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FBI investigators search the home of the fiance of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth – Daily Mail

Friday, December 14, 2018

The fiance of a woman who vanished on Thanksgiving Day left his house on Friday with the couple’s child in the back of a sheriff’s SUV as police searched the property. The Woodland Park Police Department, together with the FBI, executed a search warrant at the farm of Patrick Frazee where he is a rancher. They hope to find information about the whereabouts of his fiance Kelsey Berreth, 29, who…

Michael Cohen didn’t tell the whole truth about the hush payments in ‘GMA’ interview – Washington Examiner

Friday, December 14, 2018

It should come as a surprise to precisely no one that what Michael Cohen said Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” about Trump and the now-famous 2016 hush-money payments was so inaccurate that you have to wonder if he’s still lying. Cohen, newly convicted felon and former lawyer to President Trump, asserted that Trump directed the payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal specifically to influence…

Byron York: Why Republicans ‘shrug off’ the Michael Cohen case – Washington Examiner

Friday, December 14, 2018

Democrats and media commentators are noting that many Republicans are “shrugging off” the fact that Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to felony campaign finance violations which prosecutors say President Trump directed him to commit. The president, they say, is “implicated in two felonies.” How could GOP lawmakers shrug that off? One little-discussed reason is that many Republicans never liked and continue to oppose current campaign finance laws. They don’t approve of…

Trump offers new alternative facts to explain his problems, but … – CNN

Friday, December 14, 2018

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Turnover in Trump Cabinet, White House shows no sign of slowing amid new departures – Fox News

Friday, December 14, 2018

Video The comings and goings of President Trump’s Cabinet Bret Baier examines the record number of top level turnovers during President Trump’s first term. President Trump has long promised to create jobs, and has consistently delivered — especially in his own White House and Cabinet, where rapid turnover is showing no signs of slowing down as 2018 comes to a close. High-profile departures in the Trump administration — from former Health and Human…

Byron York: Why Republicans ‘shrug off’ the Michael Cohen case – Washington Examiner

Friday, December 14, 2018

Democrats and media commentators are noting that many Republicans are “shrugging off” the fact that Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to felony campaign finance violations which prosecutors say President Trump directed him to commit. The president, they say, is “implicated in two felonies.” How could GOP lawmakers shrug that off? One little-discussed reason is that many Republicans never liked and continue to oppose current campaign finance laws. They don’t approve of…

Trump Inaugural Fund and Super PAC Said to Be Scrutinized for Illegal Foreign Donations – The New York Times

Friday, December 14, 2018

The prosecutors in Manhattan were apparently following up on leads from their case against Michael D. Cohen, the president’s former longtime fixer. Mr. Cohen was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison, in part for organizing payments to cover up sex scandals that could have threatened Mr. Trump’s chances of winning the White House. Among other documents seized during raids on Mr. Cohen’s home and office in the spring,…

‘There’s no plan’: Congress skips town as shutdown nears – POLITICO

Friday, December 14, 2018

Frustrated lawmakers in both parties are complaining that congressional leaders have made zero progress since Tuesday. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images Congress Republicans and Democrats aren’t negotiating how to avert an impending partial government shutdown. By SARAH FERRIS, BURGESS EVERETT and ANTHONY ADRAGNA 12/13/2018 06:14 PM EST Updated 12/13/2018 06:50 PM EST 2018-12-13T06:50-0500 Without President Donald Trump to worry about, a bipartisan deal would likely sail through Congress to fund the…

Migrant caravan: Girl dies in custody after crossing US-Mexico border – BBC News

Friday, December 14, 2018

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence A seven-year-old girl from Guatemala who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border with her father died hours after being taken into custody, US media say. The girl, who arrived in the US last week as part of a group of migrants, died of dehydration and shock, the Washington Post reported. The…

At least 50 bomb threats demanding bitcoin made across Utah as threat sweeps US – KSL.com

Friday, December 14, 2018

PARK CITY — At least 50 bomb threats demanding bitcoin payments were made to businesses in cities across Utah Thursday afternoon as similar threats swept the nation, officials said. Park City, West Valley, South Salt Lake, South Jordan, Murray, Draper, Cache County, Price and Dixie State University in St. George were among those confirmed to have received threats, law enforcement agencies and dispatchers reported. KSL.com has received reports from readers…

US military sends $331 million bill to Saudis, UAE after refueling ‘accounting error’ – CNN

Friday, December 14, 2018

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Corruption investigators probing Trump’s inaugural committee – Washington Examiner

Friday, December 14, 2018

President Trump’s inaugural committee is under investigation for potentially misspending some of the $107 million it received to organize a string of events celebrating the start of the president’s term, according to a report. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are also probing whether some of the committee’s biggest contributors donated money in order to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration in violation of anti-corruption laws, the Wall Street Journal reported…

Trump was at August 2015 meeting about hush money payments, source says – CNN

Friday, December 14, 2018

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Byron York: Why Republicans ‘shrug off’ the Michael Cohen case – Washington Examiner

Friday, December 14, 2018

Democrats and media commentators are noting that many Republicans are “shrugging off” the fact that Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to felony campaign finance violations which prosecutors say President Trump directed him to commit. The president, they say, is “implicated in two felonies.” How could GOP lawmakers shrug that off? One little-discussed reason is that many Republicans never liked and continue to oppose current campaign finance laws. They don’t approve of…

Bernie Sanders: Saudi War In Yemen Is Worst Humanitarian Disaster On The Planet – RealClearPolitics

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Sen. Bernie Sanders joins FNC’s Bret Baier to discuss the effort in the Senate to bring U.S. involvement in the Saudi war in Yemen to an end. “Sen. Mike Lee (conservatives) and progressives have been making this point,” Sanders said. “For decades, under Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, Republicans Congresses and Democratic Congresses, the Congress of the United States has abdicated its constitutional responsibility for war-making. It is not…

Bomb threats emailed to multiple locations across the country – CNN

Thursday, December 13, 2018

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Strasbourg suspect: From young criminal to fugitive attacker – AOL

Thursday, December 13, 2018

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Cherif Chekatt’s criminal career began at age 10. By age 13 he had been convicted. Now, with his third decade still incomplete, he is a fugitive, accused in the deadly shooting at France’s most famous Christmas market. The 29-year-old has more than two dozen convictions, mostly in France but also in Switzerland and Germany. The rare times he’s been out of jail, he’s moved around. He…

Russian Maria Butina pleads guilty in case to forge Kremlin bond with U.S. conservatives – The Washington Post

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Spencer S. Hsu Tom Jackman December 13 at 12:47 PM A Russian gun rights activist pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring with a senior Russian official to infiltrate the conservative movement in the United States as an agent for the Kremlin from 2015 until her arrest in July. Maria Butina, 30, became the first Russian national convicted of seeking to influence U.S. policy in the run-up and through the 2016 election…

Byron York: Why Republicans ‘shrug off’ the Michael Cohen case – Washington Examiner

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Democrats and media commentators are noting that many Republicans are “shrugging off” the fact that Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to felony campaign finance violations which prosecutors say President Trump directed him to commit. The president, they say, is “implicated in two felonies.” How could GOP lawmakers shrug that off? One little-discussed reason is that many Republicans never liked and continue to oppose current campaign finance laws. They don’t approve of…