We knew it was only a matter of time: Rebekah Brooks, the loyal lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, resigned Friday as chief executive of his embattled British newspapers, becoming the biggest casualty so far in the phone hacking scandal at a Sunday tabloid. Murdoch had vigorously defended Brooks in the face of demands from politicians that […]
Following up from last month, I decided to add April’s death tolls into the graphs so we can see how the “surge” is working. First off is the U.S. casualty totals With the exception of April 2004, this past April has been the deadliest of all others (including April 2003 when 74 soldiers died). Still […]
From the Muckraker: White House political director Sara Taylor is out the door at the White House, according to Washington Wire. Taylor came up a number of times yesterday during the Kyle Sampson hearing as having worked closely with Sampson (along with another Karl Rove aide Scott Jennings) to install Rove’s former aide Tim Griffin […]