Donald Trump

If ‘truth isn’t truth,’ then what is it?

We live in a time where the truth is being called into question almost daily. There’s “fake news,” and the idea that seeing isn’t believing,…

Molly Callahan September 26, 2018

Four things to watch for during Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Tuesday is the first day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings. “A particularly disastrous or a particularly strong” performance by Kavanaugh could…

Molly Callahan September 3, 2018

Before Trump’s angry tweet, he should have searched Google for Northeastern’s research

Could Google’s search engine influence the news that you receive? A team of Northeastern researchers found the answer.

Ian Thomsen August 29, 2018

Cohen implicated the president in a federal crime. Does that mean we’ll see Trump in court?

Can a sitting president be charged with a crime? It’s a tricky question, says Northeastern law professor Michael Meltsner. “The question of whether you can…

Molly Callahan August 22, 2018

#FreePress editorial campaign unites newspapers against ‘Trump’s anti-First Amendment rhetoric’

On Thursday, hundreds of newspapers across the United States and abroad published editorials emphasizing the importance of a free press for a healthy democracy. Dan…

Molly Callahan August 16, 2018

What Michael Cohen’s Playboy model tape could mean for President Trump

A tape seized by the FBI that contains a secret recording by President Donald J. Trump’s longtime lawyer of the two discussing payments to a…

Molly Callahan July 20, 2018

Family separation doesn’t end at the border. The child human rights crisis is everywhere.

With the eyes of the nation riveted on terrified immigrant children along the Mexican border, another child welfare crisis lurks in a town near you—one…

Bill Ibelle June 29, 2018

What Justice Kennedy’s retirement means for the country

Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday announced he will retire from the nation’s highest court at the end of July. Supreme Court experts Dan Urman and…

Greg St. Martin June 27, 2018

Trump signed an executive order to stop separating families at the border. But what does it actually do?

President Donald J. Trump’s executive order doesn’t solve the crisis at the border. Some families will stay separated for years. Separating children from their parents…

Molly Callahan June 21, 2018

Foundation funding helps keep journalism alive—but most money goes to a select few nonprofit media outlets

Funding for the nonprofit news sector is highly concentrated among a few dozen outlets and provided by a handful of huge grants rather than a…

Molly Callahan June 19, 2018