Florida school shooting survivors hit lawmakers who oppose gun control with ultimatum Shut up and listen! That’s the message seething students have for President Trump and other gun-friendly lawmakers as they gear up to march on Washington for firearms reform. The teens demanded the politicians stop making excuses and immediately […]
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‘New Yorker’ says handwritten note by former Playmate details affair with Trump A former Playmate, who says she has been emboldened by the #MeToo movement and declining health, has confirmed to The New Yorker that she authored an eight-page, hand-written document about her alleged affair with Donald Trump that the […]
Strong 7.2 Mexico quake cuts power and damages homes; no deaths reported A prolonged 7.2 magnitude quake that rocked Mexico on Friday left nearly a million homes and businesses without power in the capital and four southwest states, the federal electricity commission said, but no deaths were reported. At least […]
New White House security clearance policy could put ‘bull’s eye’ on Kushner White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly announced Friday that beginning next week, the White House will no longer allow some employees with interim security clearances access to top-secret information — a move that could threaten the […]
13 Russians Indicted as Mueller Reveals Effort to Aid Trump Campaign The Justice Department charged 13 Russians and three companies on Friday in a sprawling indictment that unveiled a sophisticated network designed to subvert the 2016 election and to support the Trump campaign. It stretched from an office in St. […]
Inaugural committee directed $26M for event services to firm connected to Melania Trump adviser President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee paid $26 million for event production services to a firm connected to a friend of first lady Melania Trump, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who serves as a volunteer adviser in the East […]
House GOP pushes hardline immigration plan as Senate deals fail House GOP leaders are forging ahead with their own hardline immigration bill, as the Senate threw in the towel Thursday on legislation to protect hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants from deportation. The main author of the House bill, […]
Two Bronx Brothers Arrested in Bomb-Making Scheme A former teacher at a charter high school and his twin brother were arrested on Thursday on federal bomb-making charges, stockpiling more than 32 pounds of ingredients for explosives in a closet in their apartment in the Bronx, law enforcement officials said. The […]
The Names of the Florida School Shooting Victims As gunshots echoed through the high school, a geography teacher, Scott Beigel, 35, paused to usher stragglers into his classroom before locking the door, only to be shot and killed himself as the shooter strode by. A parent, Jennifer Zeif, credited Mr. […]
NSA shooting: Officer injured at Fort Meade security gate, three in custody Three people were injured at Fort Meade early Wednesday when the driver of an SUV attempted to enter the National Security Agency compound, authorities said. The driver and two passengers in the black SUV were taken into custody […]