Author: Stephanie Moffat

ACLU Launches Lawsuit Against Trump’s Birth Control Rule Change Less than two hours after Trump decided to gut Obamacare’s birth control mandate, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced that it was filing a lawsuit challenging their decision. The lawsuit is being filed on the behalf of a Notre Dame Law student, Kate Rochat, as well as members of a union, Service Employee International Union-United Health Care Workers West. The ACLU said in a press release that they “are at risk of losing their contraception coverage because of where they work or where they go to school.” The organization...

Trump ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape Plays on Loop In Front of White House Remember the Access Hollywood tape that leaked during the 2016 campaign, where we heard Donald Trump say how he likes to grope women without their consent? Well, one group will play the video on a 12-hour loop in front of the White House. Ultraviolet, is running the footage on a giant screen on Constitution Avenue, between the White House and the National Mall, on a loop from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The hashtag #WeGrabBack is at the bottom of the screen where the group is playing...

Sorry Donald, Poll Confirms Public Trusts Media Not You Trust in the Trump administration is falling as people start trusting the media more, according to a new Reuters-Ipsos poll. The poll found that 48 percent of adults surveyed say they have a “great deal” or “some” confidence in the press. This represents an 11-point increase from last November. Forty-five percent say they have “hardly any” confidence in the press, which is down from 51 percent. The poll also shows that both Republicans and Democrats are starting to distrust Trump since he took office in January. In January, 52 percent...

Trump Reconsidering Having Family In Official White House Roles According to a new report, Trump is questioning whether having his family members serve in the White House was a good idea. Politico reported on Friday that Trump has been quietly talking to other administration officials as he reconsiders the roles of White House advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. “Baby, you’re getting killed, this is a bad deal,” Trump reportedly told Ivanka Trump in a room with other staffers after viewing criticism of his daughter’s role in the administration. However, Trump isn’t concerned with nepotism or lack of qualifications....

White House Officials Warned By NSA Against Using Personal Email Politico reported that senior White House officials were briefed and warned by the National Security Agency that improper use of personal cellphones and email could make them “vulnerable to espionage by Russia, China, Iran and other adversaries.” These meetings included Jared Kushner, who’s under investigation for using personal email for official business. The briefings were held in the White House Situation Room because of the sensitivity of the topics discussed right after the Inauguration. “Jared is probably one of the top five or 10 targets in the U.S. government...