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To boot, the endorsement was particularly effusive. “As the 2020 Democratic primary for president of the United States heats up, the IAFF is supporting the one candidate who will protect our members on the job, help keep fire departments fully staffed and support your right to have a voice in the workplace,” the statement read. “Based on his unequaled record on our union’s basket of issues and our long-standing core…

To boot, the endorsement was particularly effusive. “As the 2020 Democratic primary for president of the United States heats up, the IAFF is supporting the one candidate who will protect our members on the job, help keep fire departments fully staffed and support your right to have a voice in the workplace,” the statement read. “Based on his unequaled record on our union’s basket of issues and our long-standing core…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Migrants wait to receive food at the Casa del Refugiado US President Donald Trump wants asylum seekers to pay a fee to have their applications processed in the latest move in his crackdown on migration. The direction was given in a presidential memorandum on Monday, which called for a slew of new rules. The president also wants to disqualify asylum seekers who enter the United…

Boeing Co. on Monday said certain safety alerts on its 737 MAX jets didn’t operate as airlines would have anticipated because of a previously undisclosed error on its part. Boeing’s statement came a day after The Wall Street Journal reported the company hadn’t told airlines flying 737 MAX jets that certain safety alerts wouldn’t function as expected. The issue of nonfunctioning alerts came to light after the crash of a…

President Donald Trump, along with his family and the Trump Organization, have filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against Deutsche bank and Capitol One to prevent them from turning over documents about the Trumps and their business to Congress. Attorneys representing Trump and his family call the subpoenas issued “unlawful and illegitimate.” “We filed this case to protect the privacy rights of the President, his family and…

Japan’s Emperor Akihito, right, leaves after a ritual to report his abdication to the throne, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Japan’s Emperor Akihito, right, leaves after a ritual to report his abdication to the throne, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday. AP For the first time in more than 200 years, a Japanese emperor has abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne….

CLOSE Speaking to reporters on his way to Atlanta, President Donald Trump says his White House will be “fighting all the subpoenas” issued by House Democrats in their investigations into his administration. (April 24) AP, AP President Donald Trump is suing Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an effort to prevent them from providing financial records requested through congressional subpoenas. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court Southern…

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U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna stands next to photos of Mark Steven Domingo during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday. Federal prosecutors said Domingo had planned to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks but was thwarted. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Vogel/AP U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna stands next to photos of Mark Steven Domingo during a news conference in Los…

Video How important should the working class vote be to 2020 Democrats? Biden kicks off 2020 campaign by courting union workers; panel reaction and analysis on ‘The Story.’ Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera said former Vice President Joe Biden was the “best hope” for Democrats to galvanize African-American voters in the 2020 presidential campaign. “I think that Joe Biden is really the best hope. Bernie Sanders isn’t going to get that vote. Joe Biden,…

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In his first video in five years, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday was shown talking to three followers. I am highly confident that it is indeed Baghdadi in the video and not a impersonator. The video is specifically notable for two reasons. First, its nature and recording date. The video is very recent: almost certainly recorded after March 23 and before April 21. On video, Baghdadi references…

The Department of Justice announced Monday the arrest of a former U.S. Army infantryman who is accused of plotting a “mass casualty” terrorist attack at a white nationalist rally in Long Beach, California over the weekend. Agents arrested the suspect, Mark Steven Domingo of Reseda, California, on Friday evening after an undercover source for the FBI sent the suspect what he believed was a live bomb that he could use…

Lori Gilbert Kaye died after jumping in front of the rabbi to protect him. The rabbi was hit in both hands. The gunman left the building, potentially after his weapon malfunctioned, and surrendered to the police a short time later. He was charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder on Sunday morning. Officials said they were investigating whether he posted an anti-Semitic manifesto online before…

Video Democrats accuse Attorney General Barr of misleading Congress Did Barr distort the findings of the Mueller report to favor President Trump? Reaction from Guy Lewis, former U.S. attorney who served with William Barr at the Justice Department under President George H.W. Bush. A series of battles between Trump administration officials and congressional Democrats escalated over the weekend as one high-profile Cabinet member threatened to boycott a scheduled hearing and another…

INDIANAPOLIS — The National Rifle Association, which began its annual meeting last week with optimism and enthusiasm, leaves Indianapolis amid unprecedented chaos, with President Oliver North announcing his abrupt departure and new legal scrutiny of the group’s finances and inner workings. Mr. North was decrying the “disarm America” movement to an adoring crowd on Friday, but on Saturday he was announcing — by proxy — that he would no longer…

David Freedlander writes about politics and culture. He lives in New York. If you read through the many, many profiles written of presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg in the past several months, it’s hard not to notice just how many reporters happen to have had personal encounters with the candidate, often months before he was in the headlines. There’s the article in the Atlantic where the writer met the mayor of…

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