former Senate Intelligence Committee aide James A. Wolfe was arrested for allegedly lying to the FBI during a leak investigation."
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Aaron Mak, Slate
Mak writes: "On Thursday night, former Senate Intelligence Committee aide James A. Wolfe was arrested for allegedly lying to the FBI during a leak investigation."
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