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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…

Strip clubs are often the places outreach workers from the organization Treasures visit to let the women working there know that help is available if they want to get out of the commercial sex industry. Gloria Hillard/NPR hide caption toggle caption Gloria Hillard/NPR Strip clubs are often the places outreach workers from the organization Treasures visit to let the women working there know that help is available if they want…

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…

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…