Philip Bump, Author at Valley News

Evidence Points to Trump Breaking Laws

by Philip Bump The Washington PostDecember 14, 2018

As of one week ago on Friday morning, the idea that President Trump was implicated in multiple violations of federal campaign finance law hinged largely on comments his former attorney Michael Cohen made in a courtroom in August. There, under penalty…

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, to travel to Richmond, Ky., to attend a rally. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Column: Trump Demands Proof, but in Bad Faith

by Philip Bump For The Washington PostOctober 15, 2018

Supreme Court nomiinee Brett Kavanaugh at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer.

Probe Into Nominee Far From Impossible

by Philip Bump The Washington PostSeptember 20, 2018

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves federal court after reaching a plea agreement in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

‘Fixer’ Cohen Pleads Guilty

by Devlin Barrett The Washington Post, Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post, Philip Bump The Washington Post, and Renae Merle The Washington PostAugust 21, 2018

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, arrives at federal court, Monday, April 16, 2018, in New York. A U.S. judge will hear more arguments about Trump's extraordinary request that he be allowed to review records seized from Cohen's office as part of a criminal investigation before they are examined by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Judge Weighs Legal Review In Cohen Case

by Philip Bump The Washington Post, and Devlin Barrett And Beth Reinhard The Washington PostApril 16, 2018

Daniel Bishop, 16, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, cries at a makeshift memorial outside the school, in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old who had been expelled from the school, is being held without bail in the Broward County Jail, accused of 17 counts of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Analysis: Survivors of Florida Shooting Break the Pattern of Past Incidents

by Philip Bump The Washington PostFebruary 20, 2018

This smartphone screen capture shows a false incoming ballistic missile emergency alert sent from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency system on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Column: The False Alarm in Hawaii Reveals An Abdication of Leadership By Trump

by Philip Bump For The Washington PostJanuary 15, 2018

Trump Move Threatens Islamic Peace

by Philip Bump The Washington PostDecember 6, 2017

In this March 4, 2016, file photo, Sean Hannity of Fox News arrives in National Harbor, Md. Hannity is getting a bruising reminder that this year's presidential campaign defies traditional political rules. Hannity defended Fox News Channel president Bill Shine on Twitter on April 27, 2017, following a New York magazine report that members of the controlling Murdoch family refused to release a statement of support for the executive. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Column: Evaluating Hannity’s Trump Evaluation

by Philip Bump For The Washington PostDecember 2, 2017

Column: Affirmative Action Targeted, of Course

by Philip Bump For The Washington PostAugust 2, 2017