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Every turn of every investigation into Russia and the 2016 election has hit a dead end, and likewise, no one should expect a thrill ride when special counsel Robert Mueller finally turns in his report. A new Time article by former prosecutor Renato Mariotti readies liberals and other critics of President Trump for that ultimately disappointing outcome to the yearslong special counsel investigation. True, that’s the likely end facing Trump’s…

SACRAMENTO — The two Sacramento police officers whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year prompted nationwide protests will not face criminal charges, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced Saturday. Schubert said the use of lethal force used by Officers Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet was lawful. The officers have said they thought Clark, a vandalism suspect, had a gun but investigators found only a cellphone….

President Donald Trump can be shamed into (kind of) walking back comments that reflect kindly on known tyrants — all it takes is resounding criticism that overshadows any of his related accomplishments. After receiving widespread negative coverage of comments he made earlier this week appearing to absolve North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in the death of Otto Warmbier, a US student who died after being imprisoned in North Korea…

President Trump on Saturday invited Hayden Williams, the conservative activist attacked at Berkeley, to the stage to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. (Fox News) President Trump announced Saturday that he will sign an executive order to promote free speech on college campuses. Trump made the announcement at the Conservative Political Action Conference after he brought up to the stage Hayden Williams, the conservative activist attacked last month at…

Every turn of every investigation into Russia and the 2016 election has hit a dead end, and likewise, no one should expect a thrill ride when special counsel Robert Mueller finally turns in his report. A new Time article by former prosecutor Renato Mariotti readies liberals and other critics of President Trump for that ultimately disappointing outcome to the yearslong special counsel investigation. True, that’s the likely end facing Trump’s…

Don’t miss breaking news on this developing story: Sign up for alerts. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert has made her decision not to indict the two police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark last year. Here’s what’s happening in Sacramento: “The mother of his child was completely disrespected” 1:45 p.m.: Black Lives Matter – Sacramento leader Tonya Faison called Schubert’s presentation “disrespectful,” especially details about his relationship…

In retrospect, it was an important message that was obscured by the discussion of an end-of-war declaration. What really mattered to Mr. Kim were the sanctions, which, after three new rounds in 2017, were strangling his nation’s already pitiful economy. The United States had even cut off critical humanitarian aid to the country by barring American aid groups from traveling there. A Grand Bargain With diplomacy stalled, Mr. Trump decided…

Piled up picket signs at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif. Oakland teachers began a strike on Feb. 21. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Piled up picket signs at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif. Oakland teachers began a strike on Feb. 21. Jeff Chiu/AP You’re reading NPR’s weekly roundup of education news. Report: Limited school choice options for Native American students According to a report released…

Jack Shafer is Politico’s senior media writer. Who do you want to believe? President Donald Trump, who has told more than 8,000 lies since becoming president, or his ex-attorney, the recently disbarred Michael Cohen, who has confessed to lying to Congress and is prison-bound for those fibs, as well as other charges, who now calls his former boss a “conman”? If you sided with the newly penitent former legal hitman,…

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A poster that was displayed at the West Virginia statehouse Friday linking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, sparked outrage between lawmakers, a report stated.  (Getty Images) A poster displayed at the West Virginia statehouse Friday linking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, has sparked outrage among lawmakers. The poster, which was displayed on a table in the rotunda in…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Special Counsel Robert Mueller has pursued his investigation into Moscow’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, legal experts have debated what sort of contacts between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia may have violated U.S. criminal law. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia used a scheme of hacking and propaganda to cause discord in the United States and harm Trump’s Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. Mueller’s…

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What moral sacrifices should the U.S. be willing to make to secure North Korea’s effective denuclearization? I ask that question in light of the uproar that has followed President Trump’s equivocation over Otto Warmbier. An American student who was imprisoned in North Korea, Warmbier died shortly after his return to the U.S. in 2017. But where Trump previously condemned Warmbier’s demise as evidence of Kim Jong Un’s barbarous regime, on…

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Zachary Greenberg, 28, was arrested by university police about 1 p.m., after a judge issued an arrest warrant in the Feb. 19 attack on Hayden Williams. (Alameda County Sheriff’s Office) University of California-Berkeley officials on Friday arrested a suspect who allegedly assaulted a conservative activist on campus last month. Zachary Greenberg, 28, was arrested by university police about 1 p.m., after a judge issued an arrest warrant in the Feb. 19 attack…

White House communications official Bill Shine (left), then-White House chief of staff John Kelly and senior adviser Jared Kushner wait in the Oval Office in December 2018. The New York Times reports that Kelly opposed Kushner’s security clearance, but President Trump overruled him and others. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images White House communications official Bill Shine (left), then-White House chief of staff John Kelly and…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Defense WASHINGTON — The collapse of talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has temporarily stalled efforts to dismantle a nuclear program that has taken leaps forward in recent years. North Korea, the only nation to have tested nuclear weapons this century, spent most of Trump’s first year in office perfecting its nuclear arsenal. The newest member of the world’s…

Video Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questions Cohen on whether Trump devalued assets to evade taxes House Democrats are vowing to get their hands on President Trump’s past tax returns. And according a spokeswoman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, they will “take all necessary steps” — including litigation — to get them. “Every day the American people and Congress learn more about President Trump’s improprieties, from conflicts of interest to influence peddling, potential tax evasion…