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The bill that wouldn’t die: The unlikely story behind the criminal justice overhaul – CNN

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

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House GOP releases transcript of explosive closed-door Comey questioning – Fox News

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Video Transcript released from James Comey’s second closed-door testimony Comey testified before a House panel about 2016 FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private emails; Peter Doocy reports from Capitol Hill. House Republicans on Tuesday released a transcript of their explosive closed-door session a day earlier with fired FBI Director James Comey, who revealed during the questioning that FBI agents knew “exactly” what ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had told Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak prior to…

Trump retreats on shutdown | TheHill – The Hill

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

In a swift reversal, the White House on Tuesday dropped its demand that a government funding measure include $5 billion for President TrumpDonald John TrumpREAD: Transcript of James Comey’s interview with House Republicans Klobuchar on 2020: ‘I do think you want voices from the Midwest’ Israel boycott fight roils Democrats in year-end spending debate MORE’s wall on the Mexican border. Trump’s concession paves the way for lawmakers to reach a…

Donald Trump’s Michael Flynn-sized blind spot was just exposed again – CNN

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ loses more sponsors after comments about immigrants – AOL

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Fox News and Tucker Carlson faced additional sponsor defections on Monday, with fitness maker Bowflex announcing that it would cease advertising on Carlson’s primetime program “Tucker Carlson Tonight” after a flap about Carlson’s comments about immigrants last week. Bowflex’s decision follows similar moves by Pacific Life, the employment website Indeed and SmileDirectClub, which all publicly cut ties to the show. “We can confirm that Nautilus, Inc., parent company for Bowflex,…

Trump Foundation To Dissolve Amid New York Attorney General’s Investigation – NPR

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Donald Trump awards a $100,000 check to a veterans charity in Sioux City, Iowa, during a 2016 event. His use of the Trump Foundation during the campaign raised legal questions about its activities. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Donald Trump awards a $100,000 check to a veterans charity in Sioux City, Iowa, during a 2016 event. His use of the Trump…

White House suggests it could back down on $5 billion border wall demand – CNBC

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Politics The White House suggested Tuesday that President Donald Trump could back down from his demand for $5 billion to fund his proposed border wall in a year-end spending bill. Trump’s push for the money has threatened a partial government shutdown when funding for seven agencies lapses after midnight Friday. Last week, the president said he would be “proud” to close parts of the…

‘Very limited’ body cam footage recovered after Chicago officers killed by train – NBCNews.com

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

CHICAGO — Two Chicago police officers may not have seen or heard the commuter train that fatally struck them because they were focused on another train coming from the opposite direction, a department spokesman said Tuesday. Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said “very limited” video from a body camera one of the officers was wearing helped investigators piece together how the tragedy might have happened. The officers had run onto an elevated…

Judge tells Flynn "Arguably, you sold your country out" – live updates – CBS News

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Washington – Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is in court in Washington, D.C. Tuesday morning to be sentenced for lying to the FBI about conversations he had with Russian Envoy Sergey Kislyak. Judge Emmet Sullivan had a stern rebuke for Flynn during his hearing. “Arguably, you sold your country out. The court’s going to consider all that.” Judge Sullivan told Flynn. “But I’m not hiding my disgust, my disdain…

White House says it wants to avoid government shutdown, will find other ways to fund border wall – The Washington Post

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Erica Werner Damian Paletta John Wagner December 18 at 12:05 PM President Trump on Tuesday retreated from his demand that Congress give him $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, backing down amid acrimonious GOP infighting that left him with few options four days ahead of a partial government shutdown. The news, delivered by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders in an interview on Fox News, represented…

Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve under court supervision – CNN

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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Body camera video recovered after 2 Chicago police officers killed by train – WLS-TV

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

The Chicago Police Department is in mourning Tuesday after two officers were fatally struck by a train while chasing a suspect on the South Side Monday. Shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, the officers responded to a call of shots fired in the Rosemoore neighborhood. Police said one of the body camera videos which they may never release shows the officers exit their patrol car, go up a hill to the…

New York ban on nunchucks ruled unconstitutional by federal court – USA TODAY

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

In this April 6, 2017, file photo, objects confiscated from passengers’ carry-on luggage, including nunchucks, bottom, are displayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash.(Photo: Elaine Thompson, AP) NEW YORK (AP) — A 1974 New York state ban on nunchucks that was put into place over fears that youth inspired by martial arts movies would create widespread mayhem is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, a federal court has ruled. Judge…

CNN’s Chris Cuomo Spots ‘Uncanny’ Similarity Of Trump And Russian Bot Messages – HuffPost

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

“I’m not saying it’s a crime. I’m saying it’s uncanny,” he explained. “The symmetry continued right up until the end, in the days leading up to the campaign, the actual election, the Russians went all in on what? Allegations of voter fraud, warnings that the election would be stolen.”

Trump is doubling down on his strategy that cost the GOP the House – CNN

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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Flynn sentencing marks keystone moment in Mueller investigation | TheHill – The Hill

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Michael Flynn, President TrumpDonald John TrumpReturn hope to the Middle East by returning to the Iran Deal Government shutdowns tend to increase government spending ‘Full Frontal’ gives six-bedroom house to group that works with detained immigrants MORE’s first national security adviser who began cooperating with special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE’s investigation about a year ago, will be sentenced…

Polar vortex may be on the horizon, scientists warn – Fox News

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Video Farmers’ Almanac: Winter will be ‘teeth-chattering’ cold Get ready for a rough winter as The Farmers’ Almanac is predicting a ‘colder-than-normal’ season from the Continental Divide on eastward, complete with ‘teeth-chattering’ cold arriving in mid-February in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and even into the Southeast. Climate researchers are sounding the alarm on a polar vortex that’s predicted to sweep through the U.S.’ east coast later this month and inflict…

White House Nightmare: Trump Golfs While His Secret Service Agents Work Without Pay – HuffPost

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Schumer on Sunday repeated that theme during an interview with NBC News. “We should not let a temper tantrum, threats, push us in the direction of doing something that everybody, even our Republican colleagues, know is wrong,” Schumer said. “If the president wants to debate the wall next year, he can…. But he shouldn’t use innocent workers as hostage for his temper tantrum to sort of throw a bone to…

Tech Companies Dragged Feet on Russian Interference Data, Reports Say – The New York Times

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Of the information that the companies did hand over, some came in formats that were difficult to analyze. Researchers said that in many cases, information was provided in duplicate and triplicate, or was incomplete or corrupted. That meant it took months just to catalog and clean up before it could be studied. In a statement, Nu Wexler, a Google spokesman, said, “We conducted an in-depth investigation across multiple product areas,…

U.S. border agents will not speak to lawmakers about girl’s death – Reuters

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

(Reuters) – U.S. Border Patrol agents who detained a 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who later died in federal custody will not speak with U.S. lawmakers investigating her death, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Monday, citing their union membership. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Tuesday plan to visit the New Mexico patrol station where Jakelin Caal and her father were taken on Dec. 7 to learn…