AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter weeks of negotiation between parties produced a compromise government funding-slash-border security plan that was set to pass both houses of Congress, Donald Trump is apparently going to blow everything up again by in order to unilaterally begin construction on his vaunted border wall. (The compromise bill a relatively small $1.375 billion disbursement for 55 miles of steel border fencing; it looks like Trump is going to sign that bill too, although, you know, things are fluid.)AdvertisementMany observers have reacted, reasonably, with alarm. Chuck Schumer...…AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter weeks of negotiation between parties produced a compromise government funding-slash-border security plan that was set to pass both houses of Congress, Donald Trump is apparently going to blow everything up again by in order to unilaterally begin construction on his vaunted border wall. (The compromise bill a relatively small $1.375 billion disbursement for 55 miles of steel border fencing; it looks like Trump is going to sign that bill too, although, you know, things are fluid.)AdvertisementMany observers have reacted, reasonably, with alarm. Chuck Schumer...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementWay back in the second-to-last week of February, a few outlets that Robert Mueller was on the verge of submitting a summary of his Trump-Russia investigation to Attorney General William Barr. (It would then be up to Barr to decide what should be released publicly.) Now, we’re in the second-to-last week of March and there still isn’t a Mueller report. Mother Jones’ Tim Murphy speculated on Thursday that this might be a matter of procrastination:AdvertisementI've been in Robert Mueller's position before and let me tell you, he has not written shit— Tim Murphy...…AdvertisementAdvertisementWay back in the second-to-last week of February, a few outlets that Robert Mueller was on the verge of submitting a summary of his Trump-Russia investigation to Attorney General William Barr. (It would then be up to Barr to decide what should be released publicly.) Now, we’re in the second-to-last week of March and there still isn’t a Mueller report. Mother Jones’ Tim Murphy speculated on Thursday that this might be a matter of procrastination:AdvertisementI've been in Robert Mueller's position before and let me tell you, he has not written shit— Tim Murphy...WW…