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A Minnesota police officer was cleared Friday in th... . Marchers walk along Interstate 94 on Friday night, June 16, 2017, in St. Paul, Minn., after a vigil at the state Capital.
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Sixteen more indicted in Turkish embassy brawl
The incident was caught on camera and caused a diplomatic crisis, with Turkey and the U.S. summoning each other's ambassadors and members of Congress expressing outrage. Two of the defendants are American citizens and were arrested Wednesday.
NYT Uses GOP Shooting To Falsely Attack Sarah Palin With Debunked Conspiracy Theory
The New York Times used the attempted assassination of dozens of Republican congressmen by a left-wing Bernie Sanders supporter to attack former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with a baseless conspiracy theory blaming Palin for inciting mentally ill Jared Loughner to shoot Democratic Rep. Gaffy Giffords in 2011. "In 2011, when Jared Lee Loughner opened fire in a supermarket parking lot, grievously wounding Representative Gabby Giffords and killing six people, including a 9-year-old girl, the link to political incitement was clear.
Gunman who shot congressman had history of anti-GOP activity
A government official says the suspect in the Virgini... An American college student who was released from a North Korean prison is finally home but in a coma and undergoing treatment at an Ohio hospital. An American college student who was released from a North Korean prison is finally home but in a coma and undergoing treatment at an Ohio hospital.
Sessions Denies Collusion Allegations, Defends Involvement With Comey Ouster
His responses triggered an explosion by Sen. Ron Wyden said at the hearing . Harris asked of Sessions' assertion that he wouldn't discuss private conversations with the president.
Trump transition team ordered to save materials on Russia, Ukraine: NYT
President Donald Trump's transition team has been ordered to preserve materials related to ongoing investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, the New York Times reported on Friday, as Trump again assailed the probes. Citing a memo from the general counsel's office of Trump's transition team, the Times said former members were given the order on Thursday for any information involving Russia or Ukraine in the latest sign of the investigations' expanding reach.
Live Stream: General James Mattis testifies to the House Armed Services Committee
Live Stream: General James Mattis testifies to the House Armed Services Committee USA TODAY network will provide live coverage of this event Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2shkV7m
New York AG Looking Into Eric Trump’s Foundation
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is "looking into" a charitable foundation founded by Eric Trump, a spokesman for Schneiderman said, after Forbes magazine raised questions about whether President Donald Trump's son had made misleading statements about how the foundation spent its money. ... The main impetus for this inquiry was the Forbes story, published earlier this week.
HAMILTON Producer Won’t Rule Out a Visit from The Trump Family
A recent report has indicated that as a result of a public tussle with the current presidential administration, the hit Broadway show, Hamilton, has seen a drop in visits from Republican politicians. The New York Daily News reported that "Shortly after the November election, waves were made when actor Brandon Victor Dixon - who plays Vice President Aaron Burr in the show - addressed Pence at curtain call, urging him and the Trump administration 'to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us.'
Donald Trump pulls US out of Paris climate agreement
Donald Trump has confirmed that the US will withdraw from the Paris climate pact, citing the "draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country". The decision to join Syria and Nicaragua, the only two nations that have not signed the agreement, "is a remarkable rebuke to heads of state, climate activists, corporate executives and members of the president's own staff, who all failed to change his mind with an intense, last-minute lobbying blitz", says the New York Times .
The mystery of the plane circling crazily over the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport
Mystery reigned Tuesday morning as an aircraft flew crazily above the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport like a spider on LSD.
Trump budget hard on ‘forgotten’ rural American supporters
Trump budget hard on 'forgotten' rural American supporters Trump's budget could be punishing for the rural, working-class voters who overwhelmingly supported him Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2rQU26R WASHINGTON - Sen. Al Franken, the former comedian from Minnesota, had a not-so-funny response to President Trump's first budget that relies on deep cuts to the nation's health care and safety-net programs: "This piece of legislation is cruel," said Franken, who co-chairs the Senate rural health caucus. It could be particularly punishing for the rural, working-class voters who overwhelmingly supported Trump, according to a USA TODAY review.
NASA Can Probably Stop An Asteroid, But Wouldn’t Detect A Comet In Time, Study Finds
NASA would only be able to detect an asteroid on course to hit Earth 22 months in advance, but it would take five years to cobble together a mission to stop it. Those are the chilling results of a NASA study scientists presented to a conference in Tokyo, Japan Friday.
Cat is mesmerized by kitten sleeping with paws in the air
President Trump and First Lady Melania escape DC scandalfest for nine-day foreign tour - the first since they entered the White House - with Jared and Ivanka in tow.
NYT: Kushner Hands-on Broker of $110B Saudi Arms Deal
President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner personally intervened in a $100-billion-plus arms deal with Saudi Arabia making a call to press for a price cut on a radar system designed to shoot down ballistic missiles, The New York Times reported. According to the Times, at a May 1 meeting with a high-level delegation of Saudis, Kushner called Marillyn Hewson, the chief executive of Lockheed Martin, which makes the radar system, and asked if she could cut the price.
Fire Rescue called last week to fall at Roger Ailes’ Florida mansion
APRIL 11: Roger Ailes, President of Fox News Channel attends the Hollywood Reporter celebration of "The 35 Most Powerful People in Media" at the Four Season Grill Room on April 11, 2012 in New York City. More details are emerging about the death of former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes , whose death was confirmed in a statement from family members this morning.
Fox News: Federal investigator source for Seth Rich WikiLeaks claims
As the American Thinker reported yesterday , the issue of Seth Rich and his connection to WikiLeaks has caught media attention again. However, the new bombshell information, reported by Fox News , that a federal investigator has spoken with Fox News anonymously and confirmed that Seth Rich sent 44,053 emails and 17,761 attachments to WikiLeaks, has been overshadowed in the same article by the headline that the "Family of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich blasts detective over report of WikiLeaks link."
O’Reilly Just Got a Brand New Gig – and You Won’t Believe Where
After Bill O'Reilly was fired from Fox News, people have been wondering where the embattled television personality would end up landing. For a while, nothing seemed to be in the pipeline.
Comey firing haunts Trump
On Tuesday, an associate revealed that Comey had written a memo in which he described Trump asking him to shut down an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey, who was known to keep a paper trail of sensitive meetings, chronicled the president's request soon after the February Oval Office meeting with the president, an associate who has seen the memo told The Associated Press.
Dwayne a The Rocka Johnson has a 5-point lead over Trump in 2020 presidential poll
Dwayne Johnson, a cast member in the upcoming film "Baywatch," addresses the audience during the Paramount Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2017 at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Dwayne Johnson, a cast member in the upcoming film "Baywatch," addresses the audience during the Paramount Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2017 at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Las Vegas.