Trump unloads on Homeland Security secretary in lengthy immigration tirade President Trump berated Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in a dispiriting Cabinet meeting on immigration Wednesday, according to three administration officials, but her colleagues denied reports that she has threatened to quit. Trump lashed out at his Cabinet, and Nielsen […]
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Renegade Republicans challenge Paul Ryan, file discharge petition to force immigration votes A small group of Republicans has launched an effort to sidestep House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and put immigration legislation on the House floor this year in a bid to secure protections for young undocumented immigrants. Rep. Carlos […]
What Gina Haspel didn’t tell us at her high-stakes CIA hearing Don’t ask Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the agency, because she doesn’t have a clear answer — or, at least, not one she was willing to offer publicly and under oath on Wednesday. Called upon repeatedly […]
USS Fitzgerald Officer of the Deck Pleads Guilty Lieutenant junior grade Sarah Coppock, the officer of the deck at the time of the USS Fitzgerald’s collision with the ACX Crystal last June, has pled guilty to charges of dereliction of duty. In a court-martial hearing at the Washington Navy Yard, […]
Reputed gang member charged in Friday shooting of ATF agent; brother also arrested on drug charges Reputed gang member Ernesto Godinez slipped out of his Back of the Yards home in the predawn darkness Friday and cut through a gangway about a block away from where undercover federal agents were […]
Republican senator apologizes for comments about John McCain Sen. Orrin Hatch apologized Tuesday for his comments criticizing Sen. John McCain’s reported request that President Donald Trump not attend his eventual funeral. “I felt badly. I had spoken out of turn,” the Utah Republican told reporters in the Capitol. “I felt […]
Gowdy threatens to subpoena DOJ official for census testimony Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Tuesday floated a subpoena for a Justice Department official who did not show up for a hearing on the 2020 census. Lawmakers had hoped to grill […]
Mormons to drop Scouting as part of new global initiative The LDS Church is ending its relationship with the Boy Scouts of America. The expiration date for the remarkably robust, 105-year alliance is Dec. 31, 2019, according to a joint statement released Tuesday night by BSA and The Church of […]
Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen was hired by U.S. affiliate of Russian company President Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen was hired last year by the U.S.-based affiliate of a Russian business magnate who attended Trump’s inauguration and was recently sanctioned by the U.S. government, the company said Tuesday. The New York […]
Hawaii volcano eruption brings new evacuation order Two new vents from the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island prompted officials on Tuesday afternoon to order the immediate evacuation of residents remaining in Lanipuna Gardens. All 1,700 residents of Leilani Estates, as well as the smaller Lanipuna, had previously been […]
