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What started as a local high student planning a local event to celebrate diversity has ballooned into a festival drawing national attention that could bring 1,600 people to downtown Columbus today. Erin Bailey, a senior at Columbus Signature Academy-New Tech High School, said much of what she proposed to the Columbus Board of Works Feb. 20 has remained the same.
Federal prosecutors revealed on Friday that their probe of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, involved suspected fraud and the attorney's personal business dealings and was going on long enough that investigators had already covertly obtained his emails. The details in court papers came as lawyers for Cohen and Trump sought to block the Department of Justice from examining records and electronic devices, including two cellphones, seized by the FBI on Monday from Cohen's residences, office and safety deposit box.
Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and "... . President Donald Trump speaks during an event on tax policy in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, April 12, 2018, in Washington.
They were honoring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke - a name unknown to most people until six months ago - who got the biggest ovation at Variety's annual Power of Women event on Friday. Burke, who founded the MeToo movement 12 years ago and runs it out of the Brooklyn, New York, offices of Girls for Gender Equity, said she wanted people to recognize its deeper purpose - working with survivors of sexual assault, and not simply bringing down powerful abusers.
Pence plans to promote the U.S. as a steady trading partner and press Latin American partners to further isolate Venezuela during his ... A potent, slow-moving spring storm system that's expected to persist through the weekend has begun raking the Plains and Midwest, bringing blizzard conditions to South Dakota and the threat of tornadoes from Texas... A potent, slow-moving spring storm system that's expected to persist through the weekend has begun raking the Plains and Midwest, bringing blizzard conditions to South Dakota and the threat of tornadoes from Texas and Louisiana north all the way to Iowa.
A train returns to pick up attendees from an event hosted by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada on Friday, April 13, 2018. Andrea Cornejo Las Vegas Review-Journal @dreacornejo Gov. Brian Sandoval drives the final spike into a rail line that restores service between Boulder City and Henderson during an event hosted by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City on Friday, April 13, 2018.
According to reports, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France have launched a strike against targets in Syria. Raed Jarrar, advocacy director for Middle East North Africa at Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement: "The people of Syria have already endured six years of devastating attacks, including chemical attacks, many of which amount to war crimes.
The endorsement comes after Ryan stunned Washington this week by announcing he would not seek another term in Congress this fall. Ryan's retirement, as Republicans fight to keep the House majority in this year's midterm elections, has sparked a potentially bruising leadership battle between California Rep. McCarthy, who is next in line, and the No.
House Democrats are searching for a path to pick up 23 seats to win back control of the chamber and seats held by four Illinois Republicans are part of the House political shop's 104-district battlefield. That battlefield will shrink as it gets closer to November with the most resources from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and its allies going to the strongest Democrat House challengers.
With the chants of hundreds of teachers ringing in their ears, Kentucky lawmakers voted Friday to override the Republican governor's veto of a two-year state budget that increases public education spending with the help of a more than $480 million tax increase. The votes came as thousands of teachers rallied inside and outside the Capitol, forcing more than 30 school districts to close as Kentucky continued the chorus of teacher protests across the country.
In this June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
In response to U.S. military strikes against Syrian government forces, Jon Rainwater, Executive Director of Peace Action, released the following statement: "President Trump's decision to strike Syrian forces was impulsive, dangerous and a clear violation of domestic and international law. This attack endangers U.S. forces in the region, and invites escalation from Russia, Iran and Syria.
"The situation in Syria is tremendously dangerous, and President Trump risks throwing fuel on the regional fire. Given that Iranian and Russian forces are closely embedded with Syrian government, there is a significant risk that any strikes will trigger retaliation and a bloodier, wider war with few discernible ways to deescalate the conflict.
"President Trump's decision to launch military strikes against the Syrian regime - without congressional input or authorization - shows a contempt for the U.S Constitution and is without legal justification. The use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government against innocent civilians is heinous.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the US, France and Britain together launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for his alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians and to deter him from doing it again. In an announcement from the White House, Trump said the US is prepared to "sustain" pressure on Assad until he ends what the president called a criminal pattern of killing his own people with international banned chemical weapons.
House Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy -- House Republicans' second in command -- to succeed him as speaker, in an interview with NBC. "I think we all believe that Kevin is the right person," the Wisconsin Republican said in an interview that aired Friday.
Trump, Cohen spoke Friday as feds look into seized recordings, sources say - Sources tell ABC News President Donald Trump spoke Friday with his personal attorney Michael Cohen who, according to court documents, has been under criminal investigation for months, largely centered on his business dealings.
The Los Angeles Lakers had a scout in attendance for Prienu Vytautas's game against Nevezis Thursday to evaluate LiAngelo Ball, according to Lithuanian reporter Donatas Urbonas. Another NBA hopeful, 6'7" Tadas Sedekerskis, was also on the court for Nevezis, so the scout could have been there to look at both prospects.
Andrew McCabe, the fired FBI deputy director, misled investigators multiple times about his role in a news media disclosure about Hillary Clinton just days before the 2016 presidential election and authorized the release of information to "advance his personal interests," according to a Justice Department watchdog report. The report alleges that McCabe authorized FBI officials to speak with a Wall Street Journal reporter for a story about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation, in violation of agency rules, and then misled FBI and Justice Department officials when later questioned about it.
The Department of Justice's inspector general released on Friday findings from an internal investigation into fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. McCabe was forced out of the FBI earlier this year as the Office of the Inspector General was putting together the report, which centers on his approval of disclosures to the media in October 2016 related to the bureau's Hillary Clinton email probe.