Catholic Church Attempts To Dissuade War With North Korea

U.S. and South Korean Catholic bishops have called for the U.S. and North Korea to deescalate the current threat of war between them. Bishop Oscar Cantu, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' international justice and peace committee, sent a letter to Secretary Rex Tillerson on Thursday urging Washington to avoid war and find a dialogue-based solution to the current tensions with Pyongyang, according to Newsweek .

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In today's Star Tribune Stephen Montemayor takes up the fate of the Minnesota edition of the Obama administration's Countering Violent Extremism Program. The Obama administration's approach to the problem of radical Islamic terrorism was fraught with stupidity and euphemism.

Fox News suspends host Eric Bolling after new allegation of sexually inappropriate behaviour

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FBI: Explosive detonated at Minnesota mosque

The FBI was searching for suspects Saturday after an explosive device detonated at a suburban Minneapolis mosque as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging a room but not causing any injuries, authorities and witnesses said. The blast happened at around 5 a.m. at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, according to Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts.

Fox News host Eric Bolling suspended amid investigation

Fox News said Saturday that it has suspended Eric Bolling, the co-host of its late-afternoon news program "The Specialists," while it investigates allegations he sent a lewd photo to co-workers. News of the suspension came one day after a Huff Post report relying on anonymous sources stated Bolling had sent a lewd photo to at least three female colleagues at Fox New and Fox Business.

One weird trick Democrats could use to stop stumbling over Pelosi and abortion questions

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at a May 4 news conference on Capitol Hill. Last week saw the Democratic Party save the Affordable Care Act, a remarkable victory for an out-of-power party.

Emails Show WaPo, NYT Reporters WereReluctant To Cover Clinton And Lynch Meeting

A series of emails from reporters at The Washington Post and The New York Times published Friday reveal they weren't eager to cover the 2016 tarmac meeting between former President Bill Clinton and then Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The American Center for Law and Justice, a nonprofit organization, released a series of emails obtained through a FOIA request that show the reporters at the outlets didn't seem to want to cover the secret meeting between the former president and Lynch, as the Department of Justice was investigating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's email server.

White House reporters explain why ‘palace intrigue’ actually matters

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Anthony Scaramucci, who was ousted as White House communications director on Monday, and counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway It's the White House's go-to pejorative when dismissing reports of internal power struggles as idle gossip: "palace intrigue." The phrase conveys the idea that reporters covering President Trump and his advisers are more like reality TV addicts than real journalists - which is exactly how the White House wants them to be seen.

Timeline of Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting revelations

New revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting in June 2016 with a Russian lawyer have rocketed the president's eldest son to the center of allegations of collusion with Russia. Here's a look back at the steady drip of disclosures and shifting statements from Trump Jr. and others involved -- which has triggered a mounting list of questions.

Trump dictated son’s statement on Russia talks a ” report

President Donald Trump personally dictated a misleading statement in which his son Donald Trump Jr said a meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 election was focused on adoptions, The Washington Post reported Monday. It later emerged that during that fateful June 2016 meeting, Trump's eldest son, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and then campaign manager Paul Manafort met with a Russian government attorney who an intermediary claimed had incriminating information about Trump's rival Hillary Clinton.

WaPo: Trump involved in misleading statement on Jr.’s meeting

In response to New York Times reporting that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign, President Donald Trump dictated a misleading statement for his son, The Washington Post reported Monday evening. The Post, citing multiple people with knowledge of the situation, said the original plan in response to the Times' reporting was to issue a truthful statement ahead of the story, but then Trump personally decided to have the statement say Trump Jr. had met with the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, to discuss adoption of Russian children by people in the US.

Celebrated photo editor John Morris dies at 100 in Paris

In this file photo dated Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, 97-year old former Life Magazine, New York Times and Washington Post picture editor John Morris during an interview in New York City. In this file photo dated Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, 97-year old former Life Magazine, New York Times and Washington Post picture editor John Morris during an interview in New York City.

#2020Vision: Rep. Delaney enters 2020 race; Warren’s fingerprints on the Democratic agenda

The third-term congressman announced his plans to run for president in a Washington Post op-ed Friday afternoon. Delaney, 54, won't run for re-election and is bypassing a run for Maryland governor in 2018.