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Chris Matthews: Why Was There Never An "Interrogation" Of Trump? How Can Mueller Let Him Off The Hook? – RealClearPolitics
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said it is “startling” that there were no indictments following the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Matthews questioned why there was no “interrogation” of President Trump following the announcement that Mueller submitted his report to the U.S. Attorney General on Friday. “Why was there never an interrogation of this president?” Matthews asked. “We were told for weeks by experts, you cannot deal with an…
ISIS has lost its final stronghold in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces says – CNN
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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews livid over Mueller report: ‘How could they let Trump off the hook?’ – Fox News
Video The politics and the fallout from the completion of the Mueller report MSNBC host Chris Matthews expressed outrage on Friday upon hearing reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had completed his Russia investigation and submitted it to the attorney general — with further indictments not expected. SCHIFF REJECTS REPORTS THAT INDICTMENTS ARE OVER Matthews began his show by summarizing the breaking news, but stressed that Mueller handed his report to the…
Boeing 737 Max crash: planes lacked safety upgrades – Vox.com
The passenger jets that recently crashed in Ethiopia and Indonesia had something in common: They lacked safety features that could have helped prevent the deadly accidents, which Boeing charges extra for, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Both upgrades were related to the plane’s angle of attack sensors, devices that read whether a jet’s nose is pointing up or down relative to oncoming air. One upgrade, called the angle…
Maduro’s latest outrage proves the Trump administration is failing in Venezuela – Washington Examiner
President Trump must respond forcefully to Nicolas Maduro’s arrest on Thursday of interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaido’s chief of staff, Roberto Marrero. In allowing its rhetoric to exceed its actions, the Trump administration has ceded the strategic initiative to Maduro. In recent weeks we’ve seen repeated pledges for new tough action against Maduro from officials such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton. But President…
Report: Sydney Aiello, who survived the Parkland high school shooting, dies by suicide – USA TODAY
A recent graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who survived the Parkland school shooting has died by suicide, the student’s mother told CBS Miami. Sydney Aiello was 19 when she died Sunday, according to a GoFundMe page set up in her honor. “She lit up every room she entered. She filled her days cheerleading, doing yoga, and brightening up the days of others. Sydney aspired to work in the medical field helping others…
FEMA ‘major privacy incident’ reveals data from 2.5 million disaster survivors – The Washington Post
Joel Achenbach William Wan Tony Romm March 22 at 6:42 PM The Federal Emergency Management Agency shared personal addresses and banking information of more than 2 million U.S. disaster survivors in what the agency acknowledged Friday was a “major privacy incident.” The data mishap, discovered recently and the subject of a report by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, occurred when the agency shared sensitive, personally identifiable…
Mueller Delivers Report on Trump-Russia Investigation to Attorney General – The New York Times
Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and the head of the House Judiciary Committee, has argued that the department’s view that presidents are protected from prosecution makes it all the more important for the public to see Mr. Mueller’s report. “To maintain that a sitting president cannot be indicted, and then to withhold evidence of wrongdoing from Congress because the president cannot be charged, is to convert D.O.J. policy…
Trump wastes his hard work on North Korea with foolish sanctions waiver – Washington Examiner
President Trump is right to sideline North Korean human rights, right to flatter Kim Jong Un in their personal meetings, and right to pursue a grand bargain to end North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile-enabled nuclear threat. But all his efforts will go to waste if he copies South Korea and embraces a concession-based strategy towards Kim. Sadly, that’s exactly what Trump did on Friday, in suspending sanctions that were about…
White House declares end to Islamic State, but fighting grinds on – The Washington Post
Missy Ryan March 22 at 4:59 PM U.S.-backed forces have pushed the Islamic State out of its final foothold in Syria, the White House said Friday, making a long-awaited victory announcement but defying eyewitness accounts of continued fighting. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the group’s “territorial caliphate has been eliminated in Syria.” Trump, making brief remarks to reporters after landing in…
Cyclone Idai: Zimbabwe’s desperate search for the missing – BBC News
Parts of southern Africa have been left devastated after Cyclone Idai swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more affected. Even though the cyclone hit Mozambique over a week ago, aid agencies are warning that the disaster is getting worse. The BBC’s Shingai Nyoka reports from Chimanimani in Eastern Zimbabwe, one of the worst affected areas.
Student who survived Parkland school shooting dies in suicide: report – Fox News
Video Student who survived Parkland school shooting dies in suicide: report Sydney Aiello, 19, of Coconut Creek, died Sunday, according to police. Her grief-stricken mother told a news station Sydney took her own life. The suicide death over the weekend of a teen who survived the 2018 Parkland school shooting is being blamed on the horrible tragedy. Sydney Aiello, 19, of Coconut Creek, died Sunday, according to police. Her grief-stricken…
Donald Trump’s new, confusing closing argument against the Mueller report – CNN
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Indonesia’s National Airline Seeks to Cancel Order of Boeing Max 8s – The New York Times
Garuda could find it difficult to get out of its Max 8 order. Airlines typically put down a deposit of as much as 20 percent of the price of the plane, which costs $120 million before discounts, modifications and other adjustments. To get out of such a commitment, an airline has to show that the plane suffers from a structural problem or some other debilitating flaw, industry experts say. Airlines…
Teen arrested for alleged threats targeting black, minority students at a Charlottesville school – NBC News
A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday for allegedly making online threats against black and minority students at a high school in Charlottesville, Virginia, police said. The arrest came after the Charlottesville City Schools said it would be closing all of its public schools for the second day in a row Friday as police investigated the message. The district also closed schools Thursday after an anonymous person posted a message on…
Marine Corps commandant says deploying troops to the border poses ‘unacceptable risk’ – Los Angeles Times
Neller, a four-star general, said because of the problems, Marines will not participate in planned training exercises in Indonesia, Scotland and Mongolia, and will reduce their participation in joint exercises with Australia and South Korea.
Sore loser Stacey Abrams for VP? Don’t do it, Uncle Joe! – Washington Examiner
If any single candidate in the 2020 presidential race can galvanize the Obama base and swing the disaffected center and Never Trump coalition of the Republican Party, it’s former Vice President Joe Biden. For all his gaffes and faux pas, Uncle Joe is uniquely positioned to burst back into the scene and on the center of the debate stage. Yet Biden may be throwing a wrench into not just this…
Indonesia’s Garuda is canceling its $4.9 billion order for the Boeing 737 Max – CNN
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Tucker Carlson: There Must Be "Consequences" For Those Claiming Russian Collusion if Mueller Report Shows None – RealClearPolitics
For now, we’d like to take a second to put this entire, sprawling story in perspective. Our job on this show is to remember things, to create a record of what’s happened in this country over the past few years, and what’s happened to it. Our grandchildren will want to know. If the left has its way, they will never see the details. It will all be whitewashed,…
Brexit Delay OK’d By EU — Two Weeks, Or Maybe Two Months – NPR
British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after addressing a media conference at an E.U. summit in Brussels on Friday. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption toggle caption Frank Augstein/AP British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after addressing a media conference at an E.U. summit in Brussels on Friday. Frank Augstein/AP In the corridors of the Europa building in Brussels, European Union officials gathered around a small table, determining the fate of the…