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In the latest bombshell to ricochet around the Beltway press, the New York Times discovered that against the guidance of President Trump’s top intelligence officials and legal counsel, he unilaterally granted his son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance. The president has that power. This wouldn’t even be a story if his camp hadn’t spent months lying about it. The president and Ivanka Trump both…

In the city of Piedras Negras, officials rounded up hundreds of migrants who arrived in a caravan in recent weeks and kept them under tight watch in a shelter with limited access to outsiders, advocates say. After a public outcry, the center was closed and many were bused to other cities and towns along the border. The mayor of Ciudad Juárez, meanwhile, has threatened to sue a neighboring governor for…

Just days after the city council of Fairbanks, Alaska, voted in favor of an LGBTQ anti-discrimination ordinance, the city’s mayor announced he plans to veto the measure. “I do not take this action lightly,” Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly stated in a letter addressed to the city’s residents. “I became a sponsor of Ordinance 6093 because I believe that all people should be treated with dignity and respect, and the concept…

Cindy and Fred Warmbier, parents of Otto Warmbier, released a statement saying, “No excuses or lavish praise can change” the fact that they hold North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responsible for their son’s death. The Warmbiers are seen here at the U.N., where they spoke about human rights last May. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Cindy and Fred Warmbier, parents of Otto Warmbier, released a statement…

Cindy and Fred Warmbier, parents of Otto Warmbier, released a statement saying, “No excuses or lavish praise can change” the fact that they hold North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responsible for their son’s death. The Warmbiers are seen here at the U.N., where they spoke about human rights last May. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Cindy and Fred Warmbier, parents of Otto Warmbier, released a statement…

Cindy and Fred Warmbier, parents of Otto Warmbier, released a statement saying, “No excuses or lavish praise can change” the fact that they hold North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responsible for their son’s death. The Warmbiers are seen here at the U.N., where they spoke about human rights last May. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Cindy and Fred Warmbier, parents of Otto Warmbier, released a statement…

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CLOSE Michael Cohen testified in front of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday. Cohen called Trump a ‘conman,’ a ‘cheat,’ and ‘fundamentally disloyal.’ USA TODAY President Donald Trump accused his former personal attorney Michael Cohen of previously pushing a book about his administration that contradicted the scathing testimony Cohen delivered before a House committee about his former boss on Wednesday. It was the latest in a string of…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Politics Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Friday he’s entering the 2020 presidential race as a climate change crusader but he’s facing risk given polls show the issue ranks near the bottom as an issue priority for adult Americans. “I’m running for president because I’m the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation’s number one priority,” Inslee said in a video released Friday….

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the beating of a 92-year-old man that was captured on video and shared widely on social media. Thirty-year-old Laquisha Jones was sentenced Thursday following her no contest plea to elder abuse in December. Laquisha Jonesvia NBC Los Angeles Prosecutors say Jones severely beat Rodolfo Rodriguez in the face with a brick on July 4…

HANOI, Vietnam — President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with Kim Jong Un because the North Korean leader demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that Kim’s delegation called a rare news conference in the middle of the night to deny. So who’s telling the truth? In this case, it seems that the North Koreans are. And it’s a demand they have…

Video Report: President Trump pushed John Kelly to get Jared Kushner a top-level security clearance The New York Times reports that the president overruled concerns from intelligence officials and the top White House attorney; Kushner’s attorney says the clearance was handled without undue pressure. A spokesman for White House senior adviser Jared Kushner‘s attorney told Fox News Thursday that President Trump’s son-in-law received a top-secret security clearance through “the regular process…

Less than a day after a heated exchange about race, Reps. Mark Meadows and Rashida Tlaib reconciled on the House floor. Tlaib, a freshman Democratic congresswoman from Michigan, had criticized Meadows for using a black administration official as a “prop” at the House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday. Meadows was attempting to discredit testimony by Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, that the president was a “racist.” The official, Lynne Patton,…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questioning of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, at the House Oversight and Reform Committee. (Associated Press) After more than two dozen moderate Democrats broke from their party’s progressive wing and sided with Republicans on a legislative amendment Wednesday, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly sounded the alarm in a closed-door meeting Thursday and said those Democrats were “putting themselves on a list.”…

HOUSTON — An aging Vietnam veteran who murdered his in-laws in an apparent rash of vengeance is slated to die in Huntsville Thursday, even over outcry from activists and attorneys dismayed by the false testimony and questionable experts that sent him to death row. Billie Wayne Coble was distraught over the disintegration of his third marriage in the summer of 1989 when he kidnapped his estranged wife and killed her…

HANOI, Vietnam — President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with Kim Jong Un because the North Korean leader demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that Kim’s delegation called a rare news conference in the middle of the night to deny. So who’s telling the truth? In this case, it seems that the North Koreans are. And it’s a demand they have…

Video Report: President Trump pushed John Kelly to get Jared Kushner a top-level security clearance The New York Times reports that the president overruled concerns from intelligence officials and the top White House attorney; Kushner’s attorney says the clearance was handled without undue pressure. A spokesman for White House senior adviser Jared Kushner‘s attorney told Fox News Thursday that President Trump’s son-in-law received a top-secret security clearance through “the regular process…

Less than a day after a heated exchange about race, Reps. Mark Meadows and Rashida Tlaib reconciled on the House floor. Tlaib, a freshman Democratic congresswoman from Michigan, had criticized Meadows for using a black administration official as a “prop” at the House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday. Meadows was attempting to discredit testimony by Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, that the president was a “racist.” The official, Lynne Patton,…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questioning of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, at the House Oversight and Reform Committee. (Associated Press) After more than two dozen moderate Democrats broke from their party’s progressive wing and sided with Republicans on a legislative amendment Wednesday, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly sounded the alarm in a closed-door meeting Thursday and said those Democrats were “putting themselves on a list.”…

HOUSTON — An aging Vietnam veteran who murdered his in-laws in an apparent rash of vengeance is slated to die in Huntsville Thursday, even over outcry from activists and attorneys dismayed by the false testimony and questionable experts that sent him to death row. Billie Wayne Coble was distraught over the disintegration of his third marriage in the summer of 1989 when he kidnapped his estranged wife and killed her…