As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy
President Trump, after days of lashing out angrily at the London mayor and federal courts in the wake of the London Bridge terrorist attack, faces a convergence of challenges this week that threatens to exacerbate the fury that has gripped him — and that could further hobble a Republican agenda that has slowed to a crawl on Capitol Hill. Instead of hunkering down and delicately navigating the legal and political thicket — as some White House aides have suggested — Trump spent much of Monday lau..>> view originalThe mysterious disappearance of Sean Spicer
The Real 'Resistance' to Trump? The GOP Congress.
Donald Trump’s young presidency is already prompting many Americans to dust off their high-school civics knowledge and think again about concepts like the “separation of powers,” interbranch “checks and balances,” and the proper functioning of the federal government. At the same time, it is prompting many pundits, especially but not exclusively on the left, to worry that Trump presents an unprecedented threat to the Constitution. Many are asking aloud questions that in recent times had only b..>> view originalOakland Ghost Ship Fire: Two Arrested for Involuntary Manslaughter in Connection With Blaze That Killed 36
Two people were arrested on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the deadly California warehouse fire that killed three dozen people more than six months ago, including the manager of the property, officials said Monday. Derick Almena was arrested Monday morning, along with warehouse tenant, Max Harris, in connection with the blaze, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley said at a press conference on Monday afternoon. Both Almena and Harris each face 36 counts of fe..>> view originalThe Latest: Workplace shooter had record of DUI, drug crimes
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Latest on the multiple shooting in an industrial park in Orlando (all times local): 5 p.m. Court records show the suspect in the fatal Orlando workplace shootings had a series of run-ins with the law going back more than 20 years, but they were mostly for minor offenses. John Robert Neumann Jr. was arrested in 1995 in an Orlando suburb for driving under the influence. He was arrested in 1999 for driving with a suspended license, theft, giving a deputy a false name and probat..>> view originalChristian Leaders Denounce GOP Congressman's Call To 'Hunt' And 'Kill' Suspected Islamic Radicals
Christian leaders and social justice advocates responded with sharp rebuke on Monday to a Republican congressman’s suggestion that people hunt and kill anyone they suspect could be a radicalized Muslim. In the wake of a terror attack in London that left seven people dead, Rep. Clay Higgins (R.-La.) is urging people to kill anybody they suspect could be a radicalized Muslim. “Hunt them, identity [sic] them, and kill them. Kill them all,” Higgins wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday. “For the sak..>> view originalDoes Trump have the power to block Comey from testifying? Probably not.
President Nixon tells reporters at a White House news conference in March 1973 that he will not allow his legal counsel, John Dean to testify on Capitol Hill in the Watergate investigation and challenged the Senate to test him in the Supreme Court. (Charles Tasnadi/AP) President Trump seems to have abandoned the idea of invoking “executive privilege” to prevent former FBI director James Comey from testifying before a Senate committee Thursday. But the popping of that trial balloon has less t..>> view originalPolice seek grandma suspected in stabbings that killed baby
A Southern California woman who once was found not guilty by reason of insanity to the attempted murder of her own children is now suspected of stabbing her daughter and two granddaughters. Colton police are looking for Nicole Darrington-Clark, 43, the suspect in Monday's attack that left her 1-year-old granddaughter dead and critically injured her daughter and 5-year-old granddaughter. After the attack, Darrington-Clark fled the apartment she shared with the victims. Neighbors who responde..>> view originalEvergreen State College reopens after violent threat and property damage on campus
The Evergreen State College (photo courtesy of Evergreen State) The Evergreen State College, where angry protests over race have drawn national attention, reopened Monday afternoon with additional police officers stationed on campus. The school shut down abruptly Thursday after someone called the county 911 line and said he had a .44 magnum and was headed to campus to “execute as many people on that campus as I can get ahold of.” The public college in Olympia, Wash. reopened over the weekend..>> view originalAre coal mining jobs up by 50000 since last year? Not exactly
Just days after President Donald Trump announced that he would be pulling the United States out of the Paris international climate agreement, his Environmental Protection Agency administrator went on the Sunday shows to defend Trump’s decision. During the June 4 interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd asked Scott Pruitt whether it was disingenuous for the administration to promise a rebirth of coal. On the one hand, coal is a high-carbon-emissions fuel that is at a disadvantage under..>> view original
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