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Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 7 Fox News Flash top headlines for May 7 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has denied asking former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to intervene in a case where someone reportedly claimed to possess racy “personal” photos that were potentially embarrassing to Falwell and his wife, as a news outlet reported Tuesday. Falwell, during an appearance on Fox…

DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone was shaken Tuesday by the school shooting that occurred in his neighborhood a few hours before his team’s playoff game against the Portland Trail Blazers. “That’s a community I live in. I know thoughts and prayers are never enough, but … from myself, our team, our organization, our thoughts and prayers with all those families, students, school administrators, everybody that was there…

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Toluse Olorunnipa Seung Min Kim May 7 at 7:50 PM President Trump’s aggressive trade policies are running headlong into his campaign for reelection. As Trump prepares to run on the economy, his threat to increase tariffs on imports from China has sent the stock market diving and undercut a stretch of positive economic news. U.S. farmers and exporters, already bearing the brunt of China’s retaliatory tariffs, now face the prospect…

The White House has instructed former White House counsel Donald McGahn not to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats for documents related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, according to a letter sent Tuesday from White House counsel Pat Cipollone to McGahn’s attorney William Burck. Earlier Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on ABC News’ “The Investigation” podcast “I don’t anticipate that that takes place,” when asked…

Newly obtained tax information reveals that from 1985 to 1994, Donald J. Trump’s businesses were in far bleaker condition than was previously known. By RUSS BUETTNER and SUSANNE CRAIG By the time his master-of-the-universe memoir “Trump: The Art of the Deal” hit bookstores in 1987, Donald J. Trump was already in deep financial distress, losing tens of millions of dollars on troubled business deals, according to previously unrevealed figures from…

Although Falwell declined interview requests for this story, he has said repeatedly that he endorsed Trump because Trump was the strongest candidate, had significant experience running a business, and had the right vision for the country. The connection between Trump and Falwell goes back years. In 2012, Trump gave the convocation at Liberty University. One link between Trump and the couple appears to have been Cohen, a now-disbarred New York…

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — There are two suspects in custody and multiple students injured in the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. A ranking law enforcement source told Denver7 that at least one victim was shot and that one suspect was down. Authorities were looking for two other suspects, the source said. The sheriff’s office tweeted about 2:40 p.m. that the incident was an…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, when major stock indexes plunged after U.S. officials accused China of reneging on commitments in trade negotiations. Brendan McDermid/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Brendan McDermid/Reuters Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, when major stock indexes plunged after U.S. officials accused China of reneging on commitments in trade negotiations. Brendan McDermid/Reuters…

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The Justice Department’s offer, made in to avoid a contempt vote against William Barr, does not include allowing additional lawmakers to view the document, leaving a key demand from Democrats unresolved. | Win McNamee/Getty Images congress By ANDREW DESIDERIO and KYLE CHENEY 05/07/2019 04:11 PM EDT Updated 05/07/2019 04:20 PM EDT 2019-05-07T04:20-0400 The Justice Department offered on Tuesday to allow more congressional staffers access to a less-redacted version of special…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Cellphone video recorded by Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail in 2015 following a confrontational traffic stop, shows for the first time her perspective as a white state trooper draws his stun gun and points it at close range while ordering her out of the car. The 39-second clip revealed by the Investigative Network, a nonprofit news organization in Texas, aired…

After the trooper told her to “get off the phone,” Ms. Bland responded: “I’m not on the phone. I have a right to record. This is my property.” “Put your phone down,” Mr. Encinia repeated. “Put your phone down right now.” The video was released by WFAA in partnership with the nonprofit Investigative Network. Its chief reporter, Brian Collister, said the video had been in the hands of law investigators…

President Donald Trump is “goading” Democrats to try and impeach him because he believes it would help “solidify his base” of supporters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday. Pelosi has not been shy about publicly criticizing the president and his administration. But she has shown clear resistance toward the politically fraught prospect of impeaching Trump, even amid growing pressure from her progressive Democratic colleagues to support the drastic move. “Don’t…

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference is over, despite House Democrats pursuing more information. “Case closed,” McConnell, R-Ky., said on the Senate floor about Mueller’s key finding that nobody from President Donald Trump’s campaign conspired with Russians to influence the election. McConnell compared Democratic complaints over the need to continue the 22-month investigation to the movie “Groundhog Day,” where…

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Prominent abortion rights groups launched a campaign Tuesday targeting Republican supporters of the “heartbeat” measure hours before Gov. Brian Kemp was set to sign the new restrictions into law. The “#ReclaimGeorgia” campaign by NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia and Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates aims to spend six figures to mobilize activists and “put unprecedented pressure” on supporters of the measure ahead of next year’s election.  Laura…

A magazine’s cover line in Beijing asks, “How will Trump the businessman change the world?” on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald Trump tapped outspoken China critic Peter Navarro for a top trade position. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images A magazine’s cover line in Beijing asks, “How will Trump the businessman change the world?” on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald…

Video Media rage over William Barr Many pundits want him out as attorney general. The battle between congressional Democrats and the Justice Department over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report has reached new levels of vitriol, as some on the left call for Attorney General Bill Barr to be physically dragged in to testify or even locked up for defying congressional subpoenas. The demands have escalated after the attorney general refused to…

President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael Behenna, a former Army Ranger in the 101st Airborne Division convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner in 2009. Behenna, 35, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for “unpremeditated murder in a combat zone” after killing suspected al-Qaeda terrorist Ali Mansur. Behenna was paroled in 2014. While Behenna said he killed Mansur in self-defense, during the trial he admitted that he disobeyed orders to…