CCTV images showing suicide bomber Salman Abedi on the night he attacked Manchester Arena killing 22 people, have been released by police pic.twitter.com/1DGHawCDX3 I just want everyone to look at these, now not to be alarmist but its possible he was chosen because he was so skinny. More room for explosives.

California Democrats warn Gov. Jerry Brown not to push for a cap and trade program so soon after vulnerable state legislators passed a highly contentious gas tax increase April. Brown's full-throated push to shoehorn a cap and trade program requiring companies to purchase permits before releasing greenhouse gasses is causing Democrats in the state to recoil.

I wanted to finish up my three-part review of Shattered by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, the book that chronicled the collapse of the campaign of the Past, Present, and Future Inevitable Next President of the United States, First Lady/Senator/Secretary Hillary! Rodham Clinton, Her Royal Clintonic Majesty. The book has been sitting on my table for a month now, and I plan to send it off to my dad as a Father's Day present.

Friday, a federal judge from Washington, D.C. threw out the lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, which alleged her negligence regarding email security cost the lives of four Americans back in 2012 during the assault on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. Judge Amy Berman Jackson , an far left judge appointed in 2010 by Barack Obama ,failed the American people and justice by "concluding" that Hillary Clinton's misuse of her email did not lead to the deaths of four Americans.

Over three hundred children, students, and pensioners from all over Syria were invited to observe the Umayyad mosque, the Citadel, and the amphitheater in one of the world's most ancient cities. "On the way to the old part of the city, food joints and souvenir shops have opened for business.

A series of rituals usually unfold on Capitol Hill when a candidate wins a special election and joins the House in the middle of a Congress. At that moment, they're just a face in the crowd.

The White House declined to comment Saturday on a news report that top President Trump adviser Jared Kushner had at least three undisclosed conversations last year with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak. "We're not going to comment on Jared," Trump economic aide Gary Cohen said at a press conference in Italy, the last stop on the president's nine-day overseas trip.

In Portland last night, a man killed two individuals and wounded another when they attempted to stop him from harassing two women on a train as he yelled "hate speech toward a variety of ethnicities and religions": Two men were killed in a stabbing on a MAX train Friday when they tried to intervene as another man yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared to be Muslim, including one wearing a hijab, police said. A third passenger who tried to help was also stabbed, but is expected to survive, said Portland police spokesman Sgt.

The Islamic State may have inspired 22-year-old Salman Abedi, but ISIS in the Middle East did not murder 22 youngsters and injure dozens at a pop tart performance in Britain. ISIS, no doubt, is pleased Salman Abedi has killed in Manchester.

Authorities arrested a former high school football star turned coach in Staten Island Thursday who allegedly sold heroin to undercover detectives. Diego Oquendo, a 32-year-old Staten Island native, worked at Tottenville High School as an assistant football coach.

Merkel Furious With Trump After "Unprecedented" G-7 Failure To Reach Consensus On Climate Change - In the end it was not mean to be. As discussed on Friday, during Trump's first G-7 summit, world leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and new French President Emmanuel Macron

British Airways canceled all of its flights from two of London's biggest airports Saturday after its global computer system failed, causing intense turmoil. Terminals at Heathrow and Gatwick have become so congested from virtual collapse that the airliner is pleading with people scheduled to travel not to come to the transportation hubs at all.

A BBC reporter kicked off an international firestorm Saturday morning when he claimed that Trump chose not to listen to a translation as Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni was speaking at the G7 summit. BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale tweeted a "short clip that sums up" the summit, attaching a video he claimed showed Trump had "chosen not to hear a translation of his Italian host's speech."

University of Pittsburgh political scientist, Anibal Perez-Linan has a piece worth reading at The Monkey Cage : How would removing Trump from office affect U.S. democracy? The piece is based on comparative research on interruptions of presidential terms. How would removing Trump from office affect U.S. democracy? Would it be an exemplary act of accountability - or a thinly veiled coup against an elected leader? Would it prevent major damage to the republic - or push the country into political instability? Political science research and other nations' experiences suggest that, without a careful process backed by a broad national consensus, removing the president would only worsen the country's polarization.

Nancy Pelosi embarrassed herself once again as she arrogantly responded to a reporter asking her about Trump's first foreign trip. President Trump has had a wildly successful foreign trip so far and she knows it which is why she failed miserably in her attempt to criticize him.

Richard Painter, who served as the chief ethics lawyer in the White House for former President George W. Bush, on Saturday shared a link to a federal prison, suggesting it could be next year's "winter White House." Never forget that the Bush Family, still a power in the GOPe, hates Trump with a deep and burning passion.

President Donald Trump wanted to build about 80 new ships to bring the Navy's fleet to a total of 350 ships during his campaign, but his first budget proposal only includes funding for one new ship. Far from the massive Navy buildup Trump promised during the campaign, many decried the budget as barely better than President Barack Obama's previous budgets.

Jared's Jam has White House on edge - The hottest topic among top White House officials is the FBI's interest in Jared Kushner, the closest adviser and son-in-law of the President.

A Muslim-American Activist's Speech Raises Ire Even Before It's Delivered - Linda Sarsour, one of the most prominent Muslim-American activists in New York, says the messages have been arriving by the hour recently. - "Your time is coming." - "A good Arab is a dead Arab."

When Al Franken body-slammed a demonstrator - When I wrote about Fightin' Greg Gianforte's assault on a reporter, I believed that Al Franken had a history of physical aggression against folks who annoyed him. However, the only incident I recalled The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.