Report Faults V.A. Secretary Shulkin Over Travel to Europe A scathing report released Wednesday found “serious derelictions” in a 10-day, $122,000 business trip the secretary of veterans affairs took to Europe, which included airfare for his wife and extensive sightseeing. According to the report, Secretary David J. Shulkin traveled to […]
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Florida School Shooting: ‘No Words’ as 17 Die in a Barrage of Bullets A heavily armed young man barged into his former high school about an hour northwest of Miami on Wednesday, opening fire on terrified students and teachers and leaving a death toll of 17 that could rise even […]
How Much Is Your Privacy Worth? A Lot, if You’ve Won $560 Million The winner of a $560 million Powerball jackpot has yet to claim her prize, but her lawyers say she is already being preyed upon and is highly stressed. When the winner, known in court papers only as […]
White House Let Rob Porter Keep Job Even After Receiving Final F.B.I. Report The White House changed its story on Tuesday about how it handled allegations of spousal abuse against Rob Porter, the staff secretary who resigned in disgrace last week, conceding that the F.B.I. told White House career officials […]
High-ranking Chicago officer killed; 5th cop slain in U.S. since last week A high-ranking Chicago police officer was shot and killed Tuesday after a downtown foot chase, the latest in a spate of law enforcement officers killed across the nation in unrelated shootings. Commander Paul Bauer, a veteran of more […]
Bill Gates’ dire warning: U.S. could lose its global leadership role under Trump Tech pioneer Bill Gates thinks the U.S. can keep its historically influential role as a global leader. But for a second year in a row, he cautioned that the nation risks losing its geopolitical clout if the […]
Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Says He Paid Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he had paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a pornographic-film actress who had once claimed to have had an affair with Mr. Trump. […]
Mulvaney remarks on Trump budget plan spark confusion The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said that Mick Mulvaney would vote for President Trump’s budget proposal if he were still in Congress after the OMB director suggested he would not during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Mulvaney, who was on […]
‘5 months without power’: Blackout is latest snag in Puerto Rico’s long recovery from Hurricane Maria Five months ago, Puerto Rico began its plunge into the longest blackout in U.S. history. After much struggle and a botched contract to restore power, the embattled island showed some progress in its recovery […]
Was Clinton attack dog Sidney Blumenthal involved in launch of Russia collusion investigation? A name long associated with the Clinton machine has surfaced as a behind-the-scenes figure in the Trump-Russia collusion story, prompting some to speculate that the investigation began at least partly as a dirty tricks operation. Sidney Blumenthal, […]
