J.K. Trotter's posts

Ever since Donald Trump occupied 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, a number of theories have emerged about who, exactly,…

If you live in New York City or Washington, D.C. and work in a certain kind of industry, there’s a good chance…

For the past seven years, former Fox News host and best-selling author Bill O’Reilly has made his ex-wife’s life a…

Tom Scocca is leaving us, after a combined six and a half years at Deadspin, Gawker, and the Special Projects Desk.…

Welcome to Ban Week, in which Splinter writers will build a case for burning it all down.

Today, the New York City Police Department announced that its investigators were collecting information in an effort…

Netflix announced this afternoon that the next season of House of Cards, the hit series built around Kevin Spacey as…

President Barack Obama was swept into office in the wake of an unprecedented financial collapse initiated by…

On July 2, President Donald Trump tweeted out a video showing himself, as he had appeared in a 2007 WrestleMania…

When Inc. magazine’s Jeff Bercovici reported last August that billionaire Trump-supporter Peter Thiel had repeatedly…

After nearly five years of blogging and writing for Gizmodo, Gawker, Deadspin, the Special Projects Desk, almost…

More than a year after his death in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has released its…

Bill O’Reilly’s ex-wife swore in an affidavit that the disgraced Fox News host brutally assaulted her in their Long…

The videos depicting security officers forcibly dragging an elderly United Airlines passenger in Chicago have drawn…

Bill O’Reilly is quietly seeking to collect on a $14.5 million court judgment he won against his ex-wife, Maureen…

A New York State judge ejected an attorney for Gizmodo Media Group, which owns Jezebel, from his courtroom last week…

New York Times reporter David Sanger worked extensively with former deputy CIA director Michael Morell during the…

Throughout this year’s presidential campaign, journalists have focused, correctly, on the power of Facebook to…

The New York Times is currently tracking the state of tonight’s hellish presidential election with what appears to…

Today the founder of Gawker Media, Nick Denton, announced that his bankrupt company would settle claims with three…