Ronan Farrow | The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment

13 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News YOU HAVE A RIGHT ... I would be pissed off, too, with regard to the lack of financial support being provided to your important RSN daily broadcasts. Your publication provides truth, which is neglected in the majority of media reporting and publications today. Namasté. / Joseph C, M.D., RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Ronan Farrow | The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment  Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker Farrow writes: "The media organization protected the Presidential candidate early in his campaign." READ MORE Former FBI director James Comey. (photo: Getty) James Comey's Memoir: Trump Fixates on Proving Lewd Dossier Allegations False Philip Rucker, The Washington Post Rucker writes: "The nation's intelligence chiefs had just finished briefing Donald Trump on Russia's interference in the 2016 election when FBI Director James B. Comey stayed behind to discuss some especially sensitive material: a 'widely circulated' intelligence dossier containing unconfirmed allegations that Russians had filmed Trump interacting with prostitutes in Moscow in 2013." READ MORE Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff. (photo: Getty) Report: Trump to Pardon Ex-Cheney Aide Scooter Libby Brett Samuels, The Hill Samuels writes: "President Trump is expected to pardon Scooter Libby, the former chief of staff to then-Vice President Dick Cheney, ABC News reported Thursday." READ MORE Arizona teachers. (photo: Ross D. Franklin/AP) Arizona Governor Agrees to 20 Percent Raise for Protesting Teachers Vanessa Romo, NPR Romo writes: "Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has given in to demands for pay raises for teachers, who have been conducting a month of protests at the state Capitol and at schools. He has proposed to boost teacher salaries 20 percent by 2020." READ MORE Mick Mulvaney was appointed by President Trump as acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As a congressman, Mulvaney sponsored legislation that would have abolished the agency. (photo: Manuel Balce/AP) Face-Off: Elizabeth Warren Vs. Trump's Consumer Watchdog, Mick Mulvaney Chris Arnold, NPR Arnold writes: "An epic throw-down happened Thursday on Capitol Hill over the role of the federal government. The topic: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency created in the wake of the 2007-08 financial crisis." READ MORE American troops look toward the border with Turkey from a small outpost in northern Syria in February. (photo: Susannah George/ If Trump Deepens Our Involvement in Syria, US Troops May Be There for Decades Stephen Kinzer, The Boston Globe Kinzer writes: "According to the logic behind American strategy in the Middle East - and the rest of the world - one of our principal goals should be to prevent peace or prosperity from breaking out in countries whose governments are unfriendly to us. That outcome in Syria would have results we consider intolerable." READ MORE An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Company walks through the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in 2018. (photo: Behrouz Mehri/Getty) Meltdowns, Waste, and War. Here Are the Real Risks of Nuclear Nathanael Johnson, Grist Johnson writes: "Is it any wonder that nuclear power scares people? The word nuclear alone conjures up a parade of terrors: the sinister radiation, the whiff of apocalypse, and the tendency to go boom." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation