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Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., is very mad that people make fun of him on Twitter. He’s so mad, in fact, that he’s bringing a $250-plus million defamation lawsuit against the social media company and his Twitter antagonists, including accounts titled “Devin Nunes’ Mom” and “Devin Nunes’ Cow.” Because the ranking member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and co-sponsor of the “Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act” apparently has nothing…

A woman who climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty last July 4 to protest the separation of families at the Mexican border came to her sentencing Tuesday with her face entirely covered with clear sticky tape, irritating a judge who refused to proceed until she removed it. After she did so, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein spared Therese Okoumou from prison for her conviction on multiple misdemeanor…

WASHINGTON — Picking on a dead man seems like the ultimate bully move. But president Donald Trump continues to trash the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., all the same. “I was never a fan of John McCain, and I never will be,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday, showing that his grudges don’t stop at the graveyard’s edge. That followed a weekend Twitter tirade in which Trump identified…

WASHINGTON — Picking on a dead man seems like the ultimate bully move. But president Donald Trump continues to trash the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., all the same. “I was never a fan of John McCain, and I never will be,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday, showing that his grudges don’t stop at the graveyard’s edge. That followed a weekend Twitter tirade in which Trump identified…

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President Trump plans to nominate Stephen Dickson to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. The agency is under scrutiny for its response to two crashes of Boeing 737 airplanes, which are pictured here outside Boeing’s factory in Renton, Wash., on March 14. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Brashear/Getty Images President Trump plans to nominate Stephen Dickson to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. The agency is under scrutiny for…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump praised Brazil’s new far-right leader Tuesday as he welcomed him to the White House, saying the man who’s been described as the “Trump of the Tropics” has done “a very outstanding job.” Trump said President Jair Bolsonaro had run “one of the incredible campaigns,” saying he was “honored” it had drawn comparisons with his own 2016 victory. And he predicted the two would have a…

Video 2020 Democrats push for increasing the number of Supreme Court justices Republican lawmakers announced Tuesday that they would be introducing a constitutional amendment this week that would stop the recent push by some Democrats to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., slammed calls by 2020 Democratic hopefuls to increase the number of sitting judges as “dangerous” and a threat to the balance of power…

Other potential bills could provide stricter standards for “admissions by exception,” in which universities accept students because they are considered athletic recruits, or due to other special circumstances, if they fail to meet the typical criteria, McCarty said.

Google has some big news for the world of gaming — and it’s coming very soon. Later today, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the company is holding a keynote where it’s widely expected to reveal its long-rumored cloud gaming platform. Google says it will unveil its “vision for the future of gaming,” and it’s been using the tagline “gather around” while teasing the event. The company has…

Video DHS reports illegal immigration at highest rate since 2007 The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Trump administration a victory in its battle to clamp down on illegal immigration by making it easier to detain immigrants with criminal records. The ruling that federal immigration authorities can detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime after they have been released from prison on criminal charges represents a victory for President Trump. In the case…

Prosecutors asked for historic data from Michael Cohen’s cell phones the month before the 2016 election, according to exhibit 7 of the documents. They also had the pen registers, which records numbers called, in and out of Cohen’s cell for two months after the raid, when he was in touch with Trump and his lawyers. The government obtained a warrant for the cell location data pinging from cell towers for…

President Donald Trump heaped praise on his Brazilian counterpart, President Jair Bolsonaro, at the beginning of their joint press conference today. Trump congratulated Bolsonaro on a “tremendous election victory” and an “incredible feat.” “Truly incredible challenge but the end result was something the whole world was talking about,” Trump said, adding that he expects that the two will “have a fantastic working relationship.” Trump affirmed that Bolsonaro, who has been…

KINGWOOD, Virginia (WABC) — Two people were killed when a charter bus traveling from Florida to New York overturned on an Interstate 95 exit in Virginia Tuesday morning. Virginia State Police say in a statement that the Tao’s Travel Inc. bus with 57 people aboard flipped over in Prince George County just before 5:30 a.m. Authorities say that as the bus turned onto an exit, it ran off the left…

Vice President Mike Pence will visit Nebraska Tuesday to survey the damage caused by historic flooding responsible for killing at least three people. The Midwest is bracing for more flooding as rivers in 40 locations have risen to historic levels. Flood watches and warnings are in effect in more than a dozen states and more rain is on the way. More than 70 cities in Nebraska have issued emergency declarations…

Al Noor mosque is shaded by clouds in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Thian/AP Al Noor mosque is shaded by clouds in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday. Vincent Thian/AP A Facebook vice president said fewer than 200 people saw the Christchurch massacre while it was being streamed live on the site. But the video was viewed about 4,000 times before Facebook removed it,…

Kushner, Inc. Greed. Ambition. Corruption.: The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump by Vicky Ward Hardcover, 293 pages | purchase Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were once seen as moderating influences within the White House. A new book by longtime Vanity Fair journalist Vicky Ward, Kushner, Inc., portrays them instead as coiffed agents of chaos — lying, scamming, and backstabbing their way through Donald Trump’s Washington. Kushner, Inc….

On Monday, Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May cannot bring her Brexit deal back to Parliament for a third vote — at least in the deal’s current form. Considering that the European Union has ruled out renegotiating the terms of Brexit, Bercow’s action creates a major obstacle. Up until now, May had hoped to bring her deal back for a third vote…

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — After shutting down access to the “super bloom” display because of large crowds descending to see the poppies, officials reopened Walker Canyon to visitors Monday. Lake Street and Nichols Road have also been reopened, but officials warned parking is limited. Following this season’s heavy rainfall, the hillsides of Lake Elsinore were awash in a blaze of golden-orange poppies. The incredible sight attracted thousands of visitors. MORE:…

California Republican Devin Nunes filed a $250 million lawsuit against Twitter and a group of users Monday, accusing the social media platform of defamation and “shadow-banning conservatives.” The Congressman and former chair of the House Intelligence Committee filed the suit in Virginia state court accusing the social media giant of “negligence, defamation per se, insulting words, and civil conspiracy.” “Twitter allowed (and allows) its platform to serve as a portal…