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CLOSE Students of the Colorado STEM school shooting stormed out of an “interfaith vigil,” saying their trauma was being politicized. USA TODAY A vigil honoring Colorado high school shooting victim Kendrick Castillo dissolved into protest late Wednesday with some students walking out and others chanting “mental health” when speakers discussed gun control. More than 2,000 attended the vigil at STEM School Highlands Ranch High School, as STEM School Highlands Ranch students…

After negotiations with the Department of Justice fell apart, House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee voted to find Attorney General William Barr in contempt for not complying with the panel’s subpoenas to provide documents related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report.  The vote passed along party lines, 24-16, after six hours of contentious debate on the topic. The contempt resolution will now go to the full House for a…

One day after the Senate Majority Leader proclaimed the Russia investigation, “Case closed” in a speech on the Senate floor – and hours after President Trump declared the same on Twitter – multiple news organizations reported Wednesday that the Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a subpoena for additional testimony by Donald Trump Jr. on the Russia probe, a surprise action by a committee controlled by Republicans in…

LOS ANGELES – The Latest on the seizure of more than 1,000 guns in Los Angeles (all times local): 8:05 p.m. Authorities say they’ve arrested a man after seizing more than 1,000 guns from a mansion in a posh area of Los Angeles. Police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives served a search warrant at around 4 a.m. Wednesday at the home on the border…

Denver is set to become the first city in the United States to effectively decriminalize the psychedelic substance in “magic mushrooms,” but only after it appeared the ballot measure would fail in a tight race. The measure, sponsored by a group of citizen activists, appears to have passed Wednesday by a 1.12 percent margin, according to NBC-affiliate KUSA. The move underlines Denver’s role in shaping the national conversation around drug…

Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 8 Fox News Flash top headlines for May 8 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decried U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s support for disputed Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday as “disgusting” and “not in either of our countries’ best interests.” “It is disgusting to see leaders, in not only the United Kingdom but the…

Video House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt 24 Democrats voted yes and 16 Republicans voted no to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt. In yet another dramatic escalation in the ongoing battle between House Democrats and the Trump administration, the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed the Justice Department for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full, unredacted report and the underlying evidence. The subpoena comes hours…

Updated at 8:06 p.m. ET A day after the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado, local officials urged people not to view such attacks as part of life in Colorado. “These are aberrant acts,” 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler said. This week’s attack happened not long after the 20th anniversary of the school shooting in nearby Columbine. The shooting injured eight people and left one student dead….

WASHINGTON – The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr., according to a published report. The subpoena is in relation to Russia investigation matters, Axios reports. The move will pit a Republican-led congressional committee – chaired by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) – against the Republican White House. This also marks the first time one of the president’s children has been handed a subpoena. While special counsel Robert Mueller was…

LOS ANGELES — Federal and local agents seized more than 1,000 weapons Wednesday at a home in one of the richest neighborhoods in the country, authorities said. Los Angeles police and agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives discovered the rifles and pistols while serving a search warrant at the residence in the Holmby Hills area of west Los Angeles. “This stemmed from an investigation of…

Video New York Times reports Trump tax figures show financial trouble from 1984-1995 The president goes on the defense on Twitter after the New York Times reports on his ‘decade in the red’; Kevin Corke reports from the White House. The New York Times no doubt considers it quite a coup to have obtained and published President Trump’s tax return information from 1985 to 1994. But doing so violated Trump’s right under…

Video Rep. Jim Jordan: House Democrats are trying to destroy Attorney General William Barr The push to hold William Barr in contempt is an effort to prevent the attorney general from investigating the origins of the Mueller probe, says Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee. House Judiciary Committee Republican Jim Jordan charged at an explosive hearing on Wednesday that Democrats were out to “destroy” Attorney…

High schooler Devon Erickson has been named by police as one of the suspected gunman who shot nine at STEM School Highlands Ranch. Learn more about the suspect, and the case as the investigation continues. Douglas County, Colorado police have released the name of one of the suspects accused of shooting nine students, killing one, at STEM School Highlands Ranch: Devon Erickson. The sheriff’s office stated on Twitter, “Adult suspect…

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The House Judiciary Committee prepared to vote Wednesday morning to hold Mr. Barr in contempt, despite a threat issued late Tuesday night from the Justice Department that it would ask the president to invoke executive privilege over the materials the Democrats are demanding. [Read the letter Mr. Barr wrote to Mr. Trump on executive privilege.] Committee Democrats did not take kindly to the department’s threat. “In the coming days, I…

One of the two shooters accused of opening fire inside a Denver-area school, killing one student and wounding nine others, will make his first appearance in court Wednesday. Initial charges against Devon Erickson, 18, will be announced at 1:30 p.m. local time, officials said at a morning press conference. The second suspect — a female who is a minor — will not be in court Wednesday, said George Brauchler, the…

HIGHLANDS RANCH — One student was killed and eight more were wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at STEM School Highlands Ranch allegedly committed by two of their peers, authorities say. Two gunmen, one adult and one juvenile, entered the school just before 2 p.m. and “got deep inside the school and engaged students in two separate locations,” Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock talks…

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The diplomatic cable from Beijing arrived in Washington late on Friday night, with systematic edits to a nearly 150-page draft trade agreement that would blow up months of negotiations between the world’s two largest economies, according to three U.S. government sources and three private sector sources briefed on the talks. The document was riddled with reversals by China that undermined core U.S. demands, the sources told Reuters….

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Brian Rabbitt (right) has managed to largely stay out of the public eye as he handled the Russia investigation from multiple sides. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Legal Brian Rabbitt’s role reveals the carousel nature of the Russia probe, which has seen key players switching positions over the last two years. By DARREN SAMUELSOHN 05/08/2019 05:03 AM EDT Brian Rabbitt has seen the Russia investigations through from start to finish —…