Case against Florida shooting suspect returns to court The criminal case against the gunman accused in the Florida high school shooting returns to court Tuesday with prosecutors seeking hair samples, fingerprints, DNA and photographs of the suspect. Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of murder, will not […]
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Trump Says He Would Have Rushed in Unarmed to Stop School Shooting President Trump asserted Monday that he would have rushed in to save the students and teachers of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School from a gunman with an assault weapon, even if he was unarmed at the time of […]
Trump’s Approval Rating Plunges Back To His Worst With Two New Polls Donald Trump’s approval rating has slumped again to match the lowest of his presidency, according to two new polls. The surveys were conducted amid mounting activism for gun control and security clearance problems in the White House. Support […]
Feinstein loses California Democratic Party’s endorsement California Democrats rebuked Sen. Dianne Feinstein at their annual convention this weekend, denying her the party’s endorsement in this year’s Senate race and giving a majority of votes to her liberal primary challenger, state Senate leader Kevin de León. Feinstein will now face de […]
California Democrats deny Sen. Feinstein an endorsement As he sought to wrest the California Democratic Party’s endorsement away from longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein, her upstart challenger, Kevin de León, made an impassioned argument to state delegates Saturday that the time had come for a new generation of leadership in the […]
Man arrested after fatal shooting at college in Georgia Authorities say a man has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting at a college in southeast Georgia. Savannah State University officials said in a statement that the suspect was arrested Sunday. Police are continuing to investigate after a man […]
U.S. prepares high-seas crackdown on North Korea sanctions evaders The Trump administration and key Asian allies are preparing to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea, a plan that could include deploying U.S. Coast Guard forces to stop and search vessels in Asia-Pacific waters, senior U.S. […]
Melania Trump Is Back on the Job Melania Trump emerged for official state duty on Friday. She joined her husband, Donald Trump, in welcoming Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife, Lucy, to the White House for lunch. It’s the First Couple’s first public-facing joint appearance of the year, […]
Florida inmate screams and thrashes at his execution A Florida death row inmate shouted “murderers!” three times and struggled on a gurney as he was put to death. Eric Scott Branch, 47, was put to death for the 1993 rape and killing of Susan Morris, a 21-year-old student at the […]
California couple faces new child abuse charges in torture case Prosecutors re-filed charges Friday against a California couple who are accused of torturing their 13 children through years of starvation and abuse. Afterward, David and Louise Turpin of Perris each re-entered not guilty pleas to all charges. However, the new […]