Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

EXPLAINED: 20 - The Real Truth

Senate Democrats urge supreme court investigation of Clarence Thomas

Chief justice John Roberts pressed to open inquiry into conduct deemed inconsistent with ethical standards

The Guardian - US

Senate panel will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's ethical standards

The hearing — which will happen "in the coming days," says Sen. Dick Durbin — comes in the wake of a news report about lavish trips Justice Clarence Thomas took from a friend but did not disclose.

WEKU

Critics scoff at Clarence Thomas defense

Right-wing Supreme Court justice "broke the law, and it isn't particularly close," legal analysts say

Salon

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

AOC points out alarming detail in Clarence Thomas’ response to his GOP megadonor gifts

The congresswoman claimed Justice Thomas’ statement raises “even more serious questions”

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas’ lax ethics are a blow to the Supreme Court, and America

According to ProPublica, Thomas took undisclosed globe-trotting luxury trips, hosted or paid for by a big-time Republican donor. The revelations about Thomas add to the court’s substantial credibility woes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Clarence Thomas’s megadonor friend collects Hitler memorabilia – report

Harlan Crow, closely linked to judge, has a signed copy of Mein Kampf and dictator’s paintings

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Secret perks for Supreme Court Justice Thomas undermine the integrity of the bench

A bombshell report in ProPublica reveals that almost every year for two decades plus, a billionaire Republican donor has taken U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on his private jet and yacht, or hosted him on his luxury East Texas ranch or at his private resort in the Adirondacks. And…

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Justice Clarence Thomas says he will disclose more about his future free trips

WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday he would begin to disclose at least part of the value of the free trips he accepts from Harlan Crow, a wealthy Texas real estate developer and a prominent Republican donor.

Los Angeles Times

US Justice Clarence Thomas responds to unreported luxury travel

The Supreme Court justice says he has ‘sought to comply’ with rules after ProPublica revealed apparent law violation.

Al Jazeera

Justice Thomas’ travels highlight gaps in disclosure rules

WASHINGTON — In 2019, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas publicly disclosed five trips that were paid for by someone else: a series of teaching and speaking engagements at U.S. law schools and colleges. He reported receiving no gifts.

Tribune News Service

Clarence Thomas calls luxury trips gifts from GOP megadonor ‘personal hospitality’ from ‘dearest friends’

The Supreme Court justice says he did not have to disclose luxury vacations and trips on private jets and superyachts while ethics experts and Democratic lawmakers demand investigations

The Independent UK

Justice Thomas explains why he didn't report trips paid for by billionaire

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas responded to a news report about his failure to disclose trips paid for by a conservative billionaire friend, saying he had been advised they were not reportable.

WEKU

Clarence Thomas breaks silence as criticism swirls over lavish donor-funded trips

Thomas said he would follow new disclosure guidance in the future.

Axios

Justice Thomas says he didn't have to disclose luxury trips

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he wasn’t required to disclose the many trips he and his wife took that were paid for by a Republican megadonor

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

Seth Meyers on Lindsey Graham: ‘He’s starting to turn into Trump’s Mini-Me’

Late-night hosts discuss the senator begging viewers to send Trump money on Fox News and Clarence Thomas’s luxury trips from a GOP donor

Tribune News Service

Justice Thomas’s travels highlight gaps in disclosure rules

In 2019, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas publicly disclosed five trips that were paid for by someone else: a series of teaching and speaking engagements at US law schools and colleges. He reported receiving no gifts.

Salon

Durbin vows action of Thomas' donor ties

"The highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards," Senate Judiciary chairman says

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Two Democrats expelled from Tennessee house over gun control protest

Joe Biden and Barack Obama condemn expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from Republican-controlled state house. Plus, why do so many of Forbes 30 under 30 alum face jail?

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly took undisclosed luxury trips

Investigative news organization Pro Publica reports that Justice Clarence Thomas has taken many unreported rides on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow’s yacht and private jet.

Los Angeles Times

The Times reported about Justice Thomas' gifts 20 years ago. After that he stopped disclosing them.

It was 2004 when the Los Angeles Times disclosed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had accepted expensive gifts and private plane trips paid for by Harlan Crow, a wealthy Texas real estate investor and a prominent Republican donor.

Salon

AOC: Impeach corrupt Clarence Thomas

"This is beyond party or partisanship. This degree of corruption is shocking," says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Al Jazeera

Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips: Report

ProPublica says the US Supreme Court justice did not report travel offered by a donor, in possible violation of law.

The Independent UK

Court rules documents in Sanford case must be unsealed

The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that documents from a child pornography investigation into billionaire banker T

The Guardian - US

Clarence Thomas faces impeachment calls after reports of undisclosed gifts

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns ‘shocking corruption’ after ProPublica report details luxury items from top Republican donor

The Independent UK

Justice Thomas reportedly took undisclosed luxury trips

ProPublica is reporting that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms

1 … 19 20 21 22

People

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Alexandria OcasioCortez

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Los Angeles Times

220 stories

the Senate Judiciary Committee

160 stories

Slate

138 stories

the state Supreme Court

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.