News in Brief Acting FBI Director Contradicts White House in Testimony to Senate Intelligence Committee Andrew McCabe also assured the committee that he would not inform the president of ongoing investigations into Russia's influence over the election. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief White House Fires FBI Director James Comey The ousting follows news that Comey provided false information in his testimony to Congress about the agency's findings in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief The Future of Disability Rights in the White House An interview with Maria Town, outgoing disability liaison at the Office of Public Engagement. By David M. Perry… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief One of Clinton’s Economic Advisors Finds Himself in Hot Water Over Personal Loans Gene Sperling received hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal loans from Howard Shapiro, a friend and partner… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief America, the House That Slavery Built By minimizing how we talk about slavery, we ignore its profound impact on the development of the American economy. Tasha Williams
News in Brief Can Democrats Keep the White House in 2016? We'll see. The state of the economy will outweigh all other factors. Seth Masket
News in Brief Fiddling With Your Bowtie While Baltimore Burns The White House Correspondents' Dinner and the Freddie Gray protests. Ted Scheinman
News in Brief Yes, Extremists Can Get Elected President It will be hard for someone like Ted Cruz to earn his party's nomination. But if he does, he'll have a decent chance at winning the White House. Seth Masket
News in Brief This Isn’t the First Time: Hillary Clinton’s Top Five Clashes Over Secrecy The latest flap over her private emails as secretary of state is far from the first time she’s been accused of lacking transparency. Jeff Gerth
News in Brief Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal Looks a Lot Like the Whitewater Investigation of 20 Years Ago Hillary Clinton’s defense of her use of personal emails while she was secretary of state triggers memories of the "pink press conference." Jeff Gerth