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Wall Street Journal: NRA chief executive says he was pressured to resign by group’s president – CNN

Saturday, April 27, 2019

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Sunnyvale crash: Driver targeted victims because he thought they were Muslim, police say – San Francisco Chronicle

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Police investigate the scene of the car crash on El Camino Real and Sunnyvale Saratoga Roads in Sunnyvale, on April 23, 2019. Police investigate the scene of the car crash on El Camino Real and Sunnyvale Saratoga Roads in Sunnyvale, on April 23, 2019. Photo: Cody Glenn Caption Close Police investigate the scene of the car crash on El Camino Real and Sunnyvale Saratoga Roads in Sunnyvale, on April 23,…

Here’s the timeline for a potentially historic storm – WTMJ-TV

Saturday, April 27, 2019

MILWAUKEE — Two weeks ago, Wisconsin was covered in snow. Despite the nice spring weather, it appears snow is on its way back. According to Storm Team 4 Meteorologist Brian Niznansky, southeast Wisconsin is expected to get up to 6 inches of snow Saturday. Today’s Storm Team 4Cast Here is how the storm breaks down Saturday and early Sunday: Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the snow and rain will…

Trump heeds NRA, decides to pull U.S. out of U.N. arms treaty – AOL

Friday, April 26, 2019

INDIANAPOLIS, April 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday announced at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting that the United States will drop out of an international arms treaty signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by the NRA and other conservative groups. Trump told members of the gun lobby that he intends to revoke the status of the United States as a signatory of the Arms…

4 people killed in Colorado pileup, truck driver faces vehicular homicide charges – WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland

Friday, April 26, 2019

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Colorado officials say four people have died after a semi-truck hauling lumber plowed into vehicles on Interstate 70, causing a fire so intense that it melted the roadway and metal off of cars. Authorities had to wait until daylight Friday to confirm the death toll from Thursday’s 28-vehicle pileup because of the devastation caused by the fire. Six people were taken to hospitals with injuries. Their conditions…

FBI Director Wray: Russia "Upping Their Game" With Election Interference; 2018 Was "Dress Rehersal For Big Show In 2020" – RealClearPolitics

Friday, April 26, 2019

RICHARD HAASS, CFR: And I wanted to begin with the special counsel, Mr. Mueller, who described Russian interference in the 2016 election, to use his phrase, sweeping and systematic. Is that a view you subscribe to? CHRISTOPHER WRAY, FBI DIRECTOR: Well, I think everybody has their own adjectives. I do think that Russia poses a very significant counterintelligence threat, certainly in the cyber arena, certainly what we call the…

Joe Biden tops Democratic field with $6.3 million haul on first day of 2020 bid – CNN

Friday, April 26, 2019

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‘I can land the plane’: How Rosenstein tried to mollify Trump, protect Mueller and save his job – The Washington Post

Friday, April 26, 2019

President Trump shakes hands with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, at the White House in October. (Susan Walsh/AP) Matt Zapotosky Josh Dawsey Devlin Barrett April 26 at 3:20 PM Rod J. Rosenstein, again, was in danger of losing his job. The New York Times had just reported that — in the heated days after James B. Comey was fired as FBI director — the deputy attorney general had suggested…

Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months in prison on conspiracy charge – CNN

Friday, April 26, 2019

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Trump defends ‘a great general’ who fought against the U.S.: Robert E. Lee – AOL

Friday, April 26, 2019

President Trump on Friday defended saying there were “very fine people on both sides” of the deadly clashes in Charlottesville, Va., between white nationalists and counterprotesters in 2017. The president spoke outside the White House a day after former Vice President Joe Biden launched his presidential bid with a video condemning Trump for the controversial remarks. “I was talking about people that felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E. Lee, a…

How Joe Biden’s candidacy will be different from his runs in 1988 and 2008 – Washington Examiner

Friday, April 26, 2019

After months of speculation, former Vice President Joe Biden has finally entered the 2020 presidential race. In a campaign announcement video he released Thursday morning, Biden said, “The core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our very democracy, everything that has made America — America — is at stake. That’s why today I’m announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.” This is Biden’s third presidential…

Joe Biden Declines to Directly Apologize to Anita Hill for His Handling of 1991 Hearing – The New York Times

Friday, April 26, 2019

Mr. Biden largely sidestepped a question about how a Biden presidency would differ from the Obama administration, only saying that the two men disagreed on the “implementation” and “timing of some things.” He said that he had asked Mr. Obama not to endorse him in the 2020 race because “I didn’t want it to look like he was putting his thumb on the scale here.” Asked if he would apologize…

Pentagon set to expand military role along southern border – The Washington Post

Friday, April 26, 2019

Greg Jaffe Missy Ryan Nick Miroff April 26 at 11:20 AM The Pentagon is preparing to approve a loosening of rules that bar troops from interacting with migrants entering the United States, expanding the military’s involvement in President Trump’s operation along the southern border. Senior Defense Department officials have recommended that acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan approve a new request from the Department of Homeland Security to provide military lawyers,…

Biden’s candidacy offers Democrats a choice: Reset or revolution? – Washington Examiner

Friday, April 26, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s entrance into the 2020 presidential election will provide Democrats a choice: Do they want a reset, or do they want a revolution? As Democrats have spent the past several months outlining the sweeping changes they want to make to the United States, more than anything, Biden’s candidacy represents a promise to go back to a pre-Trump era in American politics where things were a bit…

Multiple people dead in fiery crash on Colorado freeway – Fox News

Friday, April 26, 2019

Video Out of control semi-truck plows into stopped traffic killing multiple people At least a dozen cars, three semi-trucks involved in crash in Denver, Colorado. Multiple people died Thursday when a semitrailer plowed into stationary traffic that resulted in explosions and flames on a Colorado freeway, authorities said. The fiery crash occurred just before 5 p.m. in the Denver suburb of Lakewood when a truck driver lost control while traveling…

Connolly threatens to jail Trump officials who won’t comply with subpoenas – CNN

Friday, April 26, 2019

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Trump: Russia investigations an attempted ‘coup’ – POLITICO – POLITICO

Friday, April 26, 2019

“We have nothing to do with Russia except that we have been tougher on Russia than any administration in 50 years,” President Donald Trump said. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo White House By BIANCA QUILANTAN 04/26/2019 12:28 AM EDT Updated 04/26/2019 12:34 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 00:34:03 EDT 2019 President Donald Trump on Thursday called the FBI probe into his 2016 campaign and subsequent investigations into Russian election meddling “an…

Rosenstein fires back at critics over Mueller report – The Washington Post

Friday, April 26, 2019

Philip Bump Devlin Barrett April 25 at 10:52 PM NEW YORK — Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein hit back hard against politicians and the press Thursday night, and warned that hacking and social media ma­nipu­la­tion are “only the tip of the iceberg” when it comes to Russian efforts to influence American elections. Speaking at the Public Servants Dinner of the Armenian Bar Association, Rosenstein unleashed his sharpest critique yet…

Trump team is likely ‘pretty concerned’ about Joe Biden, Federalist publisher says – Fox News

Friday, April 26, 2019

Video The politics of Joe Biden’s third presidential bid Former Vice President Joe Biden launches his 2020 bid as a battle for ‘soul’ of America; reaction and analysis from the ‘Special Report’ All-Stars. Contrary to some public statements, President Trump and his campaign staff are likely “pretty concerned” about having former Vice President Joe Biden as a potential opponent in 2020, the Federalist publisher Ben Domenech said Thursday. “I actually think…

Trump accuses Hillary Clinton of ‘destroying the lives’ of his campaign staffers | TheHill – The Hill

Friday, April 26, 2019

President TrumpDonald John TrumpForget the spin: Five unrefuted Mueller Report revelations Lara Trump: Merkel admitting migrants ‘one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany’ Financial satisfaction hits record high: survey MORE argued Thursday that former Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonForget the spin: Five unrefuted Mueller Report revelations Former senators launching effort to help Dems win rural votes Biden’s announcement was a general election message, says…