26 January 19
Major Leak of Russian Documents Expected Soon
Kevin Poulsen, The Daily Beast
Poulsen writes: "Russian oligarchs and Kremlin apparatchiks may find the tables turned on them later this week when a new leak site unleashes a compilation of hundreds of thousands of hacked emails and gigabytes of leaked documents."
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Kevin Poulsen, The Daily Beast
Poulsen writes: "Russian oligarchs and Kremlin apparatchiks may find the tables turned on them later this week when a new leak site unleashes a compilation of hundreds of thousands of hacked emails and gigabytes of leaked documents."
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
Trump Signs Short-Term Bill to End Government Shutdown, but Border Fight Still Looms
Jessica Taylor, NPR
Taylor writes: "The longest government shutdown in history ended after President Trump signed a bipartisan three-week stopgap funding measure late Friday. Several agencies had been partially shuttered for 35 days."
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Jessica Taylor, NPR
Taylor writes: "The longest government shutdown in history ended after President Trump signed a bipartisan three-week stopgap funding measure late Friday. Several agencies had been partially shuttered for 35 days."
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Trump visits the southern border. (photo: Getty)
Trump Again Mentioned Taped-Up Women at the Border. Experts Don't Know What He Is Talking About.
Katie Mettler, The Washington Post
Mettler writes: "President Trump has a new favorite anecdote, one that fixates on tape."
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Katie Mettler, The Washington Post
Mettler writes: "President Trump has a new favorite anecdote, one that fixates on tape."
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi answers questions following an announced end to the partial government shutdown on January 25. (photo: Andrew Hanrik/Getty)
How Pelosi Beat Trump
Jim Newell, Slate
Newell writes: "We don't know which of Trump's many stressors finally made him budge. But a couple of days after the State of the Union was officially called off from its originally scheduled date, he budged."
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Jim Newell, Slate
Newell writes: "We don't know which of Trump's many stressors finally made him budge. But a couple of days after the State of the Union was officially called off from its originally scheduled date, he budged."
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John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog group, holds his cell phone which has its camera blocked by an adhesive sticker. (photo: Kathy Wilkins/AP)
Researchers Who Reported on Israeli Software Used to Spy on Jamal Khashoggi Are Now the Target of Undercover Agents
Raphael Satter, Associated Press
Satter writes: "The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by international undercover operatives, The Associated Press has found."
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Raphael Satter, Associated Press
Satter writes: "The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by international undercover operatives, The Associated Press has found."
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Elliott Abrams, left, listens to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talk about Venezuela at the State Department in Washington, Friday, January 25, 2019. (photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Trump Appoints Elliot Abrams, Who Backed Central American Death Squads, to Oversee Coup in Venezuela
Andrew Buncombe, The Independent
Buncombe writes: "The Trump administration has announced that Elliott Abrams, who was convicted over the Iran-Contra scandal in which the Ronald Reagan administration secretly funded paramilitary groups in Nicaragua, will lead the US's efforts to press for democracy in Venezuela."
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Andrew Buncombe, The Independent
Buncombe writes: "The Trump administration has announced that Elliott Abrams, who was convicted over the Iran-Contra scandal in which the Ronald Reagan administration secretly funded paramilitary groups in Nicaragua, will lead the US's efforts to press for democracy in Venezuela."
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Government biofuel mandates have pushed farmers to grow more corn, including on environmentally sensitive land. (photo: Edwin Remsburg/Getty)
Industrial Agriculture, an Extraction Industry Like Fossil Fuels, a Growing Driver of Climate Change
Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News
Gustin writes: "His practices don't sound radical, but Watkins is a bit of a renegade. He's among a small contingent of farmers in the region who are holding out against a decades-long trend of consolidation and expansion in American agriculture."
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Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News
Gustin writes: "His practices don't sound radical, but Watkins is a bit of a renegade. He's among a small contingent of farmers in the region who are holding out against a decades-long trend of consolidation and expansion in American agriculture."
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